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The Tarkanian Classic boys basketball tournament nearly doubled in size this year. And it could have been even larger.
The old saying that football games are won in the trenches holds true in all-star games, too.
Kainoa Granstrom certainly wasn’t the most imposing linebacker in town.
With Liberty clinging to a six-point lead with 39 seconds left in Friday’s Division I Sunrise Region semifinal at Coronado, there was a moment when freshman defensive back Jake Dedeaux feared he had given up the game-winning touchdown to the Cougars.
I’ve been on a good run lately, picking games at a 75 percent success rate over the past three weeks. The last time I was this hot was a couple of summers ago when I correctly solved six straight “Wheel of Fortune” puzzles while I was staying with my grandma.
Coronado’s football team got all the points it needed in the first quarter on Friday and shut down visiting Silverado, 20-7 in a Sunrise Region quarterfinal.
Coronado used a smothering defense Thursday to lock up the top seed in the Southeast League with a 30-0 home win over Basic.
Call it brilliant planning. Call it good fortune. Whatever the reason, this week’s prep football schedule couldn’t have worked out better.
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Green Valley football coach Brian Castro and his staff met this week intending to figure out the Division I Sunrise Region playoff scenarios.
The first play of the game Friday could not have gone worse for the Coronado football team as the Cougars allowed an 80-yard touchdown pass.
My season-long nightmare finally comes to an end this week. Yippee!
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Before Friday, Coronado football coach Brad Talich was beginning to get concerned about his team’s limited ability to move the ball on the ground.
