For 16 minutes, Payton Dastrup did everything he could to keep the Mountain View boys basketball team in striking distance of Desert Mountain.

Pixar is long overdue for a feature with a strong female character at its center. Now that she's arrived, it's clear that she deserves better.

As the ball floated off the right arm of quarterback Kyle Allen for what seemed like eternity, Desert Mountain’s Mark Andrews wasn’t thinking about his three dropped passes during the second half, or the clock winding down. Instead, he thought back to the words coach Tony Tabor had been harping on since the 2012 season began.

A collection of top East Valley performances from Week 10:

Visiting Highland held off previously-undefeated Desert Mountain, 34-32, even after a high-scoring and wild fourth quarter.

Desert Mountain boys basketball coach Todd Fazio is leaving to take over the Red Mountain program, he said Monday.

LOS ANGELES — The boozy, blustery Scottish people are getting a Hollywood close-up with "Brave," the latest adventure from the animators who brought you "Toy Story," ''Ratatouille," ''Finding Nemo" and "Up."

Rolando Rhymes fancies himself a Division I prospect once he leaves high school.

A collection of the best individual performances in the East Valley in Week 7:

A collection of the top individual performances from Week 6 in the East Valley:

Chandler's Summit Academy came to life two years ago during a time of transition in the Mesa Unified School District.

It wasn’t hard to choose last year’s Tribune Player of the Year, as Saguaro running back D.J. Foster broke several state records, ran for 508 yards and 10 touchdowns in one game and led the Sabercats to the Division III state title.

Rolando Rhymes called it "taking the air out of  the ball," and Mesa can attest to what Rhymes meant.

Desert Vista at Hamilton

Desert Mountain didn’t look the No. 9 team in Division I on Thursday night.

A collections of the top individual performances from Week 5 in the East Valley: