Top-seeded Desert Mountain stayed in the winners' bracket of the Division I state baseball tournament with an 8-5 win over No. 4 Pinnacle on Saturday night at Tempe Diablo Stadium.

Cody Erickson, the clean-up hitter, might not be particularly enthused with the new bat restrictions in high school baseball.

The Scottsdale-based Mountain View Little League team has advanced to the Junior Little League World Series after beating Hawaii 3-0 on Tuesday in the championship of the Junior Western Region Championships in Aliso Viejo, Calif.

Division I baseball state championship game

Arizona State’s defense was stellar in Saturday’s game at Washington, even though the unit was its “own worst enemy at times,” coach Dennis Erickson said.

Desert Mountain didn’t look the No. 9 team in Division I on Thursday night.

David Greer paced around his classrooms at Desert Mountain on Tuesday, anxiously awaiting the start of the Division I baseball state championship game.

Desert Mountain shook off a slow start to blow past Dobson, 41-6, in a Division I game Friday at Dobson.

Corey Wheaton learned in the span of one inning just how important it is to be decisive.

Junior Brendon Erickson smacked a solo home run off the left field scoreboard in the top of the seventh inning to give O'Connor (16-8, 6-2 Northwest Region) the winnin run in a 5-4 game at Deer Valley (5-14, 3-4).

It was a game of wits, but Tyger Talley’s slider didn’t hurt, either.

A personal winning streak of obscene length — 60 straight victories as a starting quarterback since the sixth grade — is the most eye-popping facet of Cody Hawkins’ football résumé, but it is not the most impressive.

A lot can change in eight days. Just ask the Valley Vista and O'Connor baseball games.

Senior Ryan McGill made the most of senior day as Saguaro beat Fountain Hills, 5-4, on Tuesday in Division II baseball action.

Arizona State has made it two-straight wins to start the season.

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.

Shawn Bluth had 12 kills and four blocks as Highland defeated Red Mountain, 15-5, 2-15, 15-10, in 5A non-region boys volleyball action on Tuesday.

For the second straight week, Scottsdale Desert Mountain can look to its turnover margin as a major cause in defeat.

Red Mountain's Kyle Trepp (15) blocks a shot by Desert Vista's Billy Erickson on Thursday in their state tournament game.

As the ball floated off the right arm of quarterback Kyle Allen for what seemed like eternity, Desert Mountain’s Mark Andrews wasn’t thinking about his three dropped passes during the second half, or the clock winding down. Instead, he thought back to the words coach Tony Tabor had been harping on since the 2012 season began.

SEATTLE — During the final moments of Saturday’s game, a flock of birds congregated in the air above the west end zone at Husky Stadium. From Arizona State’s perspective, they were not vultures, for a change.

All-Tribune First Team

Mark Andrews isn't like most high school receivers in Arizona, not at 6-foot-6 with his speed and agility. But even though the Desert Mountain junior receiver didn't play football until his freshman year, he, like a majority of wideouts, never caught a Hail Mary pass before.