Basha has moved up quickly. The Bears went 8-2 in 4A in 2004, then reached the playoffs last season in their first year at 5A, but return only one starter on offense.

Former NFL and Arizona Cardinal running back Charles Levy has been terminated from his post as a volunteer assistant football coach at Chandler's Basha High School following two arrests earlier this month, a Chandler school official confirmed Friday.

The buzzword "potential" has flown around Basha's Torren Jones and Jaron Hopkins for years.

Mesa Community College men’s basketball assistant Mike Grothaus will be the next coach at Basha.

Basha senior kicker Brandon Foutz signed on to be a kicker at Division I Grambling State on Tuesday.

Polarizing figure Bernie Busken will be the next coach of the Basha football team, pending school district approval, principal Ken James said on Monday.

In a wide open tournament, Mesa Mountain View made its case as a contender to reach Saturday night’s finals.

Chandler-based Bashas’ will close 14 more stores in Arizona, including seven in the East Valley, as part of its Chapter 11 reorganization. See a map of the closing stores

It took a game for Hamilton to find its groove, while Basha kept fighting despite losing one of its captains.

August 27, 2004

Basha High School proudly displays photos of alumni who are serving or have served in the Armed Services. The school is asking service members or their families to bring in photos not already on display. If you have questions, contact Brent Rincon, athletic director/assistant principal, at (480) 224-2113.

Basha High School and San Tan Junior High have teamed up to create a new model to improve teacher instruction. San Tan assistant principal David Loutzenheiser and Basha principal Ken James chose a few teachers and administrators to be a part of this pilot program. They took turns in each other's class, observing for 15 minutes. When the instructional observations were concluded, the group shared their notes.

Matthew Watts, a student in the graphic design program at Mesa's East Valley Institute of Technology and special education student at Chandler's Basha High School recently won the Mesa United Way poster contest.

The resignation of Basha boys basketball coach Brad Pinter has left star juniors Torren Jones and Jaron Hopkins contemplating their future with the program, said Brian Hopkins, Jaron’s dad.

Kehau Baker had 25 kills and Liz Servestro added 50 assists as 12th-seeded Chandler Basha (22-16) upset No. 5 Mesa Mountain View, 25-22, 16-25, 25-20, 25-14, in the first round of the 5A Division I state girls volleyball tournament Wednesday at Mountain View.

Samantha Parlich pitched a five-inning perfect game Tuesday to lead Basha to a 20-0 victory over visiting Phoenix Central in a nonregion prep softball game.

Gilbert High outscored Chandler Basha 37-9 in the second and third quarters Friday night and routed the Bears 54-31 to earn the fourth and final semifinal berth in the Highland Thanksgiving Girls Basketball Tournament at Gilbert Highland High School.

A Mesa Bashas' reopened after firefighters responded to an early-morning hazardous-material call Wednesday following an employee noticing a haze in the air inside the supermarket shortly after it opened at 6 a.m.

Monty Riggs scored the lone goal on a deflection off Kete Meskil’s free kick in the first half to give Basha a 1-0 road win over Hamilton in a 5A-I state boys soccer match.

Top-seeded Horizon advanced to the semifinals after a convincing victory over No. 8 Basha in the Division I state quarterfinals on Thursday night with a 3-0 sweep (25-16, 25-21, 25-10).

Basha High School football coach Tim McBurney was fired on Friday.

Chandler Basha prepared for Mesa’s Aaron Fuller right up to the opening tip, but the Jackrabbits had to go without his 25 points per game and lost to the Bears 50-38 in the first round of the 5A-I boys state basketball tournament Wednesday at Mesa High.

In a seesaw battle right up to the fifth and deciding game, fifth-seeded Basha overcame deficits of 4-0, 6-2, 9-5 and 13-10 in the final game to defeat 12th-seeded Desert Ridge 20-18 to take the match three games to two in the first round of the 5A-I Girls Volleyball State Championships Tuesday at Hamilton.