BASHA

Payton LaCivita hit Braiden Siever with a 10-yard touchdown pass with 1:27 left in the game Friday to seal a 13-3 Chandler Basha victory over visiting Phoenix North Canyon.

Speed and defense were lethal weapons in the Basha arsenal Friday night.

“Multi-dimensional offense” and “Chandler Basha football” haven’t been synonymous with one another the past couple seasons, but the Bears are in the process of changing their tune.

December 1, 2004

Longtime football assistant Tim Rutt is expected to become Gilbert's new football coach, according to three sources with knowledge of the situation.

A collection of the top individual performances from Week 6 in the East Valley:

Corona del Sol Aztecs

Perry Pumas

Notre Dame at Marcos de Niza

Desert Ridge Jaguars

Finally, some good news for Phoenix Mountain Pointe.

Hamilton Huskies

St. Mary’s Knights

St. Mary’s Knights

St. Mary’s Knights

The defense will carry a heavy early-season burden for a Mountain Ridge team that lost all six of its skill position starters.

Combs Coyotes

Highland Hawks

GILBERT

The beauty of high school football is the quick rise of previously anonymous players. Just ask former Dobson running back T.J. Thomas, an unknown at the start of 2011 who turned a monster senior campaign into a scholarship to Fresno State. Additionally, players like Marcos de Niza’s Priest Willis and Desert Mountain’s Mark Andrews were relative unknowns before announcing themselves in a big way in 2011.

Brophy Broncos

Desert Ridge Jaguars

Mesa Community College’s football team, which won the Valley of the Sun Bowl last year, starts this season ranked 21st in National Junior College Athletic Association and will have a new coach at the helm, Mike Jacobs.