It may have looked easy, but Scottsdale Christian Academy’s 37-26 win over Joseph City Friday had its fair share of obstacles.

Key matchup: How each team adjusts to playing a different brand of football. SCA must defend 8-man football and Joseph City must play 11-man ball when SCA has the ball.

TORONTO - Whenever goalie Curtis Joseph plays in this city, he always fields a large number of requests for tickets. For tonight's Coyotes-Maple Leafs game, the volume of the requests is "more this time for some reason," Joseph said Friday.

TORONTO - Whenever goalie Curtis Joseph plays in this city, he always fields a large number of requests for tickets. For tonight's Coyotes-Maple Leafs game, the volume of the requests is "more this time for some reason," Joseph said Friday.

Jose de la Isla, guest commentary

COLUMBUS, Ohio - As long as they continue to get goaltending like this from Curtis Joseph, the Coyotes aren’t about to abandon hope of a playoff berth. “You look at what he’s done for us, he’s incredible,” Shane Doan said. “We need to get our power play going and we’ll be OK.”

CALGARY, Alberta - This wasn’t supposed to happen in the new NHL. Rules changes enacted in the offseason were aimed at increasing scoring.

CALGARY, Alberta - This wasn’t supposed to happen in the new NHL. Rules changes enacted in the offseason were aimed at increasing scoring.

Two Scottsdale city councilmen said Friday they object to having evaluations of top city employees run through an outside consultant who attends confidential closed-door meetings.

May 7, 2005

December 18, 2004

When it comes to public transportation, residents told researchers that Scottsdale is at the back of the bus.

February 10, 2005

Owners of a downtown Scottsdale property filed a complaint Wednesday with Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, alleging the city violated the state Open Meetings Law in selecting a developer last week without an official vote.

January 7, 2005

The Scottsdale City Council has narrowed its search for a city attorney to three applicants, one of whom is already temporarily filling that job.

The Scottsdale City Council has narrowed its search for a city attorney to three applicants, one of whom is already temporarily filling that job.

December 19, 2004

Scottsdale ordinances regarding the disposal of unneeded evidence violate state law in several instances and likely allowed the destruction of property that should have been returned to its owners, a city audit released last week states.

The City Council approved raises for three top administrators Wednesday night.

Queen Creek officials took an extraordinary step after an employee botched a routine public records request last month.

The citizens of Paris owe Americans Sheldon Silver and Joseph Bruno a heartfelt merci with many beaucoups.

October 30, 2004

After a six-month search, Scottsdale has narrowed its pool of candidates for the city’s legal chief.