Outlook: This one won’t officially count in the power points for Pinnacle, so it’s basically a tune-up for Saguaro in the season finale next week.

Outlook: It is not often you get to give your reserves substantial playing time.

Even with its potent running game stalled, Pinnacle found a way to win in Friday’s home clash with Anthem Boulder Creek.

Kristine Moore, a Title 1 and reading specialist at Gilbert Unified School District’s Boulder Creek Elementary School, is one of 10 finalists for the 2012 Teacher of the Year award given by the Arizona Educational Foundation. Moore has been with the Gilbert district since 2002.

Brophy put the high school football world on notice Friday.

The changing of the guard took place a month ago, but Tuesday served as the formal ceremony.

The changing of the guard took place earlier this season, but Tuesday's game between Boulder Creek and Mountain Ridge served as a formal ceremony.

Avondale Westview didn’t waste any time Friday. The Knights scored three first-quarter touchdowns and rolled to a 35-10 victory over visiting Anthem Boulder Creek (9-2) in a 5A-II state quarterfinal game.

The number 13 hasn’t been a good omen for Scottsdale Horizon.

Chaparral scored on its first four possessions and never looked back in a 48-7 thumping of Boulder Creek on Friday night in Anthem.

It was everything a game deciding a region championship should be - for a half.

What a difference a year makes. What a difference a week makes for that matter.

During the past seven days, Deer Valley football has experienced both sides of the arc.

The game plan – after a few minutes – worked to perfection for Xavier in its first-round girls Division I girls basketball state tournament matchup.

Desert Vista kept its hot streak rolling Saturday with a 5-3 win over No. 13 Boulder Creek in Anthem in the Division I baseball playoffs.

Desert Vista kept its hot streak rolling Saturday with a 5-3 win over No. 13 Boulder Creek in Anthem in the Division I baseball playoffs.

Pinnacle didn't panic Friday.

Mountain Ridge High School girls volleyball coach Keith Perrin’s welcome into the 5A Northwest Region was anything but easy.

Maybe Anthem Boulder Creek just forgot how to lose. Horizon made several late game pushes, but Boulder Creek's hot outside shooting thwarted each one of them and the Jaguars held on for a 75-71 win in a 5A-II boys basketball state semifinal game on Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Arena.

Time: 7 p.m., Friday