Flowing Wells Neighborhood by Marlene Avelino
Flowing Wells neighborhood is bounded on the North by Ina Road and Grant Road to the South with the Santa Cruz River to the West and Fairview to the East
about half of the neighborhood is outside of the city
“The area was named after the bubbling water from sunken pipes at the base of Sentinel Peak ("A" Mountain) by Warren Allison
Allison bought 500 acres of uncultivated land about three miles northwest of downtown Tucson
and cantaloupes,” an excerpt from Kevin and Marie Daily’s book, Flowing Wells
In 1922 this water source was formally established as a water utility
and still serves modern day residents between Miracle Mile to Rillito River and the I-10 to Fairview Ave. The utility serves more than 16,000 people
with nine active wells pumping water from the Tucson Basin aquifer at 205 feet to 400 feet deep
Flowing Wells has a public library branch and their own school district
Many residents credit the school system for the family feel to the neighborhood
“I love this area because the Flowing Wells School District has created a family atmosphere for the area
We seem to know each other because our six elementary schools feed into one Jr High and one traditional high school and one alternative school,” said Kevin Daily
President of the Flowing Wells Neighborhood Association and Community Coalition
Flowing Wells has a very active neighborhood association
community members got together with general goals of installing streetlights
the association partnered with several organizations to develop and implement a 5-year Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Plan
of Housing and Urban Development and the Board of Supervisors in 2001
The association has been involved in the planning and execution of Flowing Wells Park
the Pima County Get in the Zone (open storage and unregistered vehicle project)
and the development of the Flowing Wells Business Corridor. The association meets every third Thursday of the month at 6 pm
They are currently hosting hybrid meetings; you can join via zoom or in person at the Ellie Towne Community Center
Flowing Wells has an active Crime Watch Association headed up by Nicole Snook
who is still considered a newbie to the neighborhood since she only just moved in in 2002
Most neighbors have been in their homes since they were built in the 50s
we have learned to get to know each other by name
We've learned about each other's pets so that if they get out
We have coordinated TNR (Trap-Neuter-Release) for our community cats
We have found out what assets we have and the needs we have so that we can help match neighbor with neighbor when it comes to getting things done
We have cleaned up the area to make it safer and friendlier
We've donated to neighbors in need and helped students fundraise for their schools,” says Nicole Snook
One of Flowing Wells’ most beloved Mexican food spots
“We began our pursuit of the neighborhood watch to make our neighborhood cleaner
The friendlier part seems to me to be the part where the real rewards are felt
It is measured by a shared sense of community where we can walk down the street and are greeted by name by our neighbors
Our meetings were initially filled with grumblings of what was wrong
Now little by little as we participate with each other
the interactions are more small moments of chatting with each other
I now get messages from neighbors to come pick up some homemade tamales or to come pick roses from their abundant rose bushes
Crime Watch meets every third Saturday at 4 pm in hybrid meetings
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several teachers from the Flowing Wells School District chanted and protested against President Donald Trump’s plans to get rid of the U.S
They are worried the president’s action could do away with programs that help students with unique needs
Cary Kelly cheered and marched along with teachers and educators
He’s an English teacher at Flowing Wells High School and the president of the Flowing Wells Education Association union
"There's a lot of fear about the dismantling of the U.S
Department of Education especially how it supports people in particular programs,” Kelly said
One of the other teachers who was protesting was Jule Abeytia
a third grade teacher at Homer Davis Elementary School
She’s hoping the D.O.E.’s services continue
especially for students who have unique needs
they did not receive the special ed services
the help with social issues that my students get now
It has made vast improvement in public education in America
Kelly is hoping staff like the ones who teach English as a second language are still able to meet students’ needs if the D.O.E
“A lot of important protections for students
ensures a lot of critical funding for students
It helps to make sure that especially our most vulnerable students are getting the support they need,” he said
“The Department of Education has a really important role in terms of accountability
Secretary of Education said students with special needs are going to be taken care of
She also said departments like the Civil Rights Office within the D.O.E
“The Department of Justice already has a civil rights office and I think that there’s an opportunity to discuss with Attorney General Bondi about locating some of our civil rights work there,” she said
President Trump said the department within the D.O.E
that handles special needs will be moved to Health and Human Services
The executive order significantly reduces the size of the D.O.E.
but it would require an act of Congress to eliminate it completely
but also all the reasons why it was created stay in place too
“The Department of Education was created because that representation for those students was not happening
and where you lived determined what education you got,” she said
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Flowing Wells RB Raashad Henderson skips into the end zone ahead of Canyon del Oro’s Stevie Rocker for the winning touchdown Friday night
The Flowing Wells Caballeros had nothing to say after edging Canyon del Oro 38-37 in the teams’ season opener Friday night
each player placed their index finger over their mouth and then pointed to the scoreboard
The Caballeros were thrilled to knock off a Dorados team many thought would win handily
“It comes from hard work and dedication at practice,” Flowing Wells running back Raashad Henderson said
Flowing Wells accepted the opening kickoff but fumbled the return
and the Dorados recovered at the Caballeros’ 46-yard line
Tiki Garcia got the Dorados on the board with a 4-yard rushing touchdown
the Flowing Wells defense stopped CDO’s two-point conversion attempt
The Dorados struggled to convert on extra points for much of the night
After each of its three touchdowns in the first half
CDO attempted two-point conversions and was shut down each time
The Caballeros scored two touchdowns and a field goal to trail 18-17 entering the half
Flowing Wells’ Blake Bishop swims his way out of the grasp of Canyon del Oro’s Devin Medina for a long gainer Friday night
CDO came out of the break looking to extend the score
and once again found the end zone on a five-play drive
the Dorados decided to kick the extra point and converted
It was the last time they were able to convert after a touchdown
CDO coach Dustin Peace said the team went for conversions in the first half because they didn’t have a strong kicker
but then switched things up in the second half
“Seems like we were just short on every opportunity,” Peace said
“Went for two on three times and half a yard short each time and then we go to kick two PATs at the end and we lose both of those and lose by one point.”
A Flowing Wells penalty late in the third quarter — the first of the game — helped CDO’s drive and the Dorados led 31-23 entering the fourth
Flowing Wells stopped the Dorado’s offense just inches from a first down
forcing a turnover on downs with a minute left on the clock
Caballeros quarterback Zachary Jurado took a knee a couple times to drain the clock
“It was huge,” Flowing Wells coach Mark Brunenkant said of the defensive play late in the fourth
“To be able to go into victory formation with a minute left … it’s satisfying
practice and prepare to end in victory formation
Steve Rocker led the CDO offense with 173 yards on 19 receptions and three touchdowns
The Dorados’ quarterback went 7 for 15 for 93 yards
Jurado completed 7 of 8 throws for 141 yards
and was able to move the ball well with his running backs
Henderson ended the night with 117 yards on 13 carries and scored twice
Blake Bishop ran for 44 yards on 11 carries and scored once
Flowing Wells next hosts Walden Grove and CDO will host Prescott — both next Friday night
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Pima Community College women&#8217;s basketball program
coming off an appearance in the NJCAA Division II championship game
continues to build from within Southern Arizona
The Aztecs signed Flowing Wells standout point guard Nevaeh Urenda on Friday in a ceremony held at the school&#8217;s gymnasium
It was fitting that Pima coach Todd Holthaus was on hand because he coached the Lady Caballeros from 1998 to 2005 before becoming an assistant to Joan Bonvicini at Arizona
Urenda developed into one of the top players in the state in her four-year career at Flowing Wells
She finished with career totals of 1,203 points
7.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game during her senior season
leading Flowing Wells to a 20-9 overall record
Pima&#8217;s team that finished 29-6 overall included six players from Southern Arizona
Sunnyside went 4-0 to win the championship of the Flowing Wells Holiday Shootout this past Friday and Saturday
including a 60-45 win over Douglas in the championship Saturday night
The Blue Devils are 6-1 in ranking games at this point and the team takes a little break before traveling to Ironwood Ridge (3-3) on Jan
Douglas (4-1) will play at Thatcher (0-5) on Jan
Douglas beat Flowing Wells 47-37 in the semifinal round earlier in the day and the Bulldogs looked like they were going to continue their streak after going up 17-12 on Sunnyside with 23.2 seconds left in the first quarter but back-to-back three pointers from sophomore Dora Medina and senior Mia Gonzales sparked a run that led to a 32-24 lead by the Blue Devils at the half
Sunnyside went up 40-24 with 5:40 left in the third but the Bulldogs stormed back with big shots from seniors Francia Rubio and Keyra Espinosa to cut the lead down to 44-41 with 1:40 left in the quarter
Gonzales responded with a three-pointer and the Blue Devils went on a 16-4 run the rest of the way for the 60-45 victory
Senior Janae Pritchett led all scorers with 20 points
junior Angelique Yanez scored 10 and Medina added eight
junior Carolina Anguiano scored 11 and senior Scarlette Ruiz and Espinosa had nine each
Pueblo beat Flowing wells 64-62 in the third place game and Rincon/UHS beat Amphitheater 43-37 in the consolation championship game
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Mountain View senior post Kayla Carter will break 1,000 career points this month and she is headed to Nevada next year <a href="https://t.co/3UqiIF9g2V">pic.twitter.com/3UqiIF9g2V</a>
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Flowing Wells coach Brian Hook talks to his team after loss vs Barry Goldwater (Henry Kaplowitz/AllSportsTucson.com)
Phoenix Barry Goldwater defeated host Flowing Wells 29-28 Friday Night in a rematch from last year that featured two run-heavy offenses
It was a very fast paced game until the fourth quarter.&nbsp;
The Goldwater Bulldogs (3-2) defeated Flowing Wells 54-28 at home last season
and after an incomplete pass on the first play from scrimmage
ran the ball for nearly the rest of the drive and went up 7-0 on a rushing touchdown
Goldwater got another touchdown run and was successful on the 2-point conversion attempt to go up 15-0.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Flowing Wells head coach Brian Hook talked about the difficulty of stopping the running game of Goldwater.&nbsp;
they had a lot of big bodies and we were losing some of those battles and missing some tackles
We made some corrections at halftime and it started to work out,” said Hook
Flowing Wells finally got on the board on a 5-yard scoring run by running back Jayden Simmons to make the score 15-7 Goldwater
After Flowing Wells turned the ball over on downs to start the second half
Goldwater capitalized with a rare pass that turned into a touchdown
Goldwater led 21-7 with the fourth quarter approaching
Simmons got his second touchown of the game on a short run to cut the lead to 21-14
Flowing Wells did a pooch kick and recovered at the Goldwater 32
fullback Alfredo Guzman ran it in for a 32-yard touchown to put the Caballeros down by just a point
Hook decided to go for two and the lead after a Goldwater penalty on the extra point
Simmons ran the conversion in to give Flowing Wells a 22-21 lead with 8:06 remaining
The score capped off a 15-0 Flowing Wells run in just 10 seconds
On a decisive fourth down-and-4 at the Flowing Wells 34
Goldwater leading rusher Dylan Hayhurst found the corner and ran it 34 yards to give Goldwater the lead back
Goldwater also decided to go for two and were successful with a Hayhurst run
Flowing Wells quarterback Tyler Friedenberg found receiver Jack Youmans for a 50-yard touchdown to make it a 29-28 game
The craziness continued as Flowing Wells recovered the onside kick and got the ball at the 50 with 1:52 left in the game
Flowing Wells was quickly faced with a fourth-and-4 at the Goldwater 43 with 41 seconds left
Friedenberg was tackled short of the line to gain
Hook liked the fight he saw from his team in the fourth quarter.&nbsp;
We did a lot of work to get back in this game and we just fell short,” Hook said.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Flowing Wells’ next game will be Friday at home against Ironwood Ridge (4-1)
Flowing Wells will then host Mountain View (2-2) the week after on Oct
Robert Hendricks Elementary School on Tucson's north side is the latest recipient of the Arizona Science Teachers Association Elementary School Teacher of the Year Award
Erica Wofford says science is her favorite topic to teach
“I stuck with teaching and this is my sixth year," Wofford said
from gathering letters of recommendation to writing essays
"I co-wrote two science units for the Arizona Department of Education," Wofford said
"I had to do work in and outside of the classroom in order to qualify for this award."
Wofford says it is her students who inspire her to come back year after year
“My special moment as a teacher is when your kids come back and see you," she said
"It’s special to know that they connected with me as much as I connected with them.”
A 54-yard touchdown run by Benicio Ruiz on the second play of the opening drive — his first of three touchdowns — got the Flowing Wells offense flowing
and the Caballeros beat Sahuarita 47-16 on the road on Friday night
54-yard TD run by Benicio Ruiz on second play of opening drive. Flowing Wells missed PAT. Leads 6-0.⁦⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/FlowingWellsHS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FlowingWellsHS</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/AllSportsTucson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AllSportsTucson</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/2nnRyFPmt8">pic.twitter.com/2nnRyFPmt8</a>
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&#8220;Our offense was just working on all cylinders
Everything was working out,&#8221; Flowing Wells head coach Brian Hook said
&#8220;It helps to have really good athletes.&#8221;
Hook said quarterback Tyler Friedenberg made good decisions running the triple-option offense
which included several sweep plays to the sidelines
&#8220;Everything on the perimeter just worked out well tonight,&#8221; he said
A 1-yard rushing touchdown extended the lead for Flowing Wells (3-1) to 13-0 near the midway point of the first quarter
a 37-yard touchdown pass from Sahuarita quarterback Raul Velez to Carlos Martinez and the successful two-point conversion brought Sahuarita (1-3) the closest they would get at 13-8
Ruiz immediately answered for Flowing Wells on the next drive with an 80-yard touchdown run
a 20-yard touchdown pass from Friedenberg to Alex Thompson and a 50-yard quarterback keeper from Friedenberg put Flowing Wells up 41-8 at the half
and said it was his ability to read the defense and his speed that led to several big runs
&#8220;I saw that the linebackers would spread out wide
Benicio Ruiz had an 80 yard TD run on the second play of the game against Sahuarita and finished with 3 TDs. ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/AllSportsTucson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AllSportsTucson</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/AcqDvzUzBP">pic.twitter.com/AcqDvzUzBP</a>
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Alfredo Guzman scored on a 2-yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter
extending&nbsp;the lead for Flowing Wells to 47-8
A 12-yard quarterback keeper for Velez and a&nbsp;successful&nbsp;two-point&nbsp;conversion added&nbsp;some points for Sahuarita in the fourth quarter
Flowing Wells gave Velez and the Sahuarita offense trouble all evening
Jack Youmans began positioning himself farther from the line of scrimmage
knowing Sahuarita would have to attempt some shots
The decision led to him picking up two interceptions
&#8220;I really just played deep because I knew they were going to throw the ball close to the end zone,&#8221; he said
Jack Youmans had 2 INTs for Flowing Wells in a 47-16 win over Sahuarita. ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/AllSportsTucson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AllSportsTucson</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/Ck04AeEfS2">pic.twitter.com/Ck04AeEfS2</a>
&mdash; Kevin Murphy (@KevinMurfee) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMurfee/status/1837349487746109736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2024</a>
Jack Youmans with his second INT of the night. Flowing Wells leads Sahuarita 41-8 11:26 remaining. ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/AllSportsTucson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AllSportsTucson</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/FlowingWellsHS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FlowingWellsHS</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/GtsisklA2S">pic.twitter.com/GtsisklA2S</a>
&mdash; Kevin Murphy (@KevinMurfee) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMurfee/status/1837337700334194719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2024</a>
the &#8220;relentless pursuit&#8221; of the defense and their discipline
Jack got in front and got a couple picks tonight
I thought they did a good job,&#8221; he said
Flowing Wells head coach Brian Hook thought senior QB Tyler Friedenberg made good decisions leading the triple option offense in a 47-16 win over Sahuarita. ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/AllSportsTucson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AllSportsTucson</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/QfGSWEwkGb">pic.twitter.com/QfGSWEwkGb</a>
&mdash; Kevin Murphy (@KevinMurfee) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMurfee/status/1837350767747019249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2024</a>
John Perales caused a fumble for the Flowing Wells defense
recovered by Quinn Van in the first quarter
Quinn Van with the fumble recovery for Flowing Wells on their 31-yard line. ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/AllSportsTucson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AllSportsTucson</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/FlowingWellsHS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FlowingWellsHS</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/Ajkok00QGi">pic.twitter.com/Ajkok00QGi</a>
&mdash; Kevin Murphy (@KevinMurfee) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMurfee/status/1837315854515724636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2024</a>
Flowing Wells next plays at home against Phoenix Barry Goldwater next Friday at 7 p.m
Final: Flowing Wells 47, Sahuarita 16⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/AllSportsTucson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AllSportsTucson</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/TJ4QOYTuKE">pic.twitter.com/TJ4QOYTuKE</a>
&mdash; Kevin Murphy (@KevinMurfee) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMurfee/status/1837346827496198403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2024</a>
Flowing Wells and Sahuarita join the list of Tucson-area school districts that have decided to revert to online-only learning starting in January because of the virus’s spread
Flowing Wells and Sahuarita are the latest Tucson school districts to announce a return to remote learning due to rising COVID-19 numbers
Both districts will remain in hybrid mode next week to finish out the semester
The districts cited three public health measures — the number of viral infections in the community
and the number of COVID-like symptoms seen in hospital — all being in substantial transmission in the county as the reason why they are temporarily stopping in-person learning
Both districts will offer fully remote learning starting Jan
with the hope of returning to hybrid on Jan
“We will work in consultation with the Pima County Health Department in making the decision
and we will try to provide as much advance notice as possible,” Flowing Wells Superintendent David Baker wrote in a Dec
Sunnyside School District returned to remote-only after Thanksgiving
The sixth-ranked Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team routed rival Arizona State 65-37 Thursday night at McKale Center
Arizona has now won three straight over the Sun Devils for the first time since 1999-2000
Sahuarita Unified shut down in-person learning at its high schools on Dec
TUSD announced it would be staying in remote-only as the second semester begins in January
And numerous other district schools and charter schools have recently been forced to close due to COVID-19 cases and related staffing issues
The pause of in-person learning is also intended to provide a buffer for the post-holiday surge of positive cases predicted by health experts and to support management of local cases
said a news release from Sahuarita Unified
Both districts will continue to offer on-site services during the remote learning period
I know we had to reconsider activities to protect against COVID-19 spread in our homes and community,” Baker said
the pandemic has required us all to modify time with family and friends to create a safer environment
the spread continues and requires us to be vigilant in our efforts to reduce transmission and exposure.”
In a series of stories I helped spotlight many of the athletes who had their seasons cut short
including Canyon del Oro senior pitcher Amya Legarra
protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against law enforcement abuses
a protestor dares Tucson Police to hit him with pepper bullets as a few hundred confront law enforcement along 7th Street between 5th and 6th in the early morning hours on May 31
The Bighorn wildfire became the largest blaze to sweep the Santa Catalinas and entailed more than month of fire fighting
including scores of aerial retardant drops like this nape-of-the-earth run by a DC-10 VLAT over Catalina State Park
The lock-down and subsequent restrictions led to the resurgence of drive in theaters like a showing of Grease at the Cactus Drive-In at Medella Vina Ranch
and nearly a dozen girls from the North and Sabel families piled into the bed of a borrowed pick-up with rented headsets used to hear the audio from the night's feature
returned to the fields and the University of Arizona finally got back on the field November 14
in a loss to USC where UA defensive back Lorenzo Burns (2) took wide USC receiver Drake London (15) out of mid-air after he tried to leap for extra yardage at Arizona Stadium
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Both teams evened their records at 1-1 in the young season with the Blue Devils taking advantage of several Cab turnovers in the 34-7 win
The pass slips through the arms of Flowing Wells's defensive back Jack Youmans (13) and into the embrace of Sunnyside's receiver Manny Moreno (1) for a Blue Devil touchdown in the second quarter of their high school game at Sunnyside High School
Sunnyside ended up running away with the game 34-7 over the Caballeros
Sunnyside's Gio Leyva (24) finds the seam between Flowing Wells's Dominik Soto (5)
and Alfredo Guzman (20) for a rushing first down in the third quarter of their high school game at Sunnyside High School
Sunnyside's Adrian Lopez (0) sidesteps over for an extra yard in the arms of Flowing Wells's Alex Thompson (3) in the first quarter of their high school game at Sunnyside High School
Sunnyside's Damyan Tapia (2) gets the generous hop to grab a fumbled pitch to Flowing Wells's Jayden Simmons (8) and score in the fourth quarter of their high school game at Sunnyside High School
Sunnyside's Manny Moreno (1) gets hands to the pass but Flowing Wells's Alex Thompson (3) ends up reeling in the long bomb in the first quarter of their high school game at Sunnyside High School
Sunnyside's quarterback Raymond Duarte (8) under pressure from Flowing Wells's Giancarlo Quintero (55) finds Sunnyside's Manny Moreno (1) in the end zone for a Blue Devil touchdown in the second quarter of their high school game at Sunnyside High School
Sunnyside's Adrian Lopez (0) tries to stretch to the line after getting tripped up at the five in the third quarter against Flowing Wells at Sunnyside High School
Flowing Wells’ Benicio Ruiz (1) reaches back to swat away the pass intended for Sunnyside’s Gio Leyva in the third quarter on Sept
/Sunnyside's Raymond Duarte (8) tries to evade the pursuit of the Flowing Wells defense on a scramble in the thrid quarter of their high school game at Sunnyside High School
Flowing Wells’ Jayden Simmons (8) heads to the house with what turned out to be the Caballeros’ only score of the night in the first quarter at Sunnyside High School
Flowing Wells's Alex Thompson (3) absorbs the impact in bringing down Sunnyside's Adrian Lopez (0) in the quarter of their high school game at Sunnyside High School
Sunnyside's Adrian Lopez (0) trips up Flowing Wells's Tyler Friedenberg (10) as he tries to turn on the corner on a keeper in the second quarter of their high school game at Sunnyside High School
Flowing Wells's Tyler Friedenberg (10) has to make the tackle after throwing the interception to Sunnyside's Manny Moreno (1) at Sunnyside High School
Sunnyside's Manny Moreno (1) tiptoes around the dive from Flowing Wells's Quinn Van (24) in the fourth quarter of their high school game at Sunnyside High School
Sunnyside's Mike Hernandez (6) wraps up Flowing Wells's Benicio Ruiz (1) trying to sweep the end in the fourth quarter of their high school game at Sunnyside High School
Flowing Wells’s Benicio Ruiz (1) is surrounded by nothing but black and blue trying to run around the end against Sunnyside Sept
Sunnyside receivers take throws into the corner as the Blue Devils prepare to host visiting Flowing Wells at Sunnyside High School
Sunnyside's head coach Thomas Romack signals in the defensive play during the first quarter of their high school game at Sunnyside High School against Flowing Wells
Flowing Wells head coach Brian Hook talks with running back Jayden Simmons as the Caballeros warm up for the start of the third quarter at Sunnyside High School
High school football across Tucson and surrounding Southern Arizona communities: Marana puts itself in position as for possible "open" state tournament invite
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After setting the state record for receptions (121) in a single season in 2023
Marana High and University of Washington-bound receiver Dezmen Roebuck is now closing in on another record: this one for catches in an Arizona prep career
a Class of 2000 graduate of Flowing Wells High School who later went on to coach at the school and Canyon del Oro
is one of five people who will be inducted into the Caballeros&#8217; Hall of Fame in October
The Flowing Wells 1999 spirit coed spirit line state championship team will also be honored in the ceremony that is Oct
Peace played linebacker at NAU for two seasons after earning all-city honors at Flowing Wells
A neck injury ended his career with the Lumberjacks during the 2001 season
and he returned to Tucson to work on his degree and begin his coaching career
He joins his dad Damian Peace in the Flowing Wells Hall of Fame
was inducted in 2015 as part of the 1975 state championship team under Larry Hart
&#8220;I am honored to join so many great athletes and coaches in the Flowing Wells Sports Hall of Fame,&#8221; Peace mentioned on a social media post
&#8220;I am very grateful to the committee and all my coaches and teammates that molded me in my time at Flowing Wells
I absolutely loved high school and my coaches and teachers at Flowing Wells are the reason I have followed their same path
&#8220;My dad’s 1975 state championship football team was inducted and I was always saddened that I couldn’t attend the Friday event because of coaching
He was always so prideful of Flowing Wells
&#8230; Congrats to all the other inductees I am looking forward to the October event.&#8221;
Peace coached under his Flowing Wells coach
as an assistant at CDO before becoming the head coach in 2009
He won the state championship that season with a 14-0 record
He resigned his position with the Dorados in January after leading the program to another state title with a 14-0 record
He is one of six coaches in Tucson with at least two state titles.&nbsp;Jeff Scurran&nbsp;earned three titles at Sabino
and&nbsp;Richard Sanchez&nbsp;of Sunnyside,&nbsp;John Mallamo&nbsp;of Tucson,&nbsp;Ollie Mayfield&nbsp;of Tucson and&nbsp;Bob Smith&nbsp;of CDO each had two
The other individuals who will be honored with a Flowing Wells Hall of Fame induction:
Richard Galvez (Class of 1968): An all-state quarterback when he was a senior who set four Tucson city records at the time &#8212; total offense (1,710 yards)
most touchdown passes in one game (five) and most passing yards in one game (317)
Frank Galvez (Class of 1969): Richard&#8217;s brother who became one of the city&#8217;s best defensive ends and punters in football and point guards in basketball by the time he graduated
Aaron Briggs (Class of 2007): Earned a wrestling state championship as a senior at 140 pounds
He became a standout wrestler at North Michigan University and won a qualifying tournament to get into the U.S
Lyndsay Leikem (Class of 2013): Member of the famed Flowing Wells Leikem family
Lyndsay led the Lady Caballeros&#8217; basketball team to a sectional championship and eventually to the state championship game as a senior
Flowing Wells finished with a 29-5 record while she averaged 14.0 points
She shot 52 percent from the field as a senior and 40 percent from 3-point range
She went on to play at Indiana before ending her career with Kansas City-Missouri as a graduate student
who has worked as a Tucson police detective
set the city passing yardage record at Flowing Wells
during his days as a Caballeros quarterback from 1980-82
were inducted into the Flowing Wells Hall of Fame in 2018
They won four state doubles tennis championships
the first in Arizona history to accomplish that feat
Both played college tennis at Rhode Island and graduated with honors
Flowing Wells battled back to beat Mountain View 5-4 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/azpreps365?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#azpreps365</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ek5A7Awai9">https://t.co/Ek5A7Awai9</a>
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The Mountain View Mountain Lions defeated the Flowing Wells Caballeros 37-13 Friday night in the Mountain Lions&#8217; first 5A Sonoran region game of the year
This is a rematch of last year&#8217;s game when Mountain View (3-3 overall
0-2) received the opening kickoff and drove down to the red zone when quarterback Tyler Friedenberg found fullback Alfredo Guzman for the touchdown to put Flowing Wells up 7-0 with 6:50 left in the first quarter.&nbsp;
That score held until the end of the first quarter
on a fourth down in Flowing Wells territory
Mountain View quarterback Damien Wallace was picked off by Flowing Wells safety Benicio Ruiz.&nbsp;
Flowing Wells quickly went three and out and punted it back to Mountain View
which immediately was set up in the red zone on a big run by wide receiver Diego Gomez
This was shortly followed with a touchdown run by running back Nicholas Horrocks with 5:04 left in the first half
The extra point was blocked to keep the game 7-6 Flowing Wells
Mountain View got the ball back after a Flowing Wells punt with 1:58 left in the half
Mountain View had a big third-and-4 play at the Flowing Wells 11
Wallace ran for 10 yards down to the 1-yard line and Gomez finished the drive off with a rushing touchdown with no time remaining in the first half
After an unsuccessful two-point conversion
Mountain View started the second half with the ball and quickly got into Flowing Wells territory on a big run by Horrocks
who later in the drive got his second touchdown of the game
After a successful two-point conversion run by Horrocks
Mountain View led 20-7 with 5:45 left in the third quarter
Mountain View drove the ball down to the red zone when quarterback Ion Brin scored a touchdown to make it 27-7 Mountain Lions with 1:36 left in the third quarter
The third quarter ended with that score with Mountain View getting the ball back after Flowing Wells turned it over on downs
Wallace finished the drive with a rushing touchdown to make it 34-7 Mountain View with 8:46 left in the game
Mountain View got the ball back with 6:04 left after Flowing Wells punted the ball away
the Mountain Lions ran the ball into field goal range where kicker Rourke Cano made a field goal with 51 seconds left to make the score 37-7 Mountain View
Friedenberg connected with wide receiver Jack Youmans on a long touchdown.&nbsp;
the game ended with Mountain View winning 37-13
to get the win and see our kids keep getting better; we&#8217;re really happy,” said Mountain View coach Matt Johnson.&nbsp;
The Mountain Lions ended the game with 440 rushing yards with Horrocks leading the way with 114
Liam Lewis also went over 100 yards on the ground with 105 and Wallace and Gomez ended with 81 and 80 yards
our offensive line has been getting better and they’re just working hard each week,” Johnson said about the dominant running game
Flowing Wells will be off next week before a game on Oct
the Caballeros will have two more games in November against Nogales and Maricopa to finish their season
Mountain View has back-to-back road games against Nogales and Maricopa before returning home on Nov
Henry Kaplowitz is a senior at The University of Arizona studying journalism. He is interested in sports reporting and can be reached at <a href="mailto:henrykaplowitz@arizona.edu">henrykaplowitz@arizona.edu</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Salpointe&#8217;s football program tried again to go from 6A to 5A after originally denied that appeal by conference committee members last week
but the AIA executive board again shot down the Lancers&#8217; plea Tuesday
Flowing Wells and Nogales suffered the same predicament with their appeals denied to go from 5A to 4A
Morenci will no longer be in the 3A South &#8212; at least for the next two-year scheduling block period &#8212; after successfully granted its appeal by the executive board to go from 3A to 2A
Salpointe&#8217;s contention was the amount of travel the Lancers must endure annually to the Phoenix area because no other Southern Arizona school is in the 6A
The AIA executive board based its denial on the Lancers&#8217; competitiveness at the 6A level
They earned the 6A Central title in a region that includes Phoenix Brophy Prep
Tempe Corona del Sol and Phoenix Desert Vista
Flowing Wells and Nogales have struggled in recent years &#8212; Nogales did not win a game the last two seasons &#8212; but their appeals were denied because of their enrollment figures
is at 1,710 with its amount of students as of the 2023-24 school year
The next step is the initial regional alignments that will be posted by the AIA by 5 p.m
(KGUN) — Almost every school district in the Tucson area have confirmed they have received more reports of concerns about threats
but have confirmed there is no danger to students
and Marana School District after reports of threats on social media concerned some
two students were arrested in the Tucson area for allegedly threatening schools
Here are the responses from each district:
"Flowing Wells Families: You or your student may have seen warnings posted online about dangers at schools today
We investigate every report we receive to determine credibility
and we are working closely with law enforcement regarding these posts
We believe FW schools are safe and are not subject to any specific threats
and law enforcement will be present and vigilant
we continue to encourage students to share specific concerns with a trusted adult
We have received calls with concerns about rumors of school threats at our campuses
We have had no threats to any of our schools today
and learning is continuing normally throughout the District
A viral social media post that has been circulated nationally has now made its way to Pima County
Districts throughout the county are contending with the posts
and the fear and anxiety these viral challenges create
We want you to know that every time we learn of a potential threat to a campus
we follow security procedures to ensure that everyone on our campus is safe while each matter is thoroughly investigated
parents at two schools were notified that the campuses went into secure mode while law enforcement investigated a rumor
Secure mode means that students and staff remain in classrooms while investigations are under way
and school continued normally when the investigations were completed
While these hoaxes create unnecessary fear
every report of a threat must be taken seriously
and that’s what we do at Amphitheater Public Schools
every report of a possible threat is investigated
and our campuses are kept safe during the investigation process
we are providing information about incidents that have impacted several schools throughout the Marana Unified School District
our schools are operating as normally scheduled and students and staff are safe
several schools in the District have dealt with incidents of students posting or reposting threats of shootings at schools on social media.&nbsp;Reports of similar threats have also been received on the District’s SpeakUp
Law enforcement has reported similar posts on social media that have impacted other districts throughout the country
where threats have circulated and been found to be unsubstantiated while causing significant disruption
all reports we receive are taken seriously and investigated to determine credibility."
The Sunnyside Unified School District is working closely with the Tucson Police Department to investigate the social media threats that have affected several of our schools this morning
TPD has confirmed that these are viral spam videos that have surfaced on TikTok and Instagram
Although TPD’s investigation has confirmed that these threats are false
our security department is working with local law enforcement to ensure we take all precautionary measures to ensure your students and school staff are safe
There has been a significant increase in the number of viral threats directed at schools and unfortunately
multiple districts across Arizona have been impacted by the same threats which have all resulted in non-viable threats
Safety is a shared responsibility and we are calling on families to have conversations about the importance of social media etiquette and the serious consequences of posting content on social media that includes weapons
threats and/or violence as these actions have legal implications
Our district remains committed to the safety of all students and we are grateful for your cooperation and partnership."
"Several schools including Salpointe and Palo Verde HS were said to have gotten threats
TPD says these were confused with South Point HS in Phoenix and Palo Verde Middle School in Phoenix
More information will be released as it becomes available
In a sports transaction you probably didn’t see last week
Flowing Wells High School’s appeal to move its football team from Class 5A to 4A was denied by the Arizona Interscholastic Association
Flowing Wells has gone 17-34 the last five football seasons
It plays in the 5A Sonoran against what Caballeros athletic director Mark Brunenkant refers to as “destination schools” — Mountain View
“I did significant research of the last 15 years and it’s clear we should play in 4A,” said Brunenkant
“The AIA committee has many smart people on it
but I just can’t get them to understand what confronts us
I fear that we could someday be like Santa Rita
schools whose football programs have greatly diminished.”
Flowing Wells has gone 0-6 against Ironwood Ridge
Mountain View and Tucson the last two years by a cumulative score of 228-93
and we are 2-3 against them the last five years
“We get 35 kids out for varsity and 30 for our combined freshman/sophomore team
We go up against teams with 60 or 70 players on the sideline
That means we have eight or nine kids that play both ways
“Our kids break down physically by Game 6 or Game 7
but I want to give them more of a chance.”
but most of that success occurred in the school’s first 50 years
before open enrollment and transfers became prevalent in high school sports
The Cabs won 14 state championships in baseball
But they haven’t won a state championship since coach Michael Perkins‘ 2008 girls basketball team
We don’t benefit from open enrollment like so many of the suburban schools we play,” said Brunenkant
“I get the sinking feeling when we go to the AIA with an appeal that they’ve already made their mind up.”
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The <a href="https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/tusd/">Tucson Unified School District</a> is moving its administrative headquarters from the longstanding site at 1010 E
into an empty building at 220 West Sixth St.
and the price estimates of the new digs are doubling
The original estimate said the move would cost $3.3 million. Oops. In news that I'm sure will shock all readers because this never happens (ha, ha, ha), the revised plans say the move will cost <a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/az/tucsonusd/Board.nsf/files/DCSL9X5587BE/$file/2025-01-14%20220%20W%206th%20St%20Renovations.pdf">more than twice initial calculations</a>
The idea was to move because "1010" was just too costly to operate
The district made a deal to sell the old building to make way for apartments and move into a building owned by the University of Arizona
They knew they were going to have to add technology
fix up the heating/cooling system and make upgrades to the building itself but they didn't expect it to cost this much
Just complying with the <a href="https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/ada/">Americans with Disabilities Act</a> costs the district almost all of the original estimate of $1.7 million for building renovations
That was before they added replacing light fixtures
The district was dead-on with its projected costs to transfer data and telecommunications network from 1010 but added a backup generator for uninterrupted power supply (to the old Tucson Electric Power building
nonetheless) and that cost an extra $129,777
A new chiller was required for the HVAC system but the refurbished cooling towers and bringing the system up to code brought these costs up $390,171 beyond projections
What all the changes told the facilities staff
was that it would be smart to nearly double the contingency (says the barn door chasing the horse)
TUSD staff is recommending the board just eat the overruns and plow ahead with the plans
The board will vote on it during the meeting Tuesday
Cost estimates from the early 2020s are proving naive in the mid-2020s
Building costs are just going up for a variety or reasons tied to global costs resetting after the pandemic and a sudden construction boom as the U.S
invests in infrastructure and American factories move back home
It's not like inflation was hidden from public view 14 months ago
It was around this time that the Regional Transportation Authority estimating costs of a new 20-year round of funding had concluded "Wow
Then again, it's a redevelopment project. Buy an existing building and start going at it and surprises burst forth. Redevelopment woes plagued some of the early <a href="https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/rio+nuevo">Rio Nuevo</a> projects as developers fixed up longstanding Downtown properties
This also makes people like me want to ask "We know the original cost of remodeling always comes in way over budget so why not just double the estimate?" 
The TUSD board will also vote on approving a $506,000 contract with mass communication firm ParentSquare to improve how parents and educators can remotely talk to each other
God forbid anyone should be in the same room with anybody else in 2025
<a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/az/tucsonusd/Board.nsf/files/DCS54Z0E7EDE/$file/2025-01-14%20Mass%20Communication%20System%20Presentation.pdf">The current system is limited in terms of</a> translation to languages other than English
overloading parents with messages and most archaic of all &#8211; lacking a way for teachers
coaches and students to be able to communicate because there is no "two-way" communications or (shudder) mobile app
The five-year cost is $500,000 more than the $207,000 price of the current vendor
The board will also vote on a contract to provide firewall protection for the district's computer network
The one-year deal would start in July and could be extended for three years
The $257,000 contract is eligible for a $175,000 federal match
TUSD experienced a data breach in 2023 that compromised as many as 29,000 people
In <a href="https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/vusd/">Vail</a>, the school district board will vote on buying $585,000 in new furniture for Saguaro Creek K-8. Delivery and installation will cost the district <a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/az/vail/Board.nsf/Public#">another $107,000.</a>
Saguaro Creek is a spanking new school in the Rocking K development
which is a 30-year-old rezoning still coming on line
The <a href="https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/cfusd/">Catalina Foothills School District</a> have a nifty new award for their high-achieving students. OK, it's not like a car or new iPhone. Students with a weighted grade-point average of <a href="https://meetings.boardbook.org/Documents/WebViewer/1202?file=50f48baf-04fd-4242-b398-fbbe4e5533e6">4.0 or higher will receive "Silver Awards" and those with a 3.75 to 3.99 GOP will get a "Blue" award. </a>
This is for high school students through Grade 11
Seniors with a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better during the previous 7 semesters will be recognized during the Senior Honors Ceremony
One more thing for the college transcripts as graduates before the national media can deem them "elites" out of touch with Real American in Oklahoma trailer parks
the board will approve this award and a series of field trips
The Catalina Foothills High School cheerleading squad is set to go to the USA Spirit National Competition in Anaheim
The February trip will cost $857 per student
The boys volleyball team will go to a tournament in Las Vegas at the end of February and the start of March
The district is sending 17-year-old boys to Las Vegas and not charging them anything
And what happens if a cheerleader's family can't fork over nearly $1,000 for a trip to SoCal
Cheerleaders have never been known to be petty and mean about such things (other than every Disney Channel movie ever made)
The <a href="https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/amphi+public+schools">Amphitheater Unified School District Governing Board</a> will vote to approve two fire alarm monitoring systems for cellular conversion
I personally have no idea what that is but it sounds pretty high tech
Amphi will also hold something called an organizational meeting and all the school districts are doing them
An organizational meeting involves delivering oaths of office to new members and selecting chairs and vice chairs for governing boards for the coming year
As school districts get back to work after holiday vacations
these are also the meetings where they do the equivalent of what most people do when they return from a holiday jaunt to wherever
stacking papers neatly on their desks after
wiping down surfaces with Formula 409 and taking their new desk calendars out of the box
Instead the districts are largely doing consent calendar work (approving routine functions) and finishing up old business
What makes this a little more amusing is most local governments did the same thing in December getting ready for the holidays
governments are going to start doing things that matter again
The Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facilities District Board has begun adding study sessions to discuss projects that don't require actual votes to approve things
It's a way to have more informal talks about projects for educational purposes only
The board will review progress on six projects:
Local government meetings around Tucson this week:
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The family of a 9-year-old girl killed when she was <a href="https://tucson.com/news/local/girl-killed-school-flowing-wells-tucson/article_74448438-87d1-11ee-a03a-9bc240c7fb7f.html" target="_blank">crushed by a school gate</a> in November has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Flowing Wells Unified School District
Arlette Chavira died because of “the negligence and carelessness” of the district
says the lawsuit filed Monday in Pima County Superior Court by her parents
Chavira’s parents previously filed <a href="https://tucson.com/news/local/education/precollegiate/arlette-chavira-flowing-wells-gate-claim/article_8de149b2-0c92-11ef-a95d-175761f7a981.html">a $15 million wrongful death claim</a> on April 23
which is the precursor to filing a lawsuit
The parents say the school district should be held completely and directly responsible for the death of their daughter
On Nov. 8, 2023, Centennial Elementary School’s maintenance supervisor, Ramon Gonzalez, had “submitted a maintenance request <a href="https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/gate-at-tucson-school-needed-repair-9-days-before-it-fell-killing-child/article_8ae6579c-9ad3-11ee-b8c8-9fc29231deab.html" target="_blank">to repair a large metal gate</a> ..
because its ‘stop bar’ was in disrepair,” the lawsuit notes
This was 9 days before the gate fell and crushed the student
referred to as “Jane Doe Chavira” in the initial wrongful death claim
were heading from Centennial Elementary School to a nearby junior high where their mother worked
The children stopped to help Gonzalez close the gate
“As Arlette Chavira and her sister were pulling on the gate to close it
unrepaired ‘stop bar,’ came off its tracks
and causing her catastrophic injures that resulted in her death,” the lawsuit says
Arlette’s sister was able to jump out of the way before the gate hit her but had to watch her sister be crushed by it
Pima County sheriff’s deputies arrived to the scene to find that Gonzalez had been unable to lift the gate
Arlette was taken to a hospital where she died
Gonzalez “carelessly” allowed the two sisters to pull on the gate despite knowing of its state of disrepair
and adds that the district should have predicted this dangerous outcome since a maintenance request had been filed
The lawsuit says Flowing Wells dropped the ball in maintaining and repairing “dangerous
defective and hazardous” conditions of the gate
The district also should have ordered students to not go near the gate and should have taken steps to protect and keep them safe
The district is “liable and legally responsible for the actions and inactions of its employees,” it says
The damages count seeks compensation for “the pain
shock and mental suffering already experienced and to be experienced in the future” due to Arlette’s death and “the loss of (her) love
The lawsuit also asks for the district to compensate the family for the costs of the medical
funeral and burial expenses as well as the plaintiffs’ costs and expenses in suing
Flowing Wells officials could not immediately be reached for comment
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17 when a gate at Centennial Elementary malfunctioned
The Centennial Elementary gate was known to need welding 9 days before it fell and killed a 9-year-old student
The 9-year-old girl died at a hospital after after being injured Friday afternoon at Centennial Elementary School
two vehicles crashed into the same building on Tucson's south side earlier this week
The body of a 20-year-old Pima County corrections officer was recovered from Patagonia Lake Thursday morning after rescue efforts had to be su&hellip;
Northbound travel on North Flowing Wells Road will be closed for 24 hours while Tucson Electric Power fixes the power pole
A single vehicle crash has closed northbound travel on North Flowing Wells Road between West Miracle Mile and West Prince Road for the next 24 hours
a truck crashed into a power pole Thursday afternoon
Police advise those traveling in the area find an alternate route while Tucson Electric Power fixes the power pole
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Golder Ranch and Northwest Fire Districts participated in swift water rescues at Overton Road and the Can͂ada del Oro wash just east of La Cholla Boulevard
Criminal charges has been accumulating since Leandro Guillen was initially arrested on May 7
A 37-year-old man was killed in a shooting on Tucson's south side
There were no children on the school bus during the time of the crash
Tucson Police found a 29-year-old man with gunshot wounds in a parking lot on East Speedway Boulevard
A landscaping truck driver was shot on Interstate 10 Friday morning in a road rage incident
(KGUN) — Tucsonan Alicia Nichols and her family are now miles away from the place she once called home
She grew up on the northside of town in the Flowing Wells and Amphi neighborhoods
"I think it would be great if the whole area could go back to the way it was 10 years ago," she said
"It doesn't make you feel very safe or secure
and you should when you're paying thousands of dollars for rent." 
She and her four kids were recently evicted from the Miraflores Apartments near Roger Road and First Avenue. <a class="Link" href="https://www.kgun9.com/news/community-inspired-journalism/northside-news/theres-so-much-not-being-taken-care-of-tenants-at-miraflores-apartments-fight-for-better-living-conditions" data-cms-ai="0">Nichols was one of the neighbors</a> who met with the property owner about issues in their units
in a story recently covered by KGUN 9's Tina Giuliano:
With an eviction on her record and the high cost of living
Nichols said it's been a struggle to find their next home
According to the Southwest Institute for Research on Women
about 24% of respondents in their research said eviction or unaffordable rents were their main causes of homelessness
There's help but you have to jump through so many hoops." 
she said she hopes that change happens in both the cost of living and conditions
Here's a list of housing resources in southern Arizona: 
A week after Flowing Wells&#8217; Nevaeh Urenda reached 1,000 points in her career and a few days after St
Augustine&#8217;s Megan Callahan did the same
Rincon/University&#8217;s Leila O&#8217;Dowd achieved the feat Tuesday night
eclipsed the 1,000-point mark when she scored 21 points in a 50-37 win at Buena last week
She is now at 1,043 points for the Lady Caballeros (15-5
is at 1,001 points after scoring 20 points in a 42-36 win over Desert Christian in the MLK Classic at McKale Center on Monday
Augustine improved to 12-8 overall with the victory
scored 38 points in a 62-51 win over Tucson High on Tuesday
The output gave her 1,005 points in her career
She has 626 points this season (even though she missed the first couple of games with an ankle injury) after producing 379 last year as a freshman starter on the varsity team
1-0 6A South) will celebrate her achievement during Friday&#8217;s home game against Marana
A simulation of Arizona's home matchup with Houston in College Football 25
(Video by Justin Spears / Arizona Daily Star) 
Sometimes it can be tough to contain Flowing Wells’ top two weapons on offense in juniors Jayden Simmons and Benicio Ruiz
In the Caballeros’ 70-0 win over Nogales last Friday
Ruiz and Simmons combined for 15 rushing attempts for 219 yards and three touchdowns
Flowing Wells had eight rushing touchdowns as a team
“It’s awesome to know the defense has to worry about more than just one of us,” Simmons said
“They have no idea who’s getting the ball most of the time
We’re really a two-headed dragon back there.”
The win for Flowing Wells ended a four-game skid
but the Caballeros (4-5) won’t make the Class 5A playoffs even with a win on Friday against Maricopa
They always give us a good look and get the offense going.”
Since Simmons and Ruiz both rushed for over 100 yards and scored touchdowns
they are the Star’s co-high school football players of the week — a first since starting the series earlier in the season
Flowing Wells’ Jayden Simmons (8) heads to the house with what turned out to be the Caballeros only score of the night in the first quarter at Sunnyside High School on Sept
How did it feel to end the four-game losing streak in dominant fashion against Nogales
Simmons: “It felt great because it was our homecoming and senior night
so it was awesome for me and Ben to succeed and get our seniors out there
They were able to run the ball the entire second half and do great
We went back and forth every other drive and kept saying
We’re going to score here,’ and we ended up scoring on pretty much every drive
Simmons: “I started when I was 7 (years old)
playing football in (Tucson Youth Football) league.”
but I was in the same program when I was 5
the Broncos and then I ended up on the Jaguars where we won three straight championships and went to nationals and got second place.”
started putting in extra effort off the field in the weight room
let’s see how this kid runs the ball.’ I ended up succeeding at it
I’m stuck between (Cleveland Browns running back) Nick Chubb and (Boise State running back) Ashton Jeanty
watching him break tackles and run for over 100 yards every single game.”
It’s crazy to see a guy like that do what he did
Simmons: “I like to work out in the weight room and run track
I spend a lot of time in the library reading and catching up on literature
I’m reading ‘The Fear’ (by Natasha Preston)
unquote meme that’s spreading death and everyone thinks it’s a joke
It’s a bunch of teens coping and dealing with that as it goes on
What do you want to pursue when you’re done playing football
Simmons: “I definitely want to pursue nursing in college
I was exploring different options outside of high school
but the only thing that caught my attention was the medical field
My dream school is the University of Michigan
Flowing Wells won’t qualify for the playoffs
but both of you return next season as seniors
This is actually my first year playing receiver
I learned a lot and got used to playing those positions
I think we can achieve a lot and do even better next year.”
Simmons: “It’s been a big learning experience because me and Ben have been on varsity since sophomore year
It’s been interesting to see the jump from this year to last year
We have a chance to make borderline history
It’s been a long time since our school has won five games in a season
so we’re going to try and do that this Friday.”
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Football coach Brent Brennan said the Arizona Wildcats are doing "everything we can to keep our recruiting class intact and also find the piec&hellip;
The Indoor Football League championship at Tucson Arena for the next three years is "our chance to show off Tucson." 
Pusch Ridge Christian quarterback Jacob Newborn threw for 315 yards and three touchdowns in the Lions' first win over Thatcher in three years
After throwing for 452 yards and a school-record six touchdowns
Walden Grove quarterback Kaleb Layton is our high school football player of t&hellip;
Mica Mountain defensive end and tight end Jimmy Leon is one of the leaders for the undefeated Thunderbolts
Walden Grove star Carlos Montoya is our high school football player of the week after recording 16 tackles and over 100 yards of offense in a &hellip;
Mica Mountain star running back Josiah Thornwell is our high school football player of the week following his breakout performance against Cas&hellip;
Tucson High quarterback Derek Mesa passed for 318 yards
three touchdowns and an interception in the Badgers' win over Buena in Sierra Vista
Marana star Dezmen Roebuck is our high school athlete of the week after he set the Arizona state record for all-time receptions
Marana High School star quarterback Colten Meyer helped the Tigers take down Salpointe Catholic in Week 1
Empire High School's Ngonkra Fuangunyi has emerged as one of the top running backs in Southern Arizona
Star sports staffers Michael Lev and Justin Spears and former sports editor Brett Fera make their picks for Week 11 in Big 12 play
With about a month left of the college football regular season
here's a look at how some of Arizona's outgoing transfers have been performing&hellip;
Arizona defensive back Genesis Smith is giving back to Tucson- and Phoenix-area families with "Christmas Cats."
In the program's second season as a university sport
the Arizona Wildcats triathlon team won its first-ever national championship
Arizona football head coach Brent Brennan discussed the team's mindset entering "the fourth quarter of the season," the impact of the bye week&hellip;
The Arizona-TCU kickoff time and television coverage won't be revealed until this weekend
Even though "there has been some major shuffling" on Arizona's offensive line
the Wildcats "definitely need to improve" running the football,&hellip;
Buena running back Andres Bonilla has over 4,000 yards and 40 touchdowns in his career with the Colts
Bonilla and Buena are set to host a pla&hellip;
(13 News) - The Pima County man accused of sexual assault of his daughter has been captured
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said 30-year-old Nathan Aaron Peru was arrested in the Flowing Wells area around 3 p.m
located and arrested Peru,” the PCSD said in a release
The PCSD said Peru was unarmed and taken into custody without incident
“This arrest was possible because of the strong relationships between the Pima County Sheriff’s Department
Peru was on the run after his daughter died under suspicious circumstances and he was also charged with two counts of sexual conduct with a minor
He is also wanted on a charge of vehicle theft
The PCSD said the investigation began on March 16 when Peru’s 4-year-old daughter Terry drowned at El Frontier Manufactured Home Community
which is located in the 4200 block of North Flowing Wells Road
the girl died under suspicious circumstances and Peru was identified as a suspect
The PCSD said Peru ran from law enforcement
Investigators also want to talk to him about his daughter’s death
Peru’s daughter is the victim of the sexual conduct case
FLOWING WELLS2023 ALL-REGION SELECTIONSNG/G Giancarlo Quintero
IRONWOOD RIDGEREGION COACH OF THE YEARDale Stott2023 ALL-REGION SELECTIONSDB/WR Grant Dooling
MOUNTAIN VIEW2023 ALL-REGION SELECTIONSFS Diego Gomez
NOGALES2023 ALL-REGION SELECTIONSP/K Aldo Cuatepotzo
TUCSON2023 ALL-REGION SELECTIONSWR/SB/CB Noah Chanez
tallied 1,610 all-purpose yards last season
including 565 in kickoff returns and 194 in punt returns
He averaged 26.9 yards per kickoff return and 17.6 yards in punt returns
He also caught 39 passes for 501 yards with four touchdowns and rushed for 350 yards on 42 carries with two touchdowns
Ironwood Ridge wide receiver/defensive back Matthew Kroner
is one of the best returning receivers in Southern Arizona after totaling 821 yards on 43 receptions with nine touchdowns last season
He also returned two punts for touchdowns and averaged 16.2 yards on his punt returns
he accumulated 29 tackles with an interception and four pass deflections
Mountain View running back Nicholas Horrocks
is a senior with an old-school straightforward running style
He ran past or over tacklers routinely last year
He accumulated 1,156 rushing yards on 205 carries with 11 touchdowns
The 205 rushes shows how durable and reliable Horrocks was for Mountain View coach Matt Johnson
opens at home against Agua Fria and then plays three straight road games followed by three consecutive home games
including the first two region games against Ironwood Ridge and Mountain View
The annual Prince Road Rivalry game against Amphi is at Amphi this season on Sept
&#8212; Ironwood Ridge coach Dale Stott also embarks on his third season after leading the Nighthawks to the 5A state playoffs
going from a 1-9 record in his first season to 8-3 last season
Ironwood Ridge again plays Southern Arizona teams and Maricopa within its region except for a non-conference game at home against Seton Catholic
The Nighthawks have two long trips in the non-region schedule to Sierra Vista to face Buena and to Douglas
Three of their five region games are on the road
one of the legendary local coaches with a state championship
faces a schedule with six road games in his 21st season as a head coach
when the Mountain Lions had six home games
Unique in both schedules &#8212; five straight games on the road this year after five consecutive at home last season
The Mountain Lions have a gap of home games from Sept
Mountain View found it difficult to take advantage of five straight home games last season because of an abnormal amount of season-ending injuries
including to its first- and second-string quarterbacks
&#8212; Nogales is now more familiar with Joshua Jett
who was hired relatively late last year as head coach from a high school in Texas
It will be tough to immediately get on a winning track this season with the opener at Pueblo
but the Apaches should gather some steam by the time they travel to I-19 rival Rio Rico on Sept
Nogales has lost the last two meetings against Rio Rico after going unbeaten in the first 12 games between the schools
who knows how to win coming from Salpointe&#8217;s program
won four consecutive games to conclude last season to finish 5-5
except for the sites being flipped other than Marana visiting Tucson again in Week 2
Last year&#8217;s game was originally scheduled to be played at Marana but switched to Tucson after a monsoon storm caused a significant delay in the Tigers&#8217; new turf to be set
Tucson will make it a mission to turn around the results from a five-game losing streak it experienced last year after beating South Mountain at home to start the season
&#8230; Former Catalina Foothills offensive lineman Izaiah Reyes
Reyes was an all-region selection with the Falcons last year in the 4A Kino
&#8212; Maricopa is in the region that has mostly Southern Arizona schools despite it being closer to Phoenix to the northwest of Casa Grande
The Rams are coming off a 4-6 record with a huge upset of Ironwood Ridge at home in the second-to-last game of the season
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How does the water from an artesian well get to the surface of the land
Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid
the paper boys had a huge story to share with their readers
it caused a gusher that flooded the entire town for a whole year
(Map marking Benton County in east-central Iowa.)
So back when Iowa towns were first developing
city planners knew that digging wells to access groundwater was an important step in securing a town's future
had already successfully drilled wells that brought water to businesses and homes
but they needed one more for firefighters to use
When the contractor drilled for the new well and found water the initial hole was too small
so the plan was to let the running water erode the hole away to three inches
That's when something extraordinary happened
Water eventually began exploding out of the hole
The pressure of the water quickly made the two inch hole more like three feet
The bigger opening soon stopped the water from shooting as high
but it was still flowing out so strongly that no one could figure out how to stop it
somewhere between 30,000 to 50,000 gallons were shooting out of the well per minute
a fire hydrant's water flow is anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 gallons per minute
So nicknaming the well Jumbo was totally accurate
no one could figure out a way to stop the water from flowing
This situation fascinated news reporters and brought tourists in to see Jumbo spit up not only huge amounts of water
The town adapted as much as they could by channeling the water down ditches
they were baffled and asked for help from engineers in big cities like Chicago
Why do you think this particular well was so tough to tame
It's because it was a flowing artesian well
which means the water underground was confined and pressurized by layers of hard material like rock and clay
The water there is confined and pressurized by the hard layers
so it only has one place to go through the drilled hole
a local resident figured out how to stop the flow of water
Into the well he put a combination of hundreds of feet of different sized pipe
The artesian wells around Belle Plaine still exist
remains an underground legend with a street level marker to keep the story alive
Every county in Iowa is overflowing with historic stories
perhaps the tale of an uncontrollable well in Benton County will trickle or gush into your mind
Funding for FIND Iowa has been provided by The Coons Foundation
senior varsity basketball players at Flowing Wells High School
The two had different journeys at Flowing Wells but have become close friends and co-captains
a senior varsity basketball players at Flowing Wells High
runs through warm-up drills before a game on Dec
a senior varsity basketball player at Flowing Wells High School
When Flowing Wells student Isabelle “Isa” Lopez joined the freshman girls basketball team in her first year of high school
she dreamed about the day she could join the varsity team
She was determined to make that dream a reality
Lopez made it to the JV team during her sophomore year and by the time she was a junior
she finally got the call-up she had been waiting for
“I knew the game was a lot faster and you got to be quick
but it was really nice to have a coach who had the faith in me to be able to pull me up and I was very thankful,” Lopez said
adding: “It’s nice to have a team that loves the same thing you do
and it’s just nice being around people who love what you do.”
is a co-captain of the varsity team alongside senior Nevaeh Urenda
six rebounds and six assists through the first several games of her final season at Flowing Wells
Urenda recently eclipsed 900 career points, an achievement she hit during the Lady Caballeros’ 55-33 win against Casa Grande High School on Dec. 13 — the same night Flowing Wells celebrated <a href="https://tucson.com/sports/subscriber/flowing-wells-high-school-lady-cabs-50-years-girls-basketball/article_9e5304b8-b802-11ef-914c-3719d1000558.html" target="_blank">50 years of Lady Cabs basketball</a>
“It feels good because I see a bunch of other people hit milestones around me
so it feels good to be able to hit those milestones
“And hopefully in the next couple of games
The girls’ journeys are the “perfect example of two journeys coming together but from different spaces,” said Michael Perkins
the Flowing Wells girls basketball coach for the last 20 years
was a varsity starter from the very beginning of her high school career
Lopez says there were times she faced mental challenges while working her way up to varsity
Perkins and her faith got her through those challenging times
But no matter how the girls made it to the varsity level
they had the drive and passion to be at their best from the very beginning of their high school journeys
They credit their lifelong passion for basketball to their siblings who inspired them to play
“They’re both just terrific people,” Perkins said
They are both what we call ‘Flowing Wells kids,’ that grow up in the district
and then to have them commit to Lady Cabs basketball is just really cool.”
While they’ve only been playing together for the last two years
and we have a great time all the time,” Urenda said
“Sometimes we may not play at the same time
but I feel like me and her are always on the same page
Even their coaches have picked up on their silly and outgoing personalities
often referring to them as the “knucklehead captains,” according to Lopez
But those “knucklehead captains” are part of the reason Flowing Wells is currently 7-0 overall and 5-0 in the 5A Southern Conference
With the basketball season starting only a month ago
the two plan on soaking up every second of their final season with the Lady Cabs
“I try not to be sad about it because it’s a new beginning,” Urenda said
“But it’s not really the end for me because I’m gonna continue playing and I don’t think I’ll be too far away
I’ll still have some type of connection here
But it’s just a little nostalgic for me because I’ve been here for four years and now those four years are about to be up.”
saying that she’s thankful for her time with the team and the memories she’ll leave with
Despite their competitiveness on the court and dedication to school off the court — both girls have GPAs above 3.8 — the girls are still your typical high school students who enjoy doing things like hanging out with friends and catching up on sleep
Both have deep passions for activities outside of basketball
which includes volunteering with children and attending services every Sunday
it was a no-brainer for Lopez to join the choir when she started at Flowing Wells
Urenda loves building LEGO sets or doing hair and makeup during her free time
a hobby she picked up during the COVID-19 pandemic
Both are set to graduate next year and already have big plans for post-graduation life
Lopez plans on going to college to become an elementary school teacher
while Urenda aims to study marketing in college
She hopes to go to the University of Notre Dame
the girls are focused on making the best of their time at Flowing Wells — hopefully with a few more achievements and milestones under their belts before they go
“They’re the kids that I want my young kids to model themselves after when I look for role models,” Perkins said
“We’ve talked about celebrating 50 years of Lady Cabs basketball and many of the women that reached out to me … mentioned their role models that they looked up to
the seniors that they looked up to when they were freshmen
being those role models for our young freshmen
for our junior-high kids that come up and watch the games
Those are the kids we want to continue to foster
continue to grow and continue to be great role models in our community.”
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most of the wells in X Oilfield are self-flowing wells
In order to adjust the production system of oil wells in time according to the production requirements of oilfields
it is necessary to predict the ceasing&#x02013;flowing time
how to accurately predict the ceasing&#x02013;flowing time is the main problem faced by the self-flowing well
As the conventional prediction methods only consider the influence of a single variable
Combining the production prediction based on the long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network and the inflow and outflow dynamic curves
this study proposes a comprehensive method for predicting the ceasing&#x02013;flowing time of a flowing well by considering multiple factors
Using the minimum wellhead pressure prediction method
the changes in bottom hole flowing pressure and reservoir pressure are also considered
The practical application results in X Oilfield show that the calculated and predicted results are highly consistent with the actual production data
This study can provide a reference for the prediction of oil well ceasing&#x02013;flowing in other oilfields
Through comprehensive research and comparisons with the previously mentioned methods
the Beggs and Brill method is widely applicable to vertical
the theory of the Beggs and Brill method is mature and convenient for programming and debugging
the Beggs and Brill model was selected to fit the pressure and temperature of the wellbore profile and then combined with the Bayesian automatic algorithm to calculate the bottom hole flowing pressure
Considering the time characteristics of oil well production data, it is necessary to use a time-series model for predicting production and pressure. Currently, time-series models have made significant progress in the field of artificial intelligence and are successfully applied in the dynamic prediction of oil and gas well production (<a href="#B11">Frausto-Sol&#x000ed;s et al., 2015</a>)
These prediction models improve universality as they only consider historical data
This study selects a deep learning algorithm suitable for time-series analysis based on the decline curve of oil well production
Figure 1. Long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network structure (<a href="#B24">Xue et al., 2023</a>)
the aforementioned methods only consider a single factor when predicting the ceasing&#x02013;flowing time
and the accuracy of the prediction results is poor
this study proposed a comprehensive method that considers multiple factors to predict the ceasing&#x02013;flowing time of a flowing well
taking into account both changes in flow pressure and reservoir pressure based on the minimum wellhead pressure prediction method
a suitable multiphase pipe flow model was selected based on data such as fluid pressure testing and production performance and fitted with the flow pressure and reservoir pressure using the Bayesian algorithm and material balance method
the LSTM neural network algorithm driven by the DCA model was used to predict the production
the predicted inflow performance relationship (IPR) and wellhead performance relationship (WPR) curves were drawn to determine the minimum wellhead pressure for the well to ceasing&#x02013;flowing
the warning level for each well can be determined by the difference between the current and minimum wellhead pressure
This method fully considers the current development status of X Oilfield
and the prediction results were relatively accurate
which can provide a technical reference for the analysis and research of stopping flow prediction in flowing wells
to further verify the applicability of the Beggs and Brill method in X Oilfield
the fitting results of different bottom hole flowing pressures and test pressure profiles for A-well were compared
The comparison results show that the Beggs and Brill method has extremely high fitting accuracy
Fitting results of pressure profiles of A-well
this study used the Python platform for programming the calculation of bottom hole flowing pressure and developed modules for basic parameters
and pressure and temperature gradient calculation
to improve the fitting accuracy of the test profile data and reduce human interference
the Bayesian optimization algorithm was further combined to realize the automatic fitting and optimization of the uncertain sequence array
Based on the bottom hole flowing pressure obtained by the Beggs and Brill model, the automatic bottom hole flowing pressure fitting was carried out in combination with the Bayesian optimization algorithm. The process of automatic bottom hole flowing pressure fitting is shown in <a href="#F3">Figure 3</a>
and the search space is defined based on basic parameters such as GOR
when the iteration times (N) is less than the maximum limit
the profile and normalized mean squared error (MSE) loss were calculated compared to the test data
which is a multi-target optimization process
the aforementioned process was repeated until the loss converges
Process of automatic bottom hole flowing pressure fitting
Most parameters change with the change in bottom hole flowing pressure
but the amplitude of the change in each parameter was significantly different
The changes in water cut and gas relative density were significant
while saturation pressure and temperature gradient remained constant
Automatic fitting result of uncertain coefficients
Based on the accurate acquisition of bottom hole flowing pressure data
further research and calculation of producer inflow dynamics are necessary to accurately assess whether the producers are naturally flowing
To obtain the inflow performance characteristics of producers at a certain time
the first step is to predict the reservoir pressure at that time
the reservoir pressure was calculated based on the material balance method
the oil well and its drainage area are regarded as closed reservoir units
and the oil&#x02013;water two-phase and oil&#x02013;gas&#x02013;water three-phase reservoir pressure prediction models were established
Combined with the least square method and Newton&#x02019;s iterative method
the reservoir pressure at different times was calculated according to the relationship between cumulative production and reservoir pressure decrease
The principle of material balance is as follows (<a href="#B14">Li, 2011</a>):
where Bo&#x0002b;Rp&#x02212;RsBg is oil and dissolved gas production
Bo&#x02212;Boi&#x0002b;Rsi&#x02212;RsBg is oil and dissolved gas expansion
1&#x0002b;mBoiCf&#x0002b;SwcCw1&#x02212;Swc&#x00394;P is the compression of pore space and connate water expansion
this study compared the calculated reservoir pressure and measured reservoir pressure of each well in different layers
and the results show that the aforementioned method can be used to calculate reservoir pressure with certain accuracy
The aforementioned method was used to calculate the daily bottom hole flowing pressure and reservoir pressure of each well. The calculated pressure was fitted with the measured pressure. According to the fitting results of reservoir pressure and bottom hole flowing pressure, the time-series curves of reservoir pressure and bottom hole flowing pressure in different production dates were drawn, as shown in <a href="#F5">Figure 5</a>
and the time sequence bottom hole flowing pressure and reservoir pressure calculated by each well have a high accuracy
The aforementioned theory and method can be used to calculate the bottom hole flowing pressure and reservoir pressure
Bottom hole flowing pressure and reservoir pressure calculation results of A-well
Based on the historical production data such as oil production rate
we used the LSTM neural network model constrained by the DCA production decline model to predict the production and pressure
The dynamic curves of inflow and outflow were drawn
and then the curves of the coordination point change were obtained
Each cell state is composed of three multiplicative gating connections
The function of each gate can be interpreted as write
The gates in a memory cell facilitate keeping and accessing the internal cell states over long periods
The LSTM output would depend on all previous inputs
Previous information is neither completely discarded nor completely carried over to the current state
the influence of the previous information on the current state is carefully controlled through the gate signals
The forget gate ft at time t is calculated as follows (<a href="#B24">Xue et al., 2023</a>):
where &#x003c3; represents the sigmoid function; Wf and Uf are the weight parameters; bf represents the bias of the forget gate; and ht&#x02212;1 is the output information of the hidden layer
The input gate it at time t can be expressed as follows:
where Wi and Ui are the weight parameters and bi represents the bias of the input gate
It outputs a value to send unit status information
it can be determined which information from the previous unit status should be retained or discarded
The candidate unit status Ct at time t can be calculated as follows:
where tanh represents the hyperbolic tangent activation function; Wc and Uc are the weight parameters of the LSTM cell; and bc represents the bias of the input gate
The output gate ot at time t is calculated as follows:
where Wo and Uo are the weight parameters and bo is the bias of the output gate
The cell state can be expressed as follows:
The aforementioned equations summarize formulas for the LSTM network forward pass
activation functions are point-wise nonlinear functions that are typically logistic sigmoids for the gates and hyperbolic tangent (tanh) for input to and output from a node
the lengths of all vectors are considered to be 32 bits
the neural network training process can converge to its optimal state more quickly and accurately
improving the accuracy of its prediction results
Figure 6. LSTM neural network method combined with the DCA model (<a href="#B24">Xue et al., 2023</a>)
The calculation formula for the DCA model is as follows:
These five models are fitted to the training and testing datasets and are based on the fitting performance of these five DCA models
the optimal model is selected and incorporated as a driving condition into the neural network
It can be seen that the LSTM machine learning prediction results based on the production decline model have a good fitting effect with the historical production data
According to the predicted IPR and WPR curves
the minimum wellhead pressure can be determined when the oil well is ceasing&#x02013;flowing
the subsequent method was used to predict the ceasing&#x02013;flowing time of oil wells
Dynamic indicator prediction results of A-well: (A) predicted results of the oil and gas production rate; (B) predicted results of wellhead pressure; and (C) time-series curves of IPR and WPR
X Oilfield is in the early stages of development
and most of the oil wells are produced by self-flowing
the reservoir pressure continues to decrease
and some oil wells gradually produce water
More and more oil wells are facing ceasing&#x02013;flowing
To timely grasp the production situation of oil wells and adjust production systems
it is necessary to accurately predict the ceasing&#x02013;flowing of oil wells
the minimum wellhead pressure method was selected for predicting the ceasing&#x02013;flowing of oil wells
As shown in <a href="#F8">Figure 8</a>, the main steps of the minimum wellhead pressure ceasing&#x02013;flowing warning are summarized as follows (<a href="#B16">Li, 2009</a>): first, the future production rate and cumulative production are obtained by the LSTM network method. Then, by combining the reservoir pressure prediction method given in <a href="#h3-2">Section 2.2</a>
the bottom hole pressure at that production rate can be obtained by drawing IPR curves
and the corresponding wellhead pressure value can be obtained by using the wellbore pressure calculation method
The yellow lines in the figure are the wellhead pressure curves (WPR) predicted by different production rates at a certain time in the future
When the curve intersects with the green line of the minimum wellhead pressure
it indicates that the oil well will not be able to self-flow after this moment
the difference between the current wellhead pressure and the minimum wellhead pressure can be used as a judgment for a ceasing&#x02013;flowing warning
Ceasing&#x02013;flowing warning using the minimum wellhead pressure method
When the downstream pressure of the nozzle decreases to the minimum external pressure required for the wellhead
the minimum wellhead pressure of ceasing&#x02013;flowing is determined
the triggering condition is set to whether the wellhead pressure decreased to 300 psi
Production performance prediction results of B-well based on the minimum wellhead pressure warning method: (A) production rate and cumulative production change; (B) time-series IPR curves (the production rate value at the red dot in the figure represents the production rate corresponding to the production days); and (C) wellhead pressure and triggering condition
The wellbore flow model based on the Beggs and Brill method was established
and by defining the uncertain parameter group and combining it with Bayesian automatic fitting
high-precision calculation results of bottom hole flowing pressure were obtained
Based on the principle of material balance
the reservoir pressure of each well was fitted
and the fitting results demonstrate the rationality of this method
Based on the inflow and outflow dynamic curves
a comprehensive method for predicting the ceasing&#x02013;flowing time of oil wells is proposed
Based on the minimum wellhead pressure prediction method
the changes in flow pressure and reservoir pressure are also considered
The results provide a reference for predicting the ceasing&#x02013;flowing time of self-flowing wells in other similar reservoirs
Based on the LSTM machine learning method and using empirical production decline models for constraints
the prediction results of daily oil production
and daily gas production in the next year were obtained
The prediction results provide a basis for the selection of artificial lifting time
ensuring the stable and efficient development of X Oilfield
The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article/Supplementary Material; further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author
RZ: methodology and writing&#x02013;review and editing
The authors declare that financial support was received for the research
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No
52304048) and the Sichuan Science and Technology Program (No
The authors acknowledge the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No
and LZ were employed by Chengdu North Petroleum Exploration and Development Technology Company Limited
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Keywords: ceasing&#x02013;flowing prediction
Zhang L and Zhang R (2024) Study on the prediction method of ceasing&#x02013;flowing for self-flowing wells
Received: 26 March 2024; Accepted: 24 May 2024;Published: 04 July 2024
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<a class="Link" href="https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/isaac-was-a-loving-kind-soul-family-speaks-after-tucson-teen-killed-in-hit-and-run" data-cms-ai="0">Last July, 17-year-old Isaac Benitez died</a> after being dragged by a car in Flowing Wells
They say Isaac’s alleged killers got off easy when they were sentenced to probation just weeks ago
The Benitez family was among those who rallied against Pima County Attorney Laura Conover this morning at the Pima County Historic Courthouse in downtown Tucson
They are calling for change and for challenger Mike Jette to be elected later this month
The prosecution offered plea deals Antonio Castro and Anthony Duran
They pleaded guilty to reduced charges: negligent homicide for Castro
“[Isaac’s family] certainly have every right to maintain that justice has not been served
They have suffered a tremendous loss,” said Deputy Pima County Attorney Chris Ward
He says he argued for prison time at sentencing
Ward still argues the prosecution needed to offer probation-available pleas
one or both defendants would be found not guilty,” he explained
“Our belief was that one or more jurors could’ve come to the conclusion that this was kind of along the lines of an accidental
instead of an intentional or dangerous reckless conduct.”
Ward says the investigation found this was a gun deal gone wrong
Once he handed it over to Duran in the passenger seat
the investigation of Pima County Sheriff was that [Benitez] was not beaten
He fell off the vehicle and that’s how he sustained his injuries,” said Ward
But the Benitez family’s outcry is already part of Jette’s campaign for County Attorney
Isaac’s father says in a recent TV campaign ad
Conover responded in a statement Monday to KGUN on Monday:
Other families stood united with the Benitez family at the rally Monday morning
Part of their call-to-action included bringing attention to the amount of homicides reported over the past few weeks
Between June 1st and July 8th, nine homicides are reported on the <a class="Link" href="https://policeanalysis.tucsonaz.gov/pages/reported-crimes" data-cms-ai="0">Tucson Police Data Dashboard.</a>
Several families shared their stories and why they stand against another term with Laura Conover as Pima County Attorney
that we can make a difference,” said Benitez
The Torres family mourned the loss of Luie Torres
who was 20 years old when he died in a car crash
She said the other driver is still walking free
Ruth Torres believed her son didn't get justice because they didn't understand her pain as a mother
she said she won't stop fighting for change
She added how she believed that wouldn't happen if Laura Conover is re-elected
Pima County Attorney Laura Conover provided the following statement