The honors that come along with being Division I state champions has started to roll in for Desert Vista.

Offense was at a premium, but Olivia Lucero scored 11 points and the Rudd sisters (Rebecca and Liz) each scored nine points as Highland's 13-8 fourth-quarter advantage was enough to beat Xavier, 41-39, on Tuesday night.

Gilbert Mesquite used a three-headed rushing attack to defeat host Mesa Dobson 42-14 in its 5A Central Region season finale Friday.

5A-I BOYS TEAM SCORES

The high school baseball season begins on Wednesday with some familiar faces returning to the diamond.

The Chandler Little League team is in action Sunday against Richmond, Texas, in its second game of the 2003 Little League World Series.

The Chandler Little League team was in action Sunday against Richmond, Texas, in its second game of the 2003 Little League World Series.

Centennial’s supposedly soft schedule looks tougher three weeks into the season.

When Bob Melvin was hired to take over for Lou Piniella as manager of the Seattle Mariners in 2003, the other finalist for the job was Terry Francona.

Down a run with two outs in the bottom of the sixth, McClintock’s Andi Blodgett smacked a clutch two-run single to complete a nine-run rally as the Chargers’ beat visiting Westwood 10-9, Tuesday.

For all the success Curt LeBlanc had in his first six years at Queen Creek — a .681 winning percentage, four trips to the playoffs — his résumé was still blank under one heading: championships.

ATLANTA - For the first time in 47 games, Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin looked to his bullpen Saturday night and called for the left-hander. The club activated 43-yearold lefty Terry Mulholland from the disabled list after the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader.

ATLANTA - For the first time in 47 games, Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin looked to his bullpen Saturday night and called for the left-hander. The club activated 43-yearold lefty Terry Mulholland from the disabled list after the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader.

February 12, 2005

Area football players were snubbed on the All-Arizona team voted on by the football coaches association.

East Valley wrestling state qualifiers

In the 5A Central Region swimming and diving championship, both the boys and girls of Phoenix Desert Vista led their school to victory, defeating Tempe Corona del Sol, Phoenix Mountain Pointe, Chandler Basha, and Tempe Marcos de Niza on Saturday at McClintock Pool in Tempe.

Williams Field High School has been around for just three years, but the Black Hawks’ wrestling program has had three coaches.

Are you ready for some football? It’s about that time, as Desert Vista kicks off the season in the Sollenberger Classic on Saturday, and almost everyone else begins on Aug. 24. Here are the Tribune’s preseason rankings for every division:

The lasting image of the 2012 baseball season was Dylan Cozens blasting a walk-off, opposite-field homer to lift Chaparral to the Division I championship over Brophy.

Rico Tipton’s no stranger to building a high school football program.

Tempe Marcos de Niza coach Roy Lopez could only say one thing after escaping Mesa Westwood with the Padres’ sixth straight win on Friday.

Boys team scores