Paul Elvira stood on the sidelines, soaking it all in.

An early bout of penalties was the only thing that could. Temporarily, impede Marcos de Niza’s offense during the Padres’ 57-6 rout of Maricopa on Friday night.

Marcos De Niza running back Mauriece Lee came into Friday's regular season finale not as the offense's focal point, but just one of an assortment of Padres' weapons.

Maurice Lee was the last one off the bench and into the postgame handshake line for Marcos de Niza on Friday night.

Marcos de Niza took down Gilbert 49-7 Friday in a game that was seemingly decided just minutes in.

Tempe Marcos de Niza scored three second-quarter touchdowns in 42 seconds to turn Friday’s defensive struggle with Notre Dame Prep into a rout.

Tucson Ironwood Ridge ran right up Marcos de Niza's gut and gave it a proverbial punch on its way by.

Josh Eckley knew he couldn’t fail.

A pair of Chandler teams faced off Saturday in the national championship game in the junior peewee I-AA division of the American Youth Football league.

In the 2012 regular season, one game prevented Marcos de Niza from reaching perfection. In week five Tucson Ironwood Ridge came to Tempe and the Nighthawks went back to the Old Pueblo with a road win over the Padres.

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

It is not like the Marcos de Niza football team did not have success on the road since it won its first three games of the season.

Here are some of the best performances from the East Valley in Week 8:

Here are some of the best performances from the East Valley in Week 8:

Marcos de Niza routed McClintock, 63-6, in Thursday night's military honoring football game.

This week’s top performances

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.