“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”

His acceptance speech was easily the most brief, but the thoughts shared Friday night by United Food Bank President and CEO Bob Evans were certainly among the most poignant.

Playing a role as possible spoiler, Westwood's softball team pulled it off perfectly.

A mob of runners and many well wishers flocked to Tempe on Saturday for the ninth annual Pat's Run to honor one of Arizona's finest and pay respect to the victims of Monday's attack on the Boston Marathon.

Mattie Merrell pitched a complete game, two-hitter, while also hitting a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning to lead host Queen Creek to a 2-1 victory over Higley on Thursday.

The crowd cheered loudly for all the recognizable names — from Missy Franklin, to Ryan Lochte, Nathan Adrian to Matt Grevers and many more among the lot — from last year’s London Olympic Games.

Just in case you thought softball had become all about offense, Bre Macha pitched as if she was offended.