Alchemy, the AAA Four Diamond restaurant that closed earlier this year at the troubled CopperWynd Resort in Fountain Hills, has reopened under new ownership as an independent restaurant.

Fountain Hills couldn’t turn turnovers into points Friday night.

Visiting Coolidge hung on for a win in a 3A South Region game. The Bears (6-2, 5-0) scored first on a 48-yard touchdown run by Brad Jackson, but the kick failed.

Key matchup: Fountain Hills quarterback Jason Fairfield must evade the pass rush of Scott Andrus and Bryan Burke.

Time: 7 p.m. Friday. Aug. 31, 2007

Visiting Fountain Hills cruised over Safford in a 3A South Region game.

Holbrook prevented Fountain Hills from making a seventh consecutive trip to the 3A baseball state title game, upsetting the Falcons 7-0 in the semifinals Friday at Maryvale Baseball Park.

Outlook: This game is the most competitive of the first-round matchups in the 3A playoffs.

Outlook: The Falcons will try to lay low this week as they take on the Longhorns in a nonregion battle.

Outlook: The Falcons have locked up the second seed from the West Region and already know they will host Safford next week in the first round of the 3A state playoffs.

Outlook: One play changed everything for the Falcons.

Outlook: The Falcons played it safe last week, losing to Payson while trying to rest some of their banged up starters.

Outlook: It’s been a tale of two seasons for Chino Valley. The Cougars opened the season 4-0 against a pair of 2A teams and two 3A teams with a combined record of 2-11.

The third time was definitely a charm for Class 3A's top-ranked team.

Outlook: Second place in the West Region is on the line for the Falcons, who make the four-plus hour trek to the Colorado River.

Quarterback Jason Fairfield passed for 112 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for a score as host Fountain Hills downed winless Parker 41-22 in a 3A West Region game on Friday.

Outlook: The Falcons found their running game last week, racking up 230 yards on the ground in a hardfought 20-16 win over Eloy Santa Cruz.

On his daily trips to Fountain Park in Fountain Hills, Jules Schwager and his wife bring bread crumbs to feed the ducks. But in the past few years he has noticed his path in the park has become increasingly beaten.

Outlook: The Falcons hit the road in hopes of putting their seasonopening loss to Blue Ridge in the dust and the Dust Devils should be just what the doctor ordered.

On his daily trips to Fountain Park in Fountain Hills, Jules Schwager and his wife bring bread crumbs to feed the ducks. But in the past few years he has noticed his path in the park has become increasingly beaten.

Outlook: The West Region schedule opens tonight and the Falcons continue to shuffle players around, some because they want to, some because they have to.

Palisades Boulevard from Palomino Boulevard to Sunridge Drive in Fountain Hills remained closed Tuesday because of a break in a 12-inch waterline.

FLAGSTAFF - Coming in as the No. 3 seed from the 3A North Region, the Winslow girls basketball team beat the No. 2 seed from the West, Fountain Hills, 78-59 Wednesday in the first round of the 3A state tournament at Northern Arizona University’s Walkup Skydome.

These stories were previously published in the Tribune