Basha may want to consider changing its school nickname. Calling themselves the Bears does not do justice to the school’s football team.

Sometimes all an offense needs is a little motivation.

You wouldn't know by watching him, especially during Friday night's season opener at Corona del Sol, but Nate Phillips said the game has slowed down for him.

Jalen Brown, Mountain Pointe: The defensive back had an interception, a fumble recovery late that turned the tide in the Pride’s win over Hamilton and had five catches for 52 yards on offense.

If Desert Vista’s traditional Senior Walk on Friday would have replicated the Thunder’s first-round win over Basha, it would have been a little herky-jerky instead of the take-it-all-in process it is meant to be.

Maybe it really doesn’t matter if Basha and Perry are in two different divisions.

A collection of the top individual performances from Week 6 in the East Valley:

J.J. Husar had a visiting jersey on this time, but he was still right at home.

The setup to this week’s Perry vs. Basha clash looks eerily similar to last year.

This looked familiar.

One of these days...

Basha Bears

The beauty of high school football is the quick rise of previously anonymous players. Just ask former Dobson running back T.J. Thomas, an unknown at the start of 2011 who turned a monster senior campaign into a scholarship to Fresno State. Additionally, players like Marcos de Niza’s Priest Willis and Desert Mountain’s Mark Andrews were relative unknowns before announcing themselves in a big way in 2011.