Address: 945 W. 8th St., Mesa; Records: Skyline 3-4, 0-2 East Valley; Westwood 7-0, 2-0; Gametime: 7:00 p.m.

Mesa Red Mountain won its 5A East Valley Region boys basketball tournament firstround game Tuesday against visiting Mesa Skyline, 77-64.

Work is expected to begin Wednesday at Mesa's Skyline High School on a new classroom building to help the campus prepare for an additional 700 students.

Mesa Skyline and Mesa High have filled their vacant varsity baseball coaching positions with the selections of Mike Johnson and Joe Bergen, respectively.

Thursday morning will mark a first in Mesa Skyline High athletics.

The Mesa Skyline girls soccer team beat visiting Mesa 5-4 in a shootout in a 5A East Valley Region game Tuesday.

The new 5A configuration has some fans. If the regular season ended today, there would be celebrating in places where joy has been rare.

Angelo Paffumi is fired up.

The few fans in attendance at Thursday’s Dobson-Skyline football game got no surprises. Mesa Dobson was supposed to win big, and indeed the Mustangs did.

Josh McIntyre of Skyline doesn’t have a lot of time to make some noise in the wrestling season.

The calisthenics and wind sprints that opened practice for Mesa Red Mountain’s football team Monday at 6 a.m. seemed as easy and pleasant as the first Monday of August.

Red Mountain Lions

Corona del Sol baseball coach Dave Webb said earlier this week his team had some pleasant surprises in its bid to retool for 2010. One of them is infielder Kyle Jorgensen.

Region titles are not synonymous with Skyline High School. In fact, the school has never claimed one in any sport since it opened in 1999.

 Once again, a Mesa Desert Ridge player had the game of a lifetime. Getting a win to go with it makes it that much sweeter.

Angie Fontes had nine kills to lead Westwood High School over Skyline, 25-17, 25-17, 25-13, in a 5A East Valley Region girls volleyball match Thursday at Skyline.

Mesa Red Mountain filled its vacant varsity wrestling position this week, hiring Mesa assistant Dave DiDomenico.

It was a busy high school football weekend with a host of East Valley prep squads in action. Read the game reports, and view all the photos and scores.

Mesa Red Mountain football coach Jim Jones likes what he sees week to week for the 4-1 Mountain Lions, but he’s most impressed with the progress of the offensive line.

Kayla Pedersen had 19 points and Nicole Childers had 18 as visiting Red Mountain held on to defeat Gilbert, 41-37, in a 5A non-region matchup.

Bringing back the same five golfers from last season appeared to be an advantage for Dobson High when the Mustangs and 12 other schools began the 5A East Valley-Desert West Super Regional on Tuesday at Viewpoint Golf Resort in Mesa.

Scottsdale Desert Mountain got a few gift runs early Monday against Phoenix Mountain Pointe, then generated a bunch of their own in a 15-6 win at the Central-East Valley-Fiesta baseball tournament at McClintock High School.

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They mentally blocked out cheering crowds peppered in the reds, purples and oranges of high school T-shirts.