Ex-Arizona women's basketball GM lands CEO gig | Greg HansenGreg Hansen's notebook: After resigning last month, former Arizona women's basketball GM, Michelle Marciniak, was hired as the CEO of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Greg Hansen's Notebook: In 1995, Arizona All-American shortstop Laura Espinoza hit an NCAA-record 37 home runs. Her record is now at risk.
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Former Sunnyside wrestler Sergio Vega becomes the first freshman in 79 years to go undefeated and win a national championship.
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In addition to her championship title, Jimenez was awarded the tournament's “Outstanding Wrestler” award and the NCAA's “Most Dominant Wrestler” award for the 2025-26 season.
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From first-time champions to back-to-back titles, Tucson-area high schools thrived as they competed against Arizona's top sports programs in the winter state championships.
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Legacy high school wrestling programs, such as Sunnyside, Pueblo and Sahuarita, continued to make history, while emerging programs are making a name for themselves on the mat.
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These 12 exceptional Southern Arizona high school student-athletes range from newcomers to record breakers, who have all left their marks on their programs this season.
Jozeph Valenzuela Smith and Elizabeth Valenzuela Smith are third-generation wrestlers to win state championships at Pueblo High School, joining their father and grandfather.
Over 25 local high school athletes signed with colleges on National Signing Day.
Marana High senior Roxi Singer can do it all. This season, she's making a name for herself on the wrestling mat, while trying out for Japan's national flag football team.
Greg Hansen's Notebook: In Caleb Love's last four games for the Portland Trail Blazers (through Thursday), he scored 73 points and made 16 of 35 3-point shots.
Greg Hansen's Notebook: Salpointe requested a move from Class 4A to Class 5A beginning in the 2026-27 school year, and last week the AIA approved the Lancers' request.
Salpointe Catholic wrestler Lauren Cione has only been wrestling for a year, but in that time, she's made it to the state tournament and continued taking down her competitors.
Raised in Arizona, UFC fighter Henry Cejudo reflects on upbringing, prepares for next fight.
Dozens of Tucson-area high school athletes took part in early signing day Wednesday, inking deals with colleges near and far.
From unforgettable moments to athletes and the coaches who shaped them, here are this year's Arizona Daily Star's top high school sports honors and recognitions.
In honor of 520 Day, here's a list of notable Tucson-area athletes who made an impact this past year.
The Star's winter HS Student-Athletes of the Week features wrestlers, soccer and basketball players from across Southern Arizona, including Tucson, Douglas, Sierra Vista and Sahuarita.
From going further than ever before to making school history, here’s how Southern Arizonan student-athletes performed at the state’s highest level.
Sahuarita senior Sarah Perez is eyeing her second state champion title as she wraps up her final year as a Mustang. This fall she'll wrestle for Hastings College in Nebraska.
Dominick Cruz, a two-time UFC bantamweight champion and Flowing Wells graduate, is retiring from MMA.
Cienega wrestler Daesiah Varner is undefeated in Arizona. The sophomore is seeking her second state championship this weekend. When she's not wrestling, you'll find her baking or maintaining her 3.5 GPA.
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Greg Hansen's Notebook: This is probably the busiest sports weekend in Tucson, or anywhere in America this week, with youth basketball, wrestling and soccer tourneys planned or underway.
The Arizona Daily Star highlighted nine student-athletes from across Southern Arizona this fall. These are their stories.
Greg Hansen's Notebook: Only 17 Tucson coaches in 40 years have been inducted into the Arizona High School Coaches Hall of Fame. But the Scottsdale-based group made a promising move when it elected former Sunnyside High School state championship football/wrestling coach Richard Sanchez.
Sunnyside wrestler Sergio Vega is ranked No. 1 in the 138-pound weight class in the U.S. On top of dominating the mat, Vega maintains a 3.8 GPA and is going to Cornell University after graduation next year.
Tucson to Paris: Meet some of the athletes from the Southern Arizona, or who competed as U of A Wildcats, who are dotting Olympic rosters across a number of sports during the 2024 games in France.
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are underway, with a number of Tucson and University of Arizona- athletes already in competition over the coming weeks.
Former Sunnyside High School football standout Bobby "Jet" Rodriguez is in Paris helping fellow Tucson native Roman Bravo-Young prepare for his first Olympic games. Bravo-Young is wrestling for Mexico at the 57-kilogram weight class (125-126 pounds).
Pueblo High School's Elizabeth Valenzuela Smith, 15, is a trailblazer when it comes to the sport of women's wrestling. But she's also a third generation Arizona wrestling champ for PHS, following the path of her grandfather and father.