There's no place Ramon Abreu would rather be than on the football field. The last two seasons, particularly this past season, he spent more time on the field arguably than anyone. And Abreu's time was more than just quantity. It was quality.

A couple of lasting impressions from Ridge Nielsen’s football career at Mesa Mountain View took place the final two weeks of 2006.

Someday, the talent pool will dry up enough and the Chandler High girls track program will be challenged for state supremacy. That day, however, is not in the immediate future.

The early unveiling of this season’s high school boys soccer map isn’t too far removed from most of the past few years’ worth of championship geography.

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.

McClintock's Cameron Forte averaged 21.9 points and 7.7 rebounds to garner the Tribune's Boys Basketball Player of the Year award.

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For the first 10 years of this century, the boys volleyball landscape was startlingly consistent.

Luke Macchiaroli was seldom challenged this season. Or rather, he was seldom challenged by other wrestlers.

Mesa High’s Aaron Fuller had a wealth of motivation heading into the 2007-08 basketball season.

Will a more experienced team this season translate to a bigger and better year for Mesa Mountain View?

Maybe the best way to measure Teddy Ruben’s value isn’t what he meant to Saguaro on the field, but what it would have been like without him.

Matt Liringis likes to be in control.

Division II football state championship

Mesa High coach Kelley Moore had reason to be ecstatic last season in his first year patrolling the sidelines for the Jackrabbits.

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HANOVER, N.H. – The Arizona State University soccer team scored a goal late in regulation to force overtime before settling for a 1-1 draw with Villanova Friday afternoon at the 2005 adidas/Hypertherm Classic hosted by Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H. The draw pushed the Sun Devils’ record to 4-2-1 on the season while the Wildcats now stand 3-3-2 on the season.

Tempe Marcos de Niza yearns to sidestep the stumbling block that has plagued its ascent to the top of 5A Division II as the prep football season opens for many schools on Friday.

As conspiracies go, it’s pretty far-fetched, although anyone who watched the 5A Division I state track meet would believe it’s possible.

AVONDALE - Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his second straight Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday, steering his No. 8 Chevrolet into the thick of an ever-tightening NASCAR Nextel Cup points battle with two races to go.

An Ethiopian man and Kenyan woman may have won Monday's Boston Marathon, but it was the best day in Beantown for American runners since 1985. Ryan Hall and Kara Goucher - who did some of her Boston training in Flagstaff - each turned in third-place finishes.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Michael Waltrip is the new master of Daytona. He doesn't win anywhere else. It's a burden well worth bearing - being the best driver in NASCAR's biggest race, at stock-car racing's most famous track.