With longtime football power Scottsdale Horizon moving down to 5A-II this season, one of the first questions that arises is, will the Huskies dominate their new conference?

Horizon (6-2, 4-0) remained atop the 5A Desert Valley Region on Friday with a 35-21 come-from-behind win over Yuma Kofa (4-4, 2-3) before a homecoming crowd.

Flashing signs to protect pedestrians near Mesa’s Rhodes Junior High School have gone dormant for the summer after helping to lower speeds along Baseline Road.

Flashing signs to protect pedestrians near Mesa’s Rhodes Junior High School have gone dormant for the summer after helping to lower speeds along Baseline Road.

Rhodes Junior High School students and parents — including those of the late Sean Casey — could not persuade the Mesa City Council on Monday to reduce the speed limit in front of the school at all times.

Rhodes Junior High School students and parents — including those of the late Sean Casey — could not persuade the Mesa City Council on Monday to reduce the speed limit in front of the school at all times.

Don Casey says 10 mph can mean the difference between life and death. He is asking Mesa to reduce the speed limit outside Rhodes Junior High School, where his son, Sean, was killed in September while crossing Baseline Road.

Don Casey says 10 mph can mean the difference between life and death. He is asking Mesa to reduce the speed limit outside Rhodes Junior High School, where his son, Sean, was killed in September while crossing Baseline Road after football practice.

Reha and Sande Altug of Apache Junction think two years is too long.

Desert Vista 7, Desert Mountain 3: Trent Wilson pitched a complete-game and the Thunder pounded out 13 hits to advance to the semifinals for the second time in the last three years. Wilson struck out five and did not allow an earned run in his seven innings of work. Casey Thomas went 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI, and Cole Pembroke and Sean Smedley each had two hits for the No. 4 Thunder (24-9).

The Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission has agreed to reduce a fine for Republican Matt Salmon to $3,472 from $10,000 for failing to report some campaign expenses on time.

The biggest day of testimony is expected Monday in the " Baby Gabriel case" with the little boy's father set to take the stand.

Former gubernatorial candidate Matt Salmon believes a $10,000 election fine should be set aside because he’s the victim of a biased state official who acted after an inappropriate meeting with the agent of a political foe in late August.

A grieving father, an overflowing crowd and close to 2,000 signatures were not enough to convince a Mesa advisory board to recommend lowering the speed limit at all times near Rhodes Junior High School.

A grieving father, an overflowing crowd and close to 2,000 signatures were not enough to convince a Mesa advisory board to recommend lowering the speed limit at all times near Rhodes Junior High School.

Horizon softball reached its peak in the sixth inning and rode a wild ride to the finish.

Though Centennial's baseball season ended two innings early, the 2009 Coyotes will be remembered as the team of the decade at the Peoria school.

The once heated rivalry between Scottsdale Horizon’s and Phoenix North Canyon’s football teams has cooled down in the past few seasons.

It stands to reason that a girl with a third-degree black belt in karate can get - and keep - herself out of trouble.

East Valley boys soccer players to watch this season (based on returned preseason surveys from coaches). Feel free to add players in the comments section below:

PHOENIX - Authorities investigating a 29-year-old sex offender who repeatedly enrolled in Arizona schools as a 12-year-old said Thursday that they seized video showing the man engaging in sex acts with a child.

Casey Benson set a career high with 39 points and Bryan Siefker added 11 as the No. 10 Aztecs cruised past Chandler, 76-49, in Division I boys basketball action on Friday night at Corona. Marcos Morales led the Wolves with 18 points.

The Mesa senior won two heavyweight matches as the Jackrabbits swept city rivals Red Mountain and Mountain View in a double dual. Valdez will enter next week’s state tournament with a 24-8 record.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Police say a convicted sex offender involved in a bizarre Arizona case may have molested children in El Reno, where records show he lived from 2003 to 2005, a newspaper reported Saturday.