Among the not-so-favorite memories from high school, standing in front of the class to deliver a presentation ranks right up there. Remember, the clammy palms, racing heart, dry throat and jumbled nerves?

After getting past No. 18 Ironwood Ridge in three games earlier in the day (25-17, 25-16, 25-19), No. 15 Hamilton ran into No. 2 Highland, who knocked the Huskies out of the second round of the boys state volleyball tournament, 25-17, 25-13, 25-18.

Here are the first two rounds of the boys volleyball state tournament, which begins Saturday and continues May 7 (quarterfinals), May 9 (semifinals) and May 11 (championship):

2013 Team tennis state tournament

Here are the East Valley high school varsity football schedules for 2013. This list will be continuously updated.

The Mountain Pointe football program is headed to Nevada to open the season.

On Jan. 22, Priest Willis slipped on a pair of powder blue football gloves, aligned his hands in the sign of a ‘U’ and confirmed to the college football world what everyone long suspected: He was verbally committing to UCLA.

Bands, floats and children will line the downtown streets of Mesa on Monday, Jan. 21, as part of the city’s weekend-long celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

As school bells rang in the start of spring classes on Monday, Ahwatukee Foothills students trickled into campus from a two-week break over the holidays.

Here come the hires.

Jelani Huma, Casey Rarrick and Naomi Reyes scored all of the points for the Saguaro girls basketball team, Wednesday, to help the Sabercats edge Barry Goldwater 43-42, making them 2-0 on the first day of the Lady Titans Winter Hoops Classic.

Wrapping up our community’s Centennial Anniversary year, this is a good time to reflect on the many positive things Chandler experienced in 2012. We kicked off our 100th anniversary in February and held a number of great events in May to honor the founding of this great city. It was heartening to see thousands of residents turn out for the events, but also to volunteer at the many activities that we held.

When musician Alice Cooper kicks off his signature charity fundraiser event “Christmas Pudding” at Comerica Theater with actor Johnny Depp and a host of other entertainers in Phoenix this weekend, a group of East Valley rockers will be taking the stage — and perform as the opening band.

Area football players were snubbed on the All-Arizona team voted on by the football coaches association.

After some stunning players, plays, performances and playoffs, football season has drawn to a close for another year.

‘Tis the season to explain, qualify and quantify the inexplicable, unqualified and number-less.

DIVISION I

The football playoff brackets were unveiled Saturday morning. Here is a crash course on what to expect from the top three divisions in the next four weeks as playoff-mania hits full tilt:

Final Tribune football rankings as of Oct. 27:

Here are the first-round playoff matchups for the 2012 football state tournament.