Corona del Sol lost a baseball game on Thursday in a most peculiar way.

Corona del Sol lost a baseball game on Thursday in a most peculiar way.

Corey Wheaton learned in the span of one inning just how important it is to be decisive.

There once was a time when having a tattoo would make a person an outsider. Now in this day and age, it seems like everyone and their mother has a tattoo somewhere on their body.

What a difference a year makes.

Devon Ryan had the game winning infield hit in the top of the 12th inning as No. 17 Perry beat No. 16 Corona del Sol in the first round of the Division I state softball tournament.

The first round of the Division I state baseball tournament saw several upsets on Saturday.

Red Mountain got a five-inning no-hitter from Marian Ruff as the Mountain Lions (21-5) beat Mesa, 11-0, on Tuesday.

Down a run with two outs in the bottom of the sixth, McClintock’s Andi Blodgett smacked a clutch two-run single to complete a nine-run rally as the Chargers’ beat visiting Westwood 10-9, Tuesday.

All-Tribune First Team

All-Tribune First Team

Sera Talley and Dallas McBride combined to give up just one run on one hit to lead visiting Chaparral to a 6-1 victory over Westview on Thursday.

Every time an opposing coach schemes to stop Casey Benson from driving left, wry smiles from a knowing few pop up across the gym, because arguably the most well-known boys basketball player in the East Valley has a secret.

Who'll stop the reign?

Desert Vista scored two runs in the first inning and that’s all it needed as the Thunder shutout visiting Corona del Sol 2-0 in a Division I non-sectional game Tuesday. 

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.

Two major demons were conquered, and now Xavier girls tennis could move closer to being what its Brophy boys peers have become.

Baseball

A couple days after disappointment, Red Mountain's softball team got back on the wagon.

‘Twas not the winter of everyone’s discontent. At least, not for all the basketball players, soccer studs and wrestlers who took their shots, saves and takedowns for glory’s sake and found some.

The lasting image of the 2012 baseball season was Dylan Cozens blasting a walk-off, opposite-field homer to lift Chaparral to the Division I championship over Brophy.