Former Tempe High baseball coach Jim Foster is a member of the chain gang for Super Bowl XLII.

John Rodriguez is the new football coach at Tempe High. Rodriguez was approved Tuesday to replace Mark Rhiner, who had resigned.

John Rodriguez is the new football coach at Tempe High. Rodriguez was approved Tuesday to replace Mark Rhiner, who had resigned.

The Tempe Union High School District has disciplined a former Desert Vista High School football coach following allegations of unprofessional conduct from female students.

April 26, 2005

Outlook: With neither team likely headed to the playoffs, this can serve as their own playoff game of sorts.

Outlook: This should be the first victory for new Tempe coach John Rodriguez.

Outlook: New Tempe coach John Rodriguez certainly is not getting his career with the Buffaloes off to an easy start.

Outlook: Maybe some day, probably not this season, Tempe and first-year coach John Rodriguez will show great benefits from the brutal schedule they have had this season.

Outlook: First-year coach John Rodriguez probably wants to know who made Tempe’s schedule.

Outlook: Last week, these teams each experienced a first.

Address: 1730 S. Mill Ave., Tempe; Records: Arcadia 8-0, 3-0 East Sky Region; Tempe 2-6, 1-2; Gametime: 7:00 p.m.

It takes a lot to run a car dealership successfully in today’s very competitive new car market. Until you get behind the scenes of a car dealership do you come to appreciate all the hard work every single employee has to perform each and every day to make the dealership a profitable success.

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

Tempe hired Paul Long to become its new boys basketball coach on Monday afternoon, he said.

Tempe boys basketball coach Bryan Snyder has resigned to spend more time with his family, he said.

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.

The Tempe High football program is in mourning as it prepares to open the season this week.

When John Rodriguez agreed to become Tempe’s new football coach, he figured it would be tough to rebuild the once-proud program.

The last lesson ex-teacher Michael Rogers gave as a free man was on "societal norms."