J.J. Husar had a visiting jersey on this time, but he was still right at home.

Anthony Hovorka understands the doubters.

Desert Ridge wide receiver Manny Figueroa was sidelined on Friday night against Red Mountain after getting ejected from last week’s game against Skyline.

With two high-powered running-based offenses that each averaged more than 40 points a game this season, it figured that the Division I state quarterfinal between second-seeded Desert Ridge and Avondale Westview would be a defensive battle.

A collection of some of the best East Valley high school football performances from Friday’s quarterfinals of the 2012 playoffs:

He dreamed of becoming the next famous rap artist. He was saving money to buy a car. In his 26-year life, what was most apparent about Scott Michael Kraft was how much the Chandler man meant to the East Valley community that continues to mourn his murder a week later, in Gilbert’s quiet Islands development.