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The Flagstaff Unified School District Governing Board spent nearly seven hours Tuesday night, trying to figure out a plan to not only return kids to the classroom, but to resume sports. The board heard from members of the district and read 90 minutes worth of public comment. Members decided to scrap the idea of theFull Story

The Flagstaff Unified School District has halted all athletic competitions until further notice due to a spike in the cases per 100-thousand population benchmark. FUSD officials say they were notified by Coconino County Health Officials that cases of COVID-19 have met the substantial community spread threshold of 114.5 cases per 100-thousand. Even though events haveFull Story

The Arizona Interscholastic Association endorsed the latest guidelines proposed by the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee for safe implementation of the return of sports and activity, meaning fall sports can get underway. The executive board reviewed the latest recommendations Wednesday. With that data and the state’s recorded number of COVID-19 cases declining over the past twoFull Story

A new arena football team will call the Findlay Toyota Center home. The announcement was made official at a press conference Tuesday in Prescott Valley. The team will take the place of the Northern Arizona Suns, who decided to move out of the Findlay Toyota Center earlier this year. The team will join the IndoorFull Story

The Big Sky Conference has announced that all fall sports have been postponed at its member schools until the spring. The conference decided last week to push football back, but today announced the move to push them all back to the spring. The conference cited ongoing concerns related to COVID-19 as the reason for theFull Story

The NAU football team will have to wait until the spring to play their season opener. The Big Sky Conference announced Friday that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they are suspending the 2020 football season and moving it to the spring. The conference has begun exploring modified versions of a conference schedule, and are reviewingFull Story

The Northern Arizona Suns are no more. The Phoenix Suns sold the G-League franchise to the Detroit Pistons Wednesday. The Pistons will move the franchise to Wayne State University. The team will play in Phoenix next season while the new arena is being built at the university. The Suns say they decided to sell afterFull Story

Weber State was selected as the favorite to win the Big Sky Conference in football by both media and coaches Thursday. The Wildcats received 28 of 44 possible first place votes in the preseason media poll. Montana, Montana State, Eastern Washington and Sacramento State round out the top five in both polls. NAU was pickedFull Story

The Northern Arizona Suns have announced they will be leaving Prescott Valley and the Findlay Toyota Center. The Suns Public Affairs Advisor Maria Baier said the COVID-19 pandemic forced the move. She says “Sadly, when the 2020-21 G-League season tips off, the team will be playing at a location, to be determined, in the PhoenixFull Story

The man who built the Mingus Union High School football team into a region power will reportedly take over at Bradshaw Mountain High School. KAFF News has learned from selection committee member Matt Showalter that 59-year-old Bob Young has been chosen to take over as the Bears new football coach, pending approval from the HumboldtFull Story