What a difference a year makes.

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

If you watch the trailer for “Renoir” – a new period drama from French filmmaker Gilles Bourdos – a variety of adjectives are bound to come to mind: conventional, humdrum, lackluster. Sure, they’re trying to sell the story of one of the all-time great painters in a mere two minutes, but nothing about it grabs your attention – let alone, compels you to sit through the actual film. Luckily, this is not exactly the case for the movie itself, which is exquisite to look at but unfortunately devoid of any real insight into Pierre-Auguste Renoir. You come wishing to learn about the artist and his work, but instead leave dwelling on the film’s more engaging supporting characters.

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 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.

We learned in school about the inventors such as Edison and Bell who parlayed their inventions into fortunes, of the great capitalists of the Gilded Age such as Rockefeller and Carnegie and Morgan who took great risks on their way to becoming titans of industry.

Host Basha hung on for a 4-3 victory over Mesquite on Thursday night in Division I baseball action.

A couple days after disappointment, Red Mountain's softball team got back on the wagon.

No. 19 Mountain View upset No. 14 Tucson High in the Old Pueblo, 55-40, on Wednesday night in the first round of the Division I girls basketball state tournament.

Division I

TUCSON — A reconfigured lineup. An oddly shaped field and a long drive to the field.

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.

Who’s ready to make the leap?

A night after forging a 1-1 tie on a penalty kick, Campo Verde's girls soccer team made a late night of it again.

After a thorough search, Arcadia didn't go far in finding its new football coach.

A wild flurry late allowed the Mesa boys soccer team to defeat Mountain Pointe, 2-1, on Thursday night.

The Arcadia girls soccer team survived a resilient defensive effort by South Mountain and scored the match's only goal with 1:16 left in the second overtime session for a 1-0 Titans' victory on Wednesday.

Highland split a pair of games in pool play at the Las Vegas Holiday Classic on Friday.

Jelani Huma, Casey Rarrick and Naomi Reyes scored all of the points for the Saguaro girls basketball team, Wednesday, to help the Sabercats edge Barry Goldwater 43-42, making them 2-0 on the first day of the Lady Titans Winter Hoops Classic.

The Horizon girls volleyball team only lost one match to an in-state opponent this year, and Nikki Hess could do nothing to stop it.

Mesa High advanced to the championship game of the Mesa Jackrabbit Invitational with a 2-1 victory over Queen Creek on Tuesday.

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

Mountain View used free throws and a solid fourth quarter to beat Xavier, 46-36, on Monday in a matchup of top Division I girls basketball programs.

Abby Schneider found the zone.