It wasn't easy, but Corona del Sol has earned a trip to the Division I boys basketball quarterfinals by outlasting Scottsdale Desert Mountain 55-43 on Saturday night.

January 11, 2005

Two defending 5A Division I region champs from 2007 squared off Thursday night at Tempe Corona del Sol and it was the Aztecs that had the look of picking up where they left off last season.

January 8, 2005

November 24, 2004

Somebody finally figured out how to slow down the Chandler High boys basketball team.

Mountain Pointe had the right guy with the ball. It was the right shot from 10 feet away. It was in the basket.

Jaron Hopkins remembers the end of his junior season all too well.

Corona del Sol is the only remaining unbeaten 5A boys basketball team in the state after the Aztecs won the McClintock Holiday Shootout last week at McClintock High.

Gilbert High girls basketball coach Tom Bunger wasn’t impressed. Tempe Corona del Sol coach Andy Strom was.

Many of the state’s top girls basketball programs have been equipped with standout players whom those arriving down the road could pattern their play after. Highland, Corona del Sol, Chandler and Chaparral are just a few, as their many state championships duringn the 1990s attest.

The first two times Highland High School played Phoenix St. Mary’s in girls basketball this season, the Hawks lost.

It was a feast-or-famine first half Friday night at Sammy Duane Gymnasium.

One superb quarter is all it takes during these basketball state tournament games, and it was Mountain View's turn on Saturday night.

Tempe Corona del Sol built a huge lead behind a deluge of 3-pointers and strong team defense, then held on to take an 87-80 win over Loyola (Calif.) in the semifinal round of the McClintock High School Holiday Shootout at Franklin “Doc” Zinke Gymnasium on Friday.

January 21, 2005

For more than half of the fourth quarter on Wednesday night, Marcos de Niza’s Sam Chittenden was forced to sit on the bench with foul trouble. When she got back into the game, Chittenden made the most of her time.

Talk about interesting twists. When top-seed Corona del Sol and No. 2 Mountain View square off tonight at 7 at Glendale Arena for the 5A Division I boys basketball championship, their matchup will have a different meaning than their first tussle.

Talk about interesting twists. When top-seed Corona del Sol and No. 2 Mountain View square off tonight at 7 at Glendale Arena for the 5A Division I boys basketball championship, their matchup will have a different meaning than their first tussle.

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December 3, 2004

The current 5A power-point rankings deemed Corona del Sol and Desert Vista the best 5A girls basketball teams in the East Valley with 30.8 ratings (tied for fourth) heading into Tuesday night’s showdown for first place in the Central Region.

The Corona del Sol gym isn’t Calaen Robinson’s home any more.

Mesa High used a third-quarter surge and Gilbert High a fourth-period outburst to earn berths Wednesday night in the finals of the Fear the Hop Tournament at Mesa High School.