All-Tribune First Team

All-Tribune First Team

There’s no confusion any more at the top of the Scottsdale Chaparral football program.

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.

Matt Liringis likes to be in control.

Luke Macchiaroli was seldom challenged this season. Or rather, he was seldom challenged by other wrestlers.

For three years, Will Firth got by on just raw talent. He tantalized his coaches and teammates with his natural running ability, only to fall short in the biggest meets of the year because of injuries, illness and the fact that raw talent could only take the Brophy Prep senior so far.

Luke Macchiaroli got a second chance to repeat as a 5A Division I state wrestling champion this winter. He didn’t fail in that quest. As a matter of fact, failure didn’t happen often to Macchiaroli in his four-year career at Tempe Corona del Sol High School.

All-Tribune First Team

Even before he entered high school, impossible expectations were thrust upon Matt Carlino. Two years later, he’s somehow lived up to them. Carlino entered his freshman year at Gilbert Highland already a household name in basketball circles, and the first year had its ups and downs.

All-Tribune First Team Offense

How many teams can replace a third-round major league draft pick who excels on the mound and at the plate?

How many teams can replace a third-round major league draft pick who excels on the mound and at the plate?

How many teams can replace a third-round major league draft pick who excels on the mound and at the plate?

A couple of lasting impressions from Ridge Nielsen’s football career at Mesa Mountain View took place the final two weeks of 2006.

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

All-Tribune First Team

There's precious little room at the top this season for Arizona cross country athletes.

The Fiesta Region is Gilbert Highland’s home, and if the Hawks are going to flock to the playoffs under second-year coach Pete Wahlheim they must find some success in the region. Not win it mind you, just nab a game or two.

Below are the players on the All-Tribune football team for the 2005 season:

Among the whirlwind of post-championship activities in these past three weeks was a stop at a jewelry shop. A stream of Chandler Basha softball players designed rings for the 5A Division I state title winners.

When Peoria Centennial routed Chandler Hamilton early in the 2008 prep football season, the Coyotes staked their claim to the title of best team in Arizona.

Ben Andrew could have taken an easier route, but it just isn’t his mindset.