There have been highs and lows from the 2012-2013 athletic year.

The first round of the Division I state baseball tournament saw several upsets on Saturday.

Senior Ryan McGill made the most of senior day as Saguaro beat Fountain Hills, 5-4, on Tuesday in Division II baseball action.

Josh Webster pitched a complete game, allowing just one run on seven hits to lead host Mesquite to a 4-1 victory over Hamilton on Friday.

Mattie Merrell pitched a complete game, two-hitter, while also hitting a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning to lead host Queen Creek to a 2-1 victory over Higley on Thursday.

Cody Bellinger hit the game-winning home run in the top of the eighth inning as visiting Hamilton beat Basha, 3-2, in a Division I, Section II matchup on Friday.

Jake McAdams earned his team-leading sixth win on the season as Desert Mountain's baseball team earned a 5-2 win against Mountain View on Wednesday to make the Wolves 22-3 on the season.

Thanks to a fast start, the Red Mountain softball scored five runs in the first two innings to set the tone early and win, 9-2 against Pinnacle in Division I.

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.

Chaparral's softball team continued its hot play of late with a 12-1 win over North Canyon on Monday.

Cody Bellinger pitched a complete game, three-hitter, striking out 10 to lead Hamilton to a 3-0 shutout of Jenks (Okla.) in the National High School Invitational in North Carolina on Thursday.

Valerie Kaff was dominant and led the Mountain View softball team to a 3-1 victory over Desert Mountain in a pitchers' duel.

Mountain Pointe beat Downers Grove South (Illinois), 8-6, in the second round of the Horizon Tournament on Tuesday night at Mountain Pointe.

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Lane Veach led host Perry past Basha on Tuesday night in boys volleyball.

‘Twas not the winter of everyone’s discontent. At least, not for all the basketball players, soccer studs and wrestlers who took their shots, saves and takedowns for glory’s sake and found some.

Chris Young didn’t have to dig too deep for motivation when his Saguaro girls basketball team assembled for preseason workouts in the fall.

The Saguaro girls basketball team has become "giant killers".

Saguaro found its shooting touch just in time.

TUCSON — Fortified with a 15-1 lead midway through the first quarter Saturday night, Scottsdale Saguaro had the inevitable letup that tends to come following a fast start.

Kyle Davis scored 27 points to lead No. 10 Poston Butte to a big 80-53 first round win over visiting No. 23 Prescott in the Division II boys basketball state tournament Thursday.

It was hardly a knockout punch. Seton Catholic is still alive in the running for a girls basketball state championship after winning three straight titles in a couple different classifications.

Dobson's girls basketball team had little trouble in a rematch with Tucson High to open the Division I, Section 2 tournament on Tuesday.

Updated boys basketball rankings as of Monday, Feb. 4: