Tom Saltzstein has been named the new boys basketball coach at Tempe, he said Friday.

The outcry over recent competitive imbalance could be rectified by the new parameters for the 2013-15 scheduling block.

Two Tempe Union high schools are taking steps to crack down on cell phone use during the school day.

A class to motivate more students to take honors courses. A program with an international focus. A biotechnology lab. These are among a wide array of educational programs that Tempe High School's staff is working to bring to students this fall.

Kim Hilgers is the new kid on the block at Tempe’s McClintock High School.

Kim Hilgers is the new kid on the block at Tempe’s McClintock High School.

Despite leading the Tempe High football team to its first playoff appearance since 2001 and posting a better record in each successive season with the Buffaloes, John Rodriguez has been fired as coach.

It’s the middle of July and a dozen Tempe High teenagers — mostly freshmen who’ve seen more real-world ugliness than most adults ever will — are walking off the makeshift football practice field.

The football season hasn’t truly begun until Saguaro is embroiled in controversy, right? Even with polarizing former coach John Sanders now at Arizona State, the Sabercats found themselves in the spotlight again Friday night.

Incredibly, this football regular season is halfway done. Here is a look at the notable teams, players and moments from the first five weeks of 2012: