Flagstaff Sports Foundation

11/16/2025

You go girl!! Congratulations🙌

Student Athlete Leadership Team (SALT) girls cross country representative Taylor Biggambler.

Hi! My name is Taylor Biggambler and I am glad to be part of the Student Athlete Leadership Team representative for the girls cross country team. I am currently a Senior at FHS and this is my first year being part of SALT. I have made varsity for both cross country and track throughout my four years at FHS.

09/07/2025

Our very own Chairman Rick Smith now has his own field of play!!! Thank you Flag High for your support!!

The field will now be called the Rick Smith Athletic Field.

08/31/2025

So proud to have had Kevin at this year’s Hall of Fame event!

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08/17/2025

Among the many honors given out last night at the Flagstaff Sports Foundation Hall of Fame Banquet was a Lifetime Achievement Award given to MIKE AND SARAH CROMER, thanking them for decades of service to our community.

08/17/2025

In addition to using the website link for Hall of Fame nominating procedures, you may email us directly at flagsportsfdn.com for additional information and a nominating form.

If there is a member of the community you would like to nominate for Hall of Fame consideration, start by downloading and filling out the nomination form. You can find it at: 2026 Nomination Form

08/17/2025

08/17/2025

If you were at the Flagstaff Sports Foundation Hall of Fame Banquet last night, no doubt you saw me with my little Android phone, taking pictures of the honorees. When I wasn't playing photographer, I was sitting next to special guest, The Dean, KEVIN McCABE. I talk about him all the time as the only member of the "statewide media" who cheers on our athletes. He fell in love with Flagstaff when he was a student-athlete at NAU in the 1970s and 80s. His heart never left the mountain. He's been to the Banquet a couple of times, but last night was the first time he took the stage. He talked briefly about the recipients of the first round of Excellence Awards and presented plaques to the honorees. In between, we sat and chatted.

Kevin Mccabe

08/17/2025

Fun times at the Hall of Fame last evening!! Great attendance and great new inductees to celebrate! 🙌 Richard Estrella, Shauna Kifer, Matt Kendall, Terry Mahan, Janet Martin, Mike Moran, Greg Stroud, Paul Sweitzer, and the 1977 Coconino Cross Country Team!!!👏

08/07/2025

Of the 1977 championship Cross Country team , these young men (and Nate and Johnny Tompson who are not in the picture) were the ones who crossed the finish line for the winning 🏆 times!! Congratulations to them all!!

08/03/2025

Hope you can play!!

TL;DR:

The Flagstaff Sports Foundation will be holding a golf tournament on Friday, August 16, with proceeds going to their newly-formed Excellence Award. If you're interested in participating in the event, contact MIKE PAVON at 520-631-3179 or email him at [email protected].

The story:

FLAGSTAFF SPORTS FOUNDATION GOLF TOURNAMENT TO BENEFIT RECIPIENTS OF THE EXCELLENCE AWARD

The Flagstaff Sports Foundation partners with the AIA sanctioned High Schools in Flagstaff to select a male and female student athlete to receive a financial award from the Foundation. High School principals and athletic directors use a specific criteria in recognizing exceptional young athletes who have excelled in sports and demonstrated leadership skills through hard work, determination, and commitment to their teams and their schools, all in the face of challenging circumstances in their lives. These recently graduated Seniors are a credit to their Alma Maters and a fine example of the best young people representing our Mountain Town.

On Friday, August 15, 2025 a golf tournament will be held at the Continental Country Club public golf course at 2380 N. Oakmont Dr., Flagstaff, AZ 86004 to augment the Excellence Award campaign (an opportunity for donating will also be available at the August 16th Hall of Fame banquet).

A limited field of 32 golfers will tee off beginning at 8:30am in a two-player “best ball” scramble format with the final foursome starting around 9:50am. Players will come to the clubhouse and pay their own green fees at 7:45am. The rules to the tournament will be sent out to players the week of the tournament. Each player before teeing off will donate $75.00. Players are asked to bring that amount in CASH (no credit card transactions will be available at the tournament). Of that amount $50.00 will be a donation to the Flagstaff Sports Foundation Excellence Award recipients and $25.00 will go into a tournament “winners’ pot” ($800.00 total). Receipts for the $50.00 donation will be given to anyone who desires for tax purposes. Any donation amount greater than the $50.00 minimum is welcomed.

These generous donations will help pay for books, meal plans, tuition, etc. for these student athletes’ 2026 spring semester, offsetting some of the expenses they experience attending the trades schools, community colleges, or 4-year universities they’ve chosen.

After the final foursome completes their round all of the players will meet up at the Oakmont restaurant turn in their scorecards and calculate the tournament winners’ payouts.

The openings for golfers are limited and the reservations are being taken now by Foundation Fundraising Committee Chair Mike Pavon. If interested in entering or receiving more information please contact him at (520) 631-3179 or email him at [email protected]. Once the 32 player field is filled a cancellation list will be started in the unforeseen case of golfers having to cancel their reservation.

We hope to see you at Continental Country Club on August 15th. Wonderful people with a great appreciation for Flagstaff athletics getting together for a worthwhile cause. What could be better?

08/02/2025

The 1977 Coconino Panthers boys cross country team will be honored this August 16th with Hall of Fame induction. Seven members of the team, Frankie Nez, Arthur Long, Fabian Martinez, Johnny Thompson, Glenn Tsingine, Nate Thompson, and Mark Lozano, coached by Jack Boehle, took the Arizona state AAA championship and ended their season with a 7-0 mark in dual meets. Congratulations to our new Hall of Famers!

07/26/2025

Jim Passalacqua has correctly identified football player and pole vaulter Matt Kendall in our contest to support our 2025 inductees. Congratulations Jim! Please contact us about a free ticket to the Hall of Fame event on August 16th.