Division II Girls Soccer State Championship

In summarizing months of power points debates, head-scratching schedules, alignments and plenty more unsolved mysteries, let’s leave it to famous psychologist Carl Jung to surmise — out of his original context — the final and most important two weeks of high school softball which begins Saturday:

For the third consecutive year, the Mesa Community College baseball team is headed to the NJCAA Division II World Series after knocking off Redlands (El Reno, Okla.) Community College 5-4 Saturday in the rubber game of the Southwest District Playoffs in Hesston, Kan.

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Division II Boys Soccer State Championship

Having lost two of its previous three games, Clemson could have used a monumental road win over Duke last week. And the Tigers should have had it. Duke blew a five-point lead in the final 13 seconds only to win 68-66 on David McClure’s buzzer-beating layup after a painfully ugly timing error by officials.

College basketball fans never got to see LeBron James play in their game (thank you, David Stern, for giving us one year to watch Kevin Durant), but he is making a minor impact on the game.

At this time last year, Gerald Henderson and Wayne Ellington were best friends and teammates at Philadelphia’s Episcopal Academy. They’re still best friends, but they’ve wound up on opposite sides of one of the most intense rivalries in sports.

Scottsdale Notre Dame's Cassie Uribe and Jessica Maxwell combined for 31 kills as the fourth-seeded Saints quickly rolled to a 25-13, 25-16, 25-13 home win over 13th-seeded Gilbert Higley in the first round of the 4A-II state girls volleyball tournament.

Higley Unified School District's Williams Field High School will host a meeting 6 p.m. Oct. 19 for parents of student-athletes at the school to learn about the NCAA Clearinghouse registration process.

Expectations in Gainesville are building with every win by the undefeated and second-ranked Florida Gators. Just more than halfway through the season, Florida is 16-0 and some fans are fantasizing about an undefeated run through the weak SEC — an accomplishment that senior Adrian Moss called "borderline impossible."

Finally, the Arizona State men’s basketball team gets to guard somebody — anybody — other than itself.

TUCSON — The Division II boys golf state tournament is an annual two-day event that ends the high school season. But based on how the scores came in following Tuesday's final round of play, the tourney could have been called after Monday's first round at Silverbell Golf Course.

It’s been a wacko few years in Waco. The small Texas town known solely for David Koresh’s cult and the Patrick Dennehy-Carlton Dotson-Dave Bliss disaster of 2003 made its presence felt again this week.

Here are Saturday's state championship matchups (Division III is Friday) for the boys soccer state tournament.

2013 Boys Soccer State Tournament schedules

Queen Creek offensive tackle Ian Spencer has verbally committed to continue his football career at Adams State College, an NCAA Division II school in Colorado.

Pat Herrera, who coached Desert Ridge baseball to consecutive state championships in 2009 and 2010, resigned on Thursday, according to athletic director Darrell Stangle.

At Mesquite High School, Chandler beat Vail Cienega 65-21 in the first round of the Division I, Section II girls basketball tournament.

Top-ranked Corona del Sol beat Dobson, 84-70, in a Division I, Section 2 game. Calaen Robinson led the Aztecs with 22 points while Casey Benson added 15. The Mustangs were led by Kyle Tomlinson, who scored 21 points and Marcus Tipton added 19.

Welcome to the big time, Gilbert Christian.

The newly-created, unbalanced football divisions could necessitate a change in the number of playoff qualifiers for the 2013-2015 scheduling block.

Tempe used a big third quarter to rally and defeat visiting Notre Dame, 68-57, in a Division II, Section III boys basketball game Friday.