Sabrina McClain

Dec 20, 2023 | pinalcentral.com | Sabrina McClain

PHOENIX — Marianna Argyrokastriti swam laps in a pool before she ever stepped onto a tennis court. It wasn’t until she was waiting for her sister to finish swimming practice that she discovered tennis racquets in the back of the car, and since the age of 6, it’s all she’s known. kAmpE 7:CDE[ 5F6 E@ 2? :?;FCJ[ pC8JC@<2DEC:E: H2D?’E =@@<:?8 E@ 4@>6 E@ E96 &?:E65 $E2E6D E@ 36 2 4@==686 2E9=6E6] #2E96C[ D96 H2D A=2??:?8 @? A=2J:?8 AC@76DD:@?2==J D@@?

Dec 20, 2023 | havasunews.com | Sabrina McClain

PHOENIX – Marianna Argyrokastriti swam laps in a pool before she ever stepped onto a tennis court. It wasn’t until she was waiting for her sister to finish swimming practice that she discovered tennis racquets in the back of the car, and since the age of 6, it’s all she’s known. At first, due to an injury, Argyrokastriti wasn’t looking to come to the United States to be a college athlete. Rather, she was planning on playing professionally soon after she recovered.

Dec 18, 2023 | cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Adnan Alam |Sabrina McClain

PHOENIX – Marianna Argyrokastriti swam laps in a pool before she ever stepped onto a tennis court. It wasn’t until she was waiting for her sister to finish swimming practice that she discovered tennis racquets in the back of the car, and since the age of 6, it’s all she’s known. At first, due to an injury, Argyrokastriti wasn’t looking to come to the United States to be a college athlete. Rather, she was planning on playing professionally soon after she recovered.

Nov 24, 2023 | cronkitenews.azpbs.org | Adnan Alam |Sabrina McClain

SURPRISE – As the school year dwindled last spring, the Paradise Honors High School football team was in dire need of a kicker for the upcoming season before a 16-year-old forward on the soccer team came to the rescue. It wasn’t someone from the boy’s soccer team, though. The new kicker was Hayley Horner, who was named the Skyline Region Offensive Player of the Year last winter as a sophomore forward on the Paradise Honors girls soccer team.

Nov 13, 2023 | pinalcentral.com | Sabrina McClain

SCOTTSDALE — Playing October baseball was a novelty for the Arizona Diamondbacks and advancing to the 2023 World Series was even more unfamiliar. However, the longer the season went, the more the Diamondbacks fell behind on offseason duties – another unique experience the organization had not dealt with since the club’s 2001 run to the Fall Classic. kAmtG2=F2E:?8 E96 E62>’D :?6G:E23=6 @77D62D@? 492?86D H2D AFE @? E96 324< 3FC?6C – 2?5 7@C 8@@5 C62D@?[ 2D pC:K@?2 >256 2 >28:42= CF?