The Tempe Marcos de Niza baseball team is relying a lot this season on Rudy Jaramillo and Jacob Morales. The final game of the McClintock portion of the McClintock-Saguaro Spring Break Tournament was proof of that.

Tempe Marcos de Niza entered the 5A Division II baseball tournament feeling like party crashers, but the 12th-seeded Padres will join Scottsdale Desert Mountain as guests of honor in Saturday’s championship after handling Glendale Deer Valley 9-3 on Thursday at Maryvale Baseball Park.

It wasn’t as easy the second time. On Tuesday, Tempe Corona del Sol dominated Tempe Marcos de Niza in a 5A Central Region baseball matchup.

The battle of last year’s 5A state baseball champions Wednesday wasn’t a battle. It was a massacre.

Girls soccer

Mark Nold has been hired as the new boys basketball coach at Chandler, district athletic director Marcus Williams said in an email.

Casey Benson set a career high with 39 points and Bryan Siefker added 11 as the No. 10 Aztecs cruised past Chandler, 76-49, in Division I boys basketball action on Friday night at Corona. Marcos Morales led the Wolves with 18 points.

TUCSON - The Flowing Wells Invitational lost some of its bite.

PRESCOTT VALLEY -  All season the complaints were that two of the Division I sectionals were overloaded with power teams while the other two weren’t nearly as strong.

Boys Soccer

PRESCOTT VALLEY – The big-school wrestling championships had a familiar look to it.

The holiday boys basketball tournaments have wrapped up, and it’s time for the second half of the power points schedule. Before we move ahead, here is a look at the notable teams, players and moments from the first two months of the season:

Jelani Huma, Casey Rarrick and Naomi Reyes scored all of the points for the Saguaro girls basketball team, Wednesday, to help the Sabercats edge Barry Goldwater 43-42, making them 2-0 on the first day of the Lady Titans Winter Hoops Classic.

Anthony Robles, the Mesa High wrestler born without a right leg, concluded a remarkable sophomore season Saturday by placing sixth in the state at 103 pounds.

A Scottsdale man who took the law into his own hands when smugglers held his friends for ransom may face charges, police said Wednesday.

A Scottsdale man who took the law into his own hands when smugglers held his friends for ransom may face charges, police said Wednesday.

A lesser team would have struggled after having its coach move away, but Mesa Skyline is at a different place.

Mesa High advanced to the championship game of the Mesa Jackrabbit Invitational with a 2-1 victory over Queen Creek on Tuesday.

Tony Piazza went 2-for-2 with two RBIs to lead Scottsdale Notre Dame past visiting Scottsdale Chaparral 8-3 in a matchup of the top-ranked baseball teams in 4A-I and 4A-II Friday.

All-Tribune First Team

TUCSON - For a sophomore Matthew Mathers showed a lot of maturity and restraint early in the season.

PRESCOTT VALLEY – It was hard to take it all in at times.