Outlook: The Bears got off on the right foot last week at Tucson, pulling away in the second half.

Outlook: Injuries have struck Gilbert the last couple games and are adding up. That’s not good news for the Tigers as they enter Fiesta Region play tonight against Basha, with the likes of Hamilton and Chandler waiting in the weeks to come.

Bashas’ is eyeing three or four former Albertsons locations that are closing due to the recent sale and consolidation of the Boise, Idaho-based chain to an investment group.

A memorial to slain Bashas’ produce manager Tony Sanchez greeted shoppers Saturday inside the store entrance at Brown Road and Mesa Drive in west Mesa.

Bashas’ cashier Susan Canning gave wheelchair-bound customer Gigi Gordon her bags, her change and a big hug.

Address: 3921 W. Baseline Road, Laveen; Records: Basha 4-2; Cesar Chavez 4-2; Gametime: 7:00 p.m.

Address: 1001 E. Knox Road, Tempe; Records: Basha 6-2, 1-1 Central Region; Corona del Sol 3-5, 0-2; Gametime: 7:00 p.m.

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Chandler Basha running back Alvin Clark scored three touchdowns — two rushing, one receiving — to pace the visiting Bears to a commanding 35-6 Central Region road win over Phoenix Mountain Pointe on Friday night.

Give some people an occasional hot dog at a ball game or backyard cookout, and they're not particularly wowed. But for those who truly appreciate a frank pillowed in bread, this is news worth relishing:

Fourteen Bashas’ grocery stores, including seven in the East Valley, will close by Saturday as part of the company’s Chapter 11 reorganization.

Bashas’ supermarkets will shutter more locations this summer, including a 13-year-old store at Cooper and Ray roads in Chandler and one in Gilbert at Baseline and Greenfield roads.

Mesa police shot and killed a man Friday who was suspected in an earlier fatal shooting at a grocery store. Dead are Tony Sanchez, 53, a Bashas' produce manager who worked for the grocer for more than 30 years, and the suspect who was estimated to be 50 to 60 years old, police said.

November 11, 2004

Uh oh. Now Hamilton's offense is rolling, too.

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

The sign below Gilbert’s student section read “Kiss My Grass.” After Chandler Basha’s defense chewed up Gilbert for a 31-21 road victory Friday to spoil the Tigers’ homecoming, Basha coach Tim McBurney ran over, took the sign and brought it to his players.

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

Fifth-ranked Chandler Basha and Gilbert Highland each had a goal in mind in trying to grind out a victory Friday night in their 5A Central Region showdown at Highland High.

The pace of development in Queen Creek continues with construction of a 20-acre retail center featuring a Bashas' grocery store at the intersection of Power and Chandler Heights roads.

Jose Guerrero peered out the front window of his restaurant, El Metate Mexican Food, at a sea of striped blacktop devoid of cars.

Shoppers at Queen Creek's Bashas' can help raise money for Pan de Vida, and the nonprofit group hopes to get other stores in on the act.

Bashas’ is closing a store in Tempe that’s no longer profitable and is facing an expiring lease. The store at the northeast corner of McClintock Drive and Southern Avenue will close Aug. 30, spokeswoman Kristy Nied said.