Hansen's Sunday Notebook: From worst to first at Sahuaro, Sahuarita

Nine years ago last month, Desert View and Pueblo met in a game of soon-to-be 2-8 high school football teams, a game that scarcely got notice …

Lorena Ochoa, the most dominant golfer in UA history, hinted last week that she may return to the LPGA Tour. Now 32, having “retired” to have …

Salpointe Catholic grad Sara Brown made her debut as Golf Channel’s co-host of the “School of Golf” last week. She has been hired through Dece…

Tucsonan Brian Prouty finished tied for third Friday among 74 golfers in the Web.com Tour Qualifying School in Phoenix. Prouty shot rounds of …

TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte, who was the No. 2 man in Arizona’s athletic department under Jim Livengood, returned to Tucson for Lute…

Former UA Wildcat Aaron Gordon has started both of the Orlando Magic’s preseason games, averaging 25.3 minutes and six points. Gordon is getti…

Former Cat Nick Johnson, taking advantage of Jason Terry’s hamstring injury, averaged 16.5 minutes in the Rockets’ first two preseason games. …

Exactly a year after he underwent heart surgery, UA baseball coach Andy Lopez had a much more enjoyable weekend. He flew to Los Angeles to be …

Arizona’s 2012 starting quarterback Matt Scott was signed by the CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos last week. He is competing for a backup spot with Pat …

Arizona’s eight-time NCAA champion distance runner Lawi Lalang is one of the most personable and friendly star athletes I’ve ever met. Two wee…

The New York Yankees predictably fired hitting coach Kevin Long last week, making the 1989 Arizona All-Pac-10 South outfielder the scapegoat f…

Long played on UA baseball teams with Chip Hale, who is one of four finalists to become the Diamondbacks’ next manager, and is also on the rad…

Ex-Yankees outfielder Shelley Duncan, the UA’s career home run leader, will stage the inaugural Grand Slam Golf Tournament to fund the Tucson …

Hardy’s new three-year, $40 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles will boost his career earnings to $70.4 million through age 35. It sho…

Santa Rita High School grad Terrell Stoglin continues his basketball world tour. He left Tucson last week to begin his third pro season, signi…

Senior outfielder Cynthia Pelayo, who helped Pima College finish third in the 2013 NJCAA softball championships, has left the Arizona softball…

In the UA’s two-game fall softball series last weekend, another PCC grad, Alexis Dotson, started in center field, and freshman pitcher/designa…

If Arizona soccer coach Tony Amato can coach the 9-2-1 Wildcats to a victory at Washington, No. 18 in the RPI, today, it’s likely Arizona woul…

Immaculate Heart High School is a small school, with about 100 students in Oro Valley. It plays in the state’s smallest sports classification,…