Ky Westbrook’s standards are so high, it was hard for her to hide the disappointment of running an average race despite easily winning the 100-meter dash on Saturday.

Fittingly for a guy who’s about to become “big time,” Dion Jordan’s life has been hectic.

Sherrelle Jordan and Ky Westbrook finished with the same impressive result on Saturday.

Someday, the talent pool will dry up enough and the Chandler High girls track program will be challenged for state supremacy. That day, however, is not in the immediate future.

I am not a parent, which means that in addition to the many times I am envious of those who are, at times I am grateful not to be one.

Jordan Elementary School will close as a neighborhood campus at the end of the school year and become home to an early childhood education program, the Mesa Unified School District governing board decided Tuesday night.

A handful of Mesa Unified School District campuses could be converted next school year — one to house special needs programs and one to test creative education methods — under a plan proposed this week.

TEMPE — Once the Arizona Wildcats got Jahii Carson in foul trouble, they kept going at him, driving against Arizona State's talented point guard, stepping into the lane to take charges.

As a crow flies or car drives, the winner of this week’s closest rivalry game isn’t among the many Division I state title contenders slugging it out against one another.

In regard to Kyle Odegard’s article: “Coming Out of the Fog," this is Garrett Repp, a (Highland High School) senior shortstop who shattered my cheek bone as well as orbital wall fractures resulting in surgery when a foul ball hit me. When I got hit, my ears rang so loudly that I was in my own world — away from everything (including the pain). I had time to think about the situation and the first thing that came to mind was “thank you God for letting it be me instead of my teammates — better yet, thank you for letting it be me instead of Jordan (Pingree).”