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Fountain Hills football coach enters Michigan Hall of …

4/30/2024
Fountain Hills High School has been home to multiple elite coaches over the years. Pete Schermerhorn is preparing for his second season as the Falcons’ head football coach, and he’s …

Fountain Hills’ first NFL combine

2/27/2024
The National Football League (NFL) draft doesn’t start until Thursday, April 25, but players, coaches and scouts are hard at work during the offseason. Fountain Hills resident Gary Zauner …

Fountain Hills' football season ends; Schermerhorn …

10/25/2023
The Fountain Hills High School football team celebrated 16 seniors on senior night and concluded their 2023 season Friday, Oct. 20. The Falcons (2-8) lost 51-7 to Round Valley (5-4) at home, and …

Bad luck for Falcon football on Friday the 13th

10/18/2023
Friday the 13th proved to be bad luck for the Fountain Hills Falcons. The locall football team lost 63-0 at No. 11 Morenci (5-3) Friday, Oct. 13. An accident on U.S. Route 60 added an hour …

Falcons fall to Show Low on the road

10/10/2023
The Fountain Hills High School football team (2-6) fell on the road to Show Low Friday, Oct. 6. The Falcons’ defense forced five turnovers but the offense never got going in the 26-7 …

Falcons fall to Blue Ridge

10/5/2023
The Fountain Hills High School football team fell to No. 8 Blue Ridge (6-1) 48-21 Friday, Sept. 29. Junior Sam Barnard returned to the quarterback position after playing running back last week …

Football program aims to grow

11/24/2019
If a few moments had gone a different way in the Fountain Hills High School football team’s 2019 season, then the end result might have looked different for the Falcons. Fountain Hills football …

Football coach Jim Fairfield hangs up cleats

11/25/2014
After 23 years of teaching students and coaching the varsity football team, head coach Jim Fairfield has announced his retirement from Fountain Hills High School. To say the guy is going to leave …

Cross country and football wrap up season

11/10/2014
The high school fall sports season came to a close over the weekend with both the cross country and football teams taking part in their respective state tournaments on Saturday, Nov. 8. The cross …

McDermott: Record-breaking QB aims to keep playing …

11/4/2014
Spend a few minutes talking with Fountain Hills High School quarterback Luke McDermott, and it becomes clear that the guy plans to play football as long as humanly possible. He started playing as …

Fairfield's final home game Friday

10/29/2014
After trouncing the Globe Tigers 42-7 on the road Friday, Oct. 24, the high school football team is gearing up for the final game of the regular season, which also happens to be the final home game …

Football Falcons lose to Bears, 37-34

11/12/2013
Following a narrow 37-34 overtime loss to Coolidge last Saturday evening, Nov. 9, the Falcon football squad has exited the state playoffs in the opening round, thus wrapping up the 2013 …