Fresh off a 7-4 season and playoff appearance in 2010, Perry coach Preston Jones took his team to Show Low for camp last week. Upon returning and in the midst of school starting this week, the man whose built Perry from its beginning paused to rave about his offensive leader, the rest of his team’s unknowns and question why the Pumas have a most random of schedules.

The question to Steve Nash was direct. The answer came back the same way.

The Arizona Contractors Association (ACA) has announced its endorsements in the city of Phoenix mayoral and council elections.

Some Valley residents may have received phone calls over the weekend that contained the incorrect information about polling places for Election Day.

The Phoenix Greenway defense didn't just on Superman's cape. It ripped the whole thing off in a show of bravado, shutting down potential all-state running back Travis Huff in a 45-0 dismantling of Scottsdale Coronado Friday night.

In an attempt to get his team’s offense going, Mesa Red Mountain coach Jim Jones called for a pass to the end zone in the waning moments of the first half.

October 23, 2004

 FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Travis Franklin had 22 points and six rebounds as Colorado State won its fourth straight, beating Northern Arizona 64-56 Sunday night.

Mesa Desert Ridge found its new boys basketball coach by promoting from within the district.

Queen Creek celebrated its homecoming game like royalty on Friday with a 43-12 victory over Cactus Shadows that kept the Bulldogs undefeated.

Perry versus Ray sounds like a boxing match but actually served as a coming-out party as 4A Gilbert Perry traveled to Kearny to win its first game of varsity competition Friday 26-6 over the 2A Bearcats.

When Paradise Valley center Alex English described his team and Glendale Sandra Day O’Connor as being “opposites,” he couldn’t have summed up the rosters or styles of play any better.

August 20, 2004

RENTON, Wash.  — The Edgerrin James saga with the Seahawks is dragging on.

October 1, 2004

GLENDALE — The conservative watchdog group Goldwater Institute has filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Glendale City Council's vote to approve a lease agreement for Jobing.com Arena with a potential buyer of the Phoenix Coyotes.

ATLANTA - Curt Schilling spent the past two seasons in the role of human tourniquet, winning 19 of 22 decisions when he pitched the game after a Diamondbacks loss.

Mesa Red Mountain stuffed J.R. Hamm on a two-point conversion attempt with no time remaining to preserve a 14-12 win over Tempe Corona del Sol in a 5A-I nonregion game Friday at Red Mountain.

Shannon Desmond scored four goals to lead Seton Catholic to a 5-0 win over Fountain Hills in the semifinal round of the 1A-3A girls state soccer tournament at Tempe Sports Complex on Saturday.

The governing board of the Higley Unified School District plans to file a lawsuit this week in another attempt to derail a possible consolidation with the Gilbert district.

October 5, 2004

RENTON, Wash. — Edgerrin James is Seattle's latest aging star running back, less than a year and half after Shaun Alexander was unceremoniously booted out of town.

Ah, those first few minutes of a third quarter.