The 2013 USA Volleyball Junior Beach Tour opened with hot temperatures and even hotter action at the Desert Open on April 28 in Glendale.

The Mountain Pointe boys volleyball team, the Desert Vista baseball team, and the Thunder softball program had their seasons come to an end Saturday.

The Desert Vista girls tennis team was eliminated from the Division I state tournament on Tuesday.

The 43rd Arizona Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Youth Sports Awards are on Thursday, May 9, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, in the new Virginia G. Piper Theater.

The First Tee of Phoenix and the OB Sports Golf Academy announced the launch of the First Tee of Phoenix Elite Academy.

The Mountain Pointe alumni tournament will be on May 11 at Club West, 16400 S. 14th Ave.

The Mountain Pointe alumni golf tournament will be on May 11 at Club West, which is located 16400 S. 14th Ave.

The Tempe All-City track meet is being held Friday at 4 p.m. at Corona del Sol with Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe expected to be favorites.

Desert Vista graduate and Grand Canyon junior Ahmad Saleem recently helped fifth-seeded Lopes to a third-place finish in the Pacific West Conference championships in Hawaii.

The individual state tennis tournament starts Friday to begin the spring postseason.

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Desert Vista keeps churning out college athletes as 11 students were recently honored for the spring signing day session.

OB Sports Golf Management announced new summer stay-and-play packages for Scottsdale and Sedona, Arizona and Las Vegas.

The Infinity Wrestling Academy, run by Chuck Barbee, will host three different camps this summer at Desert Vista.

Individual and team national titles are on the line for top collegiate triathletes from across the U.S. at this weekend’s 2013 USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships in Tempe this weekend.

The Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe football teams will be starting spring football for three weeks beginning on Monday, April 29.

The First Tee of Phoenix and the OB Sports Golf Academy announced recently the launch of the First Tee of Phoenix Elite Academy.

Arizona Bridge to Independent Living and the MaxInMotion Foundation are pleased to announce the development of a series of adaptive sports clinics for youth in Arizona. The half-day clinics will introduce children 18 years and under to wheelchair basketball and power soccer for athletes with disabilities.

In an unofficial warm-up prior to Phoenix FC’s home opener, the professional soccer players helped assist 140 fourth- and fifth-grade girls from seven elementary schools at skills stations at a Girls Soccer Extravaganza hosted on March 27.

Club SPAWN, a 13U club baseball team based out of Ahwatukee and managed by Todd McFarlane, won the 13U AAA title in the 2013 USSSA Spring Championships Super NIT at Victory Lane Sports Park in Glendale last weekend.

Phoenix is organizing three gun buyback events that officials say are aimed at taking unwanted weapons out of homes and giving police a chance to see whether guns have been stolen or used in crimes.

Positive Coaching Alliance has announced the official kick off of its new Phoenix Chapter. Established in 1998, Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) is a national nonprofit organization committed to providing all youth and high school athletes a positive, character-building youth sports experience.

American Legion Post 64 is hosting its Fifth Annual American Legion Tournament on Saturday, March 23 at the Ahwatukee Golf Club, 13431 S. 44th St. The Legion is a homeless Club, without any income from food services, which means it has to raise funds through outside events like this golf tournament.

Aaron Windler’s return to boys basketball was a one-year stay with Mountain Pointe.

Local golf instructor Jeff Ritter is offering a trip to Augusta. The winner receives airfare and lodging for the week of the The Masters in April.