All-Tribune First Team

All-Tribune First Team

Brian Brady has all the confidence in his son, Dalton, and the latter credited his father for developing him into one of the best wrestlers the state of Arizona has ever seen.

All-Tribune First Team

For the first 10 years of this century, the boys volleyball landscape was startlingly consistent.

The lasting image of the 2012 baseball season was Dylan Cozens blasting a walk-off, opposite-field homer to lift Chaparral to the Division I championship over Brophy.

Marcos de Niza cornerback Priest Willis, the top-rated recruit in the East Valley, verbally committed to UCLA in a press conference at the school Wednesday night.

All-Tribune First Team Offense

The signature play of Matt Guida’s astounding junior season looked like a split-second decision, but was actually days in the making.

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.

After bountifuls of birdies, a new state record and a championship, Hannah O’Sullivan’s hands were still shaking.

Matt Liringis likes to be in control.

Brophy swim coach Pat O’Neill knew Gabriel Espinosa was the favorite to win the 50-yard freestyle at the Division I state championship meet in early November.

There’s often an asterisk when athletes dominate at a lower classification level because it’s unknown how they would fare against the best.

There have been far better seasons when it comes to soccer for Ahwatukee Foothills than the one that transpired.

There wasn’t much question about the best boys basketball team in Division I last year, as Corona del Sol finished the season on a 30-game winning streak and cruised past Laveen Cesar Chavez for the state championship.

The wild, wacky, unpredictable start to the 2012 football season continued on Friday night, as two more of the preseason favorites in Division I went down. Fifth-ranked Red Mountain knocked off No. 1 Brophy behind a late, fourth-down touchdown pass, while No. 3 Mountain Pointe knocked off second-ranked and defending champion Desert Vista by holding the Thunder scoreless in the second half.