Zach Malis became the first athlete from Desert Christian to sign with an NCAA Division I program on Tuesday morning. The baseball standout signed with Grand Canyon and he is also the reigning Southern Arizona "Small School" Baseball Player of the Year thanks to both his bat and his pitching arm.
Gilbert Christian is in its second-straight 8-man football semifinals in just the Knights' fourth year existence as they prepare to take on top-seeded defending champion Bagdad on Saturday. Perennial championship contenders Mogollon and Pima meet in the other semifinal.