Player of the Year: Tess McPherson (Notre Dame)

 Richard Smith

Chances are, if we had a truly designer handbag in our closet, we probably wouldn’t part with it too easily. But if you’ve got one you’re over, My Sister’s Closet consignment shop is giving 20 reasons to give it up.

Here's the 4A East Sky softball all-region team:

Centennial junior Tess Simpson had been close before, capturing a second place finish in each of her first two years of state 5A-II competition.

Mitch Nay smacked a 3-run home run in the bottom of the third inning, to help host Hamilton to a 5-3 victory over Mountain Pointe.

In the 2007 5A-II state girls swimming championships, Centennial finished fourth and Ironwood fifth, pushing perennial power Tucson Rincon to third place.

Sherod Hardt finished in first place Friday in the East Sky Region boys cross-country meet at Sereno Park in Phoenix to lead Queen Creek to victory. The Bulldogs finished with 53 points, followed by Perry (61 points) and Arcadia (71 points).

Sarah Clause had 25 kills and Brittany Gluck added 23 digs as Gilbert defeat host Corona del Sol, 25-23, 18-25, 25-21, 25-21, Wednesday night. Sara Bowden had 15 kills and 23 digs for the Aztecs.

One of the latest innovations of today’s service economy was reported in Thursday’s East Valley Life section: Written-for-you wedding thank-you notes, in someone else’s handwriting, approximating your feelings about the givers of wedding presents that at least they took the time to buy for you themselves.

Division I volleyball state championship

Phoenix Xavier’s Tess Casey might have intimidated some teams when she socked a home run on the fourth pitch of Wednesday’s 5A Division I state semifinal softball game. But not Tempe Corona del Sol.

Stop me if you think you've heard this one before.

ALL MY CHILDREN: With help from Jamie, Greenlee learned that the mystery person sending her e-mails is Sydney Bergeron.