The Tempe Marcos de Niza baseball team is relying a lot this season on Rudy Jaramillo and Jacob Morales. The final game of the McClintock portion of the McClintock-Saguaro Spring Break Tournament was proof of that.

Tempe Marcos de Niza entered the 5A Division II baseball tournament feeling like party crashers, but the 12th-seeded Padres will join Scottsdale Desert Mountain as guests of honor in Saturday’s championship after handling Glendale Deer Valley 9-3 on Thursday at Maryvale Baseball Park.

It wasn’t as easy the second time. On Tuesday, Tempe Corona del Sol dominated Tempe Marcos de Niza in a 5A Central Region baseball matchup.

The battle of last year’s 5A state baseball champions Wednesday wasn’t a battle. It was a massacre.

Girls soccer

Mark Nold has been hired as the new boys basketball coach at Chandler, district athletic director Marcus Williams said in an email.

Casey Benson set a career high with 39 points and Bryan Siefker added 11 as the No. 10 Aztecs cruised past Chandler, 76-49, in Division I boys basketball action on Friday night at Corona. Marcos Morales led the Wolves with 18 points.

TUCSON - The Flowing Wells Invitational lost some of its bite.

PRESCOTT VALLEY -  All season the complaints were that two of the Division I sectionals were overloaded with power teams while the other two weren’t nearly as strong.

Boys Soccer

PRESCOTT VALLEY – The big-school wrestling championships had a familiar look to it.

The holiday boys basketball tournaments have wrapped up, and it’s time for the second half of the power points schedule. Before we move ahead, here is a look at the notable teams, players and moments from the first two months of the season:

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.

Anthony Robles, the Mesa High wrestler born without a right leg, concluded a remarkable sophomore season Saturday by placing sixth in the state at 103 pounds.

A lesser team would have struggled after having its coach move away, but Mesa Skyline is at a different place.

A Scottsdale man who took the law into his own hands when smugglers held his friends for ransom may face charges, police said Wednesday.

A Scottsdale man who took the law into his own hands when smugglers held his friends for ransom may face charges, police said Wednesday.

Mesa High advanced to the championship game of the Mesa Jackrabbit Invitational with a 2-1 victory over Queen Creek on Tuesday.

Tony Piazza went 2-for-2 with two RBIs to lead Scottsdale Notre Dame past visiting Scottsdale Chaparral 8-3 in a matchup of the top-ranked baseball teams in 4A-I and 4A-II Friday.

All-Tribune First Team

TUCSON - For a sophomore Matthew Mathers showed a lot of maturity and restraint early in the season.

PRESCOTT VALLEY – It was hard to take it all in at times.