Fifth-ranked Mesa Red Mountain didn’t get out of the gate real fast Thursday night, but once it did Tempe Corona del Sol was unable to corral the Mountain Lions.

Longtime Red Mountain boys basketball coach Greg Sessions won't have his coaching contract renewed for next season.

The kinks are out for the Highland boys basketball team.

There are other ways to beat basketball teams than just going to Taylor Rohde.

Mesa Red Mountain filled its vacant varsity wrestling position this week, hiring Mesa assistant Dave DiDomenico.

With both celebration and condolences taking place on the Arizona State soccer field following the 5A Division I soccer championship last Saturday night, a couple coaching eras quietly passed us by.

February 8, 2005

Seven hundred is just a number. But it’s a huge number when it comes to coaching victories.

Westwood running back/ return specialist Channing Trotter, a key contributor for the Warriors last season, has transferred to Red Mountain for the 2004 season.

Another game, another nail-biter for the Red Mountain boys basketball team.

Mesa Desert Ridge found its new boys basketball coach by promoting from within the district.

Basha High has hired Jeff Platt, a former college assistant coach, as its new boys basketball coach, athletic director Dick Baniszewski said Monday.

After a third-place finish at the 5A Division I state meet, Mesa Mountain View has hired Kris Alexander as its new boys cross-country coach to replace the retired Kyle Sawyer. Alexander’s hiring is pending board approval at the district’s next meeting.

Athlete of the week: Taylor Rohde - The 6-foot-8 senior center averaged 26.4 points and four assists per game, helping Phoenix Pinnacle to the championship of the Paradise Valley Invitational. Rohde signed a letter of intent earlier this month with ASU.

The Carl Hayden and Phoenix Alhambra boys basketball teams combined to go 14-36 this season.

The Carl Hayden and Phoenix Alhambra boys basketball teams combined to go 14-36 this season.

Mesa Mountain View coach Gary Ernst has to be enjoying his situation.

Call it the Payton Dastrup effect.

Rick McConnell didn’t intend to spend the last 28 years coaching boys basketball at Dobson.

Tempe Corona del Sol’s Nick Timpone scored 10 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter to pace the Aztecs to a 69-65 boys basketball victory over host Mesa Red Mountain in 5A nonregion play Thursday.

It's been hard to figure out the Mesa boys basketball schools this season.

It wasn’t a good day for preseason favorites in 5A Division I boys and girls basketball.

Mesa Red Mountain’s boys had a 10-day break between its last game and the first three the past two days in the Arizona Basketball Challenge at Mesa Mountain View High.

The last of the Division I boys basketball unbeatens fell last week when Laveen Cesar Chavez was beaten by Phoenix Carl Hayden.