All-Tribune First Team

All-Tribune First Team

For 70 minutes, neither Xavier or Desert Vista could find the right combination. Both teams had its share of possession although the Gators seemed to gain the upper hand in the second half.

Ryan Grotjohn didn't make it through Brophy's soccer semifinal match. A collision and spill led to a high ankle sprain and his Thursday night ended early.

Declarations were first made during tryouts, when Campo Verde coach Rosanne Headley declared to her girls that the goal was a state title, and anyone not interested, "grab your bag and there's the gate," she recalled.

Scoring chance after scoring chance rolled to Campo Verde's boys' feet, but the conversion part kept bouncing away.

Fighting both wind and foe, Arcadia’s Kate Staudenmaier scored the game’s only goal on a free kick in the 56^th minute to knock visiting Marana out of the Division II girls soccer state tournament and carry the Titans into the quarterfinals.

Who’s ready to make the leap?

No one really likes a tie.

Nick Colson had 16 points and 16 rebounds, and Mason Johnson and Quinn Bailey each added 13 points as Higley topped rival-Williams Field, 57-50, on Thursday night.

It'd be hard to top Mesa's boys soccer team's start to this season.

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

Higley's boys basketball team staged quite the comeback on Tuesday night.

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There is no doubt what the Desert Vista girls soccer team is shooting for this season.

The early unveiling of this season’s high school boys soccer map isn’t too far removed from most of the past few years’ worth of championship geography.

Chandler Prep's Travis Farschman hit his seventh three-point shot of the game with 15 seconds left in overtime and teammate Jack Hanson stole the ball seconds later to clinch a 62-59 victory over visiting Canyon State, Tuesday.

Highland’s journey to its first girls soccer state championship in 2011-2012 was years in the making, but could a repeat merely take months?

Girls soccer