Outlook: The Falcons have locked up the second seed from the West Region and already know they will host Safford next week in the first round of the 3A state playoffs.

The Cash Clemans era opens at Florence, as the junior quarterback makes his first varsity start.

The Cash Clemans era opens at Florence, as the junior quarterback makes his first varsity start.

Address: 13033 S. Estrella Parkway, Goodyear; Records: Fountain Hills 7-2, 5-0 West Region; Estrella Foothills 2-6, 2-3; Gametime: 7:00 p.m.

Although they did it in a new conference, the Florence football team was still up to its old tricks Friday night.

Outlook: Defense made the plays for the Eagles in their opening-night win over Tucson Pusch Ridge, but they can’t rely on that happening every week.

Olivia Kuby scored a schoolrecord five goals as visiting Tempe Prep beat Goodyear Estrella Foothills 9-3 in a 1A-3A North Region girls soccer game on Saturday night.

Time: 7 p.m., Friday

Time: 7 p.m.

Aside from an early kick in the head and five turnovers, Seton Catholic had things pretty much how it wanted against a younger Estrella Foothills team Friday night.

When the flour settled and the cooking utensils were holstered, Kyrene de la Estrella third-grader Leah Kahldon and her "Yummy Fruit Burritos" were the last ones standing.

For the past week, students at Kyrene de la Estrella Elementary School in Ahwatukee Foothills have been learning about autism and bringing in spare pennies to raise funds for the upcoming Autism Speaks walk.

Fountain Hills couldn’t turn turnovers into points Friday night.

Fountain Hills (5-4, 1-3) had no trouble with host Goodyear Estrella Foothills on Friday night, beating Estrella Foothills, 50-2, for its first 3A South Region victory of the year.

Fountain Hills had already locked up the 3A West Region championship before traveling to Goodyear Estrella Foothills for the regular season finale Friday. All that was left was finishing region play undefeated and the Falcons took care of that in a big way.

Zach Green and Jordan Perry led Mesquite to an impressive home victory over Perry, 74-63, on Monday night.

3A girls state tournament pairings

FOUNTAIN HILLS

The final pairings of this year's VisitMesa.com Basketball Challenge at Mesa Mountain View High School were determined late Wednesday, and more good matchups are set to round out the old year.