Four years ago, a talented freshmen class came together at Paradise Valley with visions of winning the boys basketball state championship.

It didn’t matter that Paradise Valley's boys basketball team was facing a No. 1 seed. It didn’t matter that it was the state tournament semifinals.

A fourth quarter to forget. If only the Hamilton boys basketball team wishes it could.

Here are the local athletes expected to sign Letters of Intent with colleges beginning Wednesday. For additions, email varsity@evtrib.com and include the athlete's name, high school, sport and college of choice.

Higley defeated Seton 60-57 on Tuesday night in Div. II boys basketball despite the Knights' down 20 points in the third quarter and 13 going into the fourth.

Fighting both wind and foe, Arcadia’s Kate Staudenmaier scored the game’s only goal on a free kick in the 56^th minute to knock visiting Marana out of the Division II girls soccer state tournament and carry the Titans into the quarterfinals.

All-Tribune First Team Offense

Higley's boys basketball team staged quite the comeback on Tuesday night.

Visiting Higley got its first ever varsity girls basketball win over Williams Field as the Knights beat the Black Hawks, 47-44, on Friday night.

It wasn’t hard to choose last year’s Tribune Player of the Year, as Saguaro running back D.J. Foster broke several state records, ran for 508 yards and 10 touchdowns in one game and led the Sabercats to the Division III state title.

Chandler Prep's Travis Farschman hit his seventh three-point shot of the game with 15 seconds left in overtime and teammate Jack Hanson stole the ball seconds later to clinch a 62-59 victory over visiting Canyon State, Tuesday.

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

It wasn’t hard to choose last year’s Tribune Player of the Year, as Saguaro running back D.J. Foster broke several state records, ran for 508 yards and 10 touchdowns in one game and led the Sabercats to the Division III state title.

There wasn’t much question about the best boys basketball team in Division I last year, as Corona del Sol finished the season on a 30-game winning streak and cruised past Laveen Cesar Chavez for the state championship.

A collection of some of the best East Valley high school football performances from the first round of the 2012 playoffs:

This time, the hare won.

The 2012 season began eerily similar to ‘11 and ‘10 for Mountain View: A struggle. The Toros were pushed around by Desert Mountain’s offense during a 49-28 loss to the Wolves in Week 1. Desert Mountain both ran the ball with moderate success and got big plays from the Kyle Allen-Mark Andrews passing duo early on. Mountain View fought back in the middle two quarters but a defensive touchdown sealed the win for Desert Mountain in the fourth quarter.

A collection of top East Valley performances from Week 10:

It could have been the biggest win Tempe Prep history.

Let’s review what’s happened, shall we?

A collection of the best individual performances from Week 9:

Paradise Valley knew Cactus Shadows’ quarterback, Bryce Kinsler, was closing in on the Class 4A career passing yardage record, but the Trojans weren’t about to hand it to him on their field.

A collection of standout performances in Week 8: