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:

What was your favorite part of the text message era? Shouldn’t be hard to come up with a few, since in the college sports world (including basketball) it lasted six months.

Ah, those first few minutes of a third quarter.

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

2013 Boys Soccer State Tournament schedules

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.

Coaches always want more.

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

Updated boys basketball rankings as of Monday, Jan. 7:

Updated boys basketball rankings as of Monday, Dec. 24:

Saguaro Sabercats

The Arizona State volleyball program announced four high school seniors have signed national letters of intent to attend the school beginning next fall.

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.

Williams Field Black Hawks

No. 6 Red Mountain overcame a slow start to knock off No. 3 Oro Valley Ironwood Ridge, 65-46, in the first round of the Division I, Section II tournament at Desert Ridge High School.

As the boys and girls soccer regular seasons conclude this week, those involved know this much: "Good enough" isn't good enough anymore.

As a runner, Kari Hardt has always had her sights set on bigger things. While dominating girls distance running in Arizona for the last two years, Hardt has sought out races of national significance in order to see where she stacks up on that level.

Updated boys basketball rankings, as of Dec. 3:

Updated boys basketball rankings as of Monday, Jan. 14:

Division I

The latest boys basketball rankings, updated on Jan. 3:

With the magical Gilbert run to the state championship now a memory, the 2012 season is already shaping up to be a wide-open affair in the final month of the regular season before the state tournaments begin Oct. 30 (Division I and II), Nov. 1 (Division IV) and Nov. 2 (Division III and V).

Not much has gone wrong for the No. 4 (Division III) Queen Creek football team this season. It won its first two games against Combs and Casa Grande by a combined score of 117-0, the team is averaging 17.3 yards per carry, and a diving catch by wide receiver Gabe Vasquez helped quarterback Carson Jones finish a perfect 8-for-8 passing last week.