Hamilton and Chaparral figure to be title-game players as usual in 2011 Will they get new opponents in the finals this year if they advance as expecte? Perhaps.
If a couple days and four summer games are a decent sample, good things are certainly ahead come fall and winter for Pinnacle and Amphi boys basketball teams.
Amphi journeyed up the hill Friday for some tough competition and held its own and thensome iFriday n reaching the final opposite Pinnacle in the inaugural Mesa Summer Primetime boys hoops tournament.
Boys basketball is the game. Quality teams and talent the aim of inaugural prep summer hoops tournament at Red Mountain HS.
Honored to be where he is at. Not afraid. Chad DeGrenier is confident in his beginning as Mesa Mountain View football coach.
Kevin Cron did not have to wait long to hear his name called Tuesday and potentially join brother C.J. in pro baseball when he was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the third round Tueday of the 2011 MLB first-year player draft.
Former Mountain Pointe and current University of Utah standout C.J. Cron likely will be doing some spring training in the future close to home as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Angels train in Tempe) seletcted him Monday with the 17th pick of the 2011 MLB first-year player draft.
Mountain Pointe grads C.J. and Kevin Cron will hang out together Monday near their home to find out what baseball has in store for them next.
The fourth of seven Arizona Baseball Coaches Association all-star games is in the books. This time a pitcher -- Mesa Mountain View lefty Hayden Rodgers -- broke the mold of offensive MVPs thus far in the contests with a sharp,tidy two-inning stint that set the tone for a 5A-I South triumph.
Adam Brzeczek is preparing for his final high school baseball experience this weekend. A doubleheader that rewards him for the entire high school experience -- academics and extra-curricular activities.
Two weeks ago when Nick Johnson and his Blue Ridge teammates played at Surprise Stadium they walked away with the 3A baseball title on a Johnson 9th-inning home run. Two weeks later, Johnson walked off the same field as the 3A all-star game MVP with a monster 11-RBI game.
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