Billy Orman winning our Athlete of the Decade was a lot more important than some bragging rights...it was something that lifted up a community.
With almost 45,000 votes, we have our Athlete of the Decade winner.
As we type this the lead is going back and forth now between Jaide Stepter and Billy Orman...This is going to be a doozy!
With less than 11 hours left in voting, the race for Athlete of the Decade is still up for grabs.
We started this process 5+ weeks ago and by tomorrow we will have our Arizona Athlete of the Decade (2010-2019) voted on by you our readers and audience. Voting starts now and ends at 10 pm tomorrow, Thursday, July 2nd.
We have gotten it down to 2 athletes - one male and one female - for our Athlete of the Decade competition.
Watch both of our interviews with Taylor Starkey and Jaide Stepter who are our girls' bracket finalists for Athlete of the Decade.
Here we go, folks! The "Big Final 4". We have 2 boys and 2 girls left for our Athlete of the Decade; which 2 will be our finalists?
Thousands of votes were cast and we got it down to our final 2 boys.
Boys final 4 voting for Athlete of the Decade starts now! These incredible 4 boys all have a great chance to make it to the finals. But their future depends on your voting.
Results are in and we have our finals pairing for the girls side of the bracket for our Athlete of the Decade.
Girls final 4 voting for Athlete of the Decade starts now! These incredible 4 girls all have a great chance to make it to the finals. But their future depends on your voting.
The voting is done for the round of 8 and we have 2 distance boys left, a top sprinter/hurdler and the state's best ever pole vaulter.
Here are some videos of the round of 8 boys in action.
Boys round of 8 voting for our Athlete of the decade starts now! These incredible 8 boys all have a great chance to make it to the final 4, but that will be up to your voting.
We have our final 4 girls all figured. Some upsets and still a #1 seed left in the hunt.
Girls round of 8 voting for our Athlete of the decade starts now! These incredible 8 girls all have a great chance to make it to the final 4, but that will be up to your voting.
Round 2 is over in the boys' side of the bracket in our Athlete of the Decade voting; and only one #1 seed remains.
Boys round 2 voting for our Athlete of the decade finishes tonight. We wanted to give you some brief bios on the 16 remaining boys who have a chance to move on. Our last athletes spotlighted are: Garrett Starkey, Cole Riddle, Jaheim Brown-Taylor, and Tyson Jones.
Boys round 2 voting for our Athlete of the decade ends tonight. We wanted to give you some brief bios on the 16 remaining boys who have a chance to move on. Today we will first spotlight: Leo Daschbach, Robert Grant, Turner Washington, and Cameron Crandall
Boys round 2 voting for our Athlete of the decade will started yesterday. We wanted to give you some brief bios on the 16 remaining boys who have a chance to move on. Today we will spotlight first: Trae Armstrong, Isaiah Oliver, Elijah Mason, and Billy Orman.
Boys round 2 voting for our Athlete of the decade will started today. We wanted to give you some brief bios on the 16 remaining boys who have a chance to move on. Today we will spotlight first: Paul Lucas, Carlos Villarreal, Rylan Stubbs, and Trey Johnson.
Boys' round 2 voting for our Athlete of the decade starts now! These accomplished 16 boys all have a great chance to make it to the big 8, but that will be up to your voting.
Round 2 is over in the girls' side of the bracket in our Athlete of the Decade voting; and #3 seeds all made it through.
Girls round 2 voting for our Athlete of the decade will started on June 4th. We wanted to give you some brief bios on the 16 remaining girls who have a chance to move on. Today we will spotlight first: Dani Jones, Jasmine Stauffacher-Gray, Jadyn Mays, and Kayleigh Conlon.
Girls round 2 voting for our Athlete of the decade starts now! These incredible 16 girls all have a great chance to make it to the final 8, but that will be up to your voting.
Girls round 2 voting for our Athlete of the decade will start later today. We wanted to give you some brief bios on the 16 remaining girls who have a chance to move on. Today we will spotlight first: Jasmine Todd, Hannah Carson, Taina Poirier-Shelton, and Taylor Starkey.
Round 1 of the boys' bracket to the road to athlete of the decade is done and there were some serious upsets.
Girls round 2 voting for our Athlete of the decade will start later this week. We wanted to give you some brief bios on the 16 remaining girls who have a chance to move on. Today we will spotlight: Allie Schadler, Jaide Stepter, Jai Gruenwald, and Dominique Mustin.
Girls round 2 voting for our Athlete of the decade will start later this week. We wanted to give you some brief bios on the 16 remaining girls who have a chance to move on. Today we will spotlight: Ky Westbrook, Makaila Flannigan, Morgan Foster, and Ma'kayla Dickerson.