Mesquite boys basketball coach Tom Saltzstein has resigned, although the reason for him doing so is unclear.

Mesquite boys basketball coach Tom Saltzstein’s attempt to withdraw his coaching letter of resignation was denied.

Mesquite boys basketball coach Tom Saltzstein has withdrawn the letter of resignation he sent to school administrators on Friday.

Former Highland coach Jon Burns has been chosen as the new boys basketball coach at Mesquite.

Former Highland coach Jon Burns has been chosen as the new boys basketball coach at Mesquite.

Mountain Pointe junior varsity coach Hosea Graham will be the next boys basketball coach at Westwood, athletic director Reggie Castro said in an email.

December 29, 2004

The Best in Basketball Summer Invitational was forced to cancel all of its games on Thursday because of the massive power outage that affected thousands of homes in Mesa. The tournament is being played at Red Mountain, which was very close to the site of the transformer fire that caused the issue. Former Mesquite basketball coach Tom Saltzstein, who runs the tournament, said there was thought of moving the games to McClintock, but eventually they were just called off.

Mesquite boys basketball coach Tom Saltzstein admits that sometimes, when senior Isaiah Strong fires up a particularly deep 3-pointer, he can't help but cringe.

January 19, 2005

Mesquite’s Will Donahue, Hamilton’s Derek Meyer and Apache Junction’s Cody Anderson have something in common this week.

Mesquite beat Phoenix St. Mary’s 92-89 on Thursday in the VisitMesa.com Basketball Challenge, finishing the tournament 4-0 and stretching the team's overall winning streak to 13 straight games.

Mesquite and Hamilton will be without a starter each Wednesday in the first round of the 5A Division I boys state basketball tournament after each had a player ejected in their Fiesta Region title game on Saturday at Mesquite High.

Commander King has been chosen as Seton Catholic's new boys basketball coach, he said Thursday.

That's a wrap.

Braden Tilley made just one shot Thursday for Gilbert Mesquite, a 3-pointer in the fourth quarter.

Ryan Evans took advantage of a second chance.

The Scottsdale Desert Mountain senior averaged 20 points a game in helping the Wolves to wins over Phoenix St. Mary’s and Glendale Mountain Ridge and into first place in the 5A Desert Valley Region.

That's a wrap.

The difference between regular season and postseason?

The Gilbert Mesquite boys basketball team is on a mission, and it doesn’t matter who is in the way. The Wildcats' latest victim was North Lawndale Prep of Chicago, Ill., as Isaiah Strong led fourth-ranked Mesquite with 20 points, Jason Bower added 17 and Christian Garretson had 13 and six assists in a 71-59 win in the VisitMesa.com Basketball Challenge at Mesa Mountain View on Tuesday.

It started with a healthy dose of Seth Taylor. It ended with a sprinkling of Elliott Clark. In between, there was some Shawn King, Francisco Ahumada and Eric Donzella mixed in.

Friday night was one last chance for many 5A schools to make a good impression heading to region play next week.

On opening night of region play Tuesday, ranked teams took it on the chin a bit.