BASHA

Payton LaCivita hit Braiden Siever with a 10-yard touchdown pass with 1:27 left in the game Friday to seal a 13-3 Chandler Basha victory over visiting Phoenix North Canyon.

Speed and defense were lethal weapons in the Basha arsenal Friday night.

“Multi-dimensional offense” and “Chandler Basha football” haven’t been synonymous with one another the past couple seasons, but the Bears are in the process of changing their tune.

December 1, 2004

Gavin Rodriguez never thought he’d wind up in Nebraska. But he’s there now, kicking and punting on a scholarship at Hastings College, a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics school 160 miles southwest of Omaha.

For the masses, high school’s second season begins next week. But to play there, you have to get there. Which is what tonight is all about.

Tempe Marcos de Niza yearns to sidestep the stumbling block that has plagued its ascent to the top of 5A Division II as the prep football season opens for many schools on Friday.

The plan is working. New blood is flowing through fall’s football final four. A new batch of East Valley Division II schools are in the state semifinals tonight, and Thanksgiving practices were new to them all.

Longtime football assistant Tim Rutt is expected to become Gilbert's new football coach, according to three sources with knowledge of the situation.

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

Corona del Sol Aztecs

Perry Pumas

Notre Dame at Marcos de Niza

Desert Ridge Jaguars

Finally, some good news for Phoenix Mountain Pointe.

Hamilton Huskies

St. Mary’s Knights

St. Mary’s Knights

St. Mary’s Knights

The defense will carry a heavy early-season burden for a Mountain Ridge team that lost all six of its skill position starters.

Combs Coyotes

Highland Hawks

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