The football coaches evidently can’t wait until August for their first showdown of the year.

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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.

Ahwatukee is a pretty tight community especially when sports involved.

For all the flak that our state’s education system has taken over the years (I’ve dealt some of it), we proudly lead the nation in an important segment: career and technical education.

Hundreds will gather in Phoenix Saturday for the Seventh Annual Arizona 5K VisionWalk in efforts to fight blindness and show support to families devastated by retina diseases.

Girls basketball is played below the rim and against Mountain Pointe, which is the home of Kaylah Lupoe.

The Mountain Pointe football team went on quite a ride this season so why not get one more road trip out of three seniors before heading off to different destinations after graduation.

There are plenty of benefits to advancing to the state title football game.

Karl Kiefer is retired.

Here are The Associated Press’ reviews of selected holiday albums:

December will soon be descending upon us. For a lot of people this month will entail building snowmen, sledding down hills of snow, making snow angles and getting tongues stuck to icy poles. Of course those stuck in Ahwatukee won’t be able to appreciate any of these traditional winter activities. But who needs snow when you can spend your Christmas break in a cozy movie theater. Here are several films to look out for this holiday season.

Six local 13U club baseball teams announced recently that they will compete in the Ahwatukee Baseball Fest Nov. 24-25 at Mountain Vista Park in Ahwatukee Foothills.

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Desert Vista graduate Hunter Rodriguez injured his left throwing elbow and will have Tommy John surgery forcing him to redshirt his freshman year at Utah.

The tradition of a physical sport that has become somewhat of a religion in the Valley for a group of tattooed and sassy women and their faithful followers is set to begin its eighth year with many familiar faces as well as fresh meat.

World Baseball Classic, Inc. recently announced the United States venues for the 2013 World Baseball Classic, which will be played at sites throughout the world in March. Chase Field and Salt River Fields at Talking Stick will serve as host venues for the first round.

If geography had anything to do with lacrosse and if Anthony Abbadessa and Cade van Raaphorst were coming up through the ranks about five years ago, the Desert Vista tandem probably would never been invited to Connecticut.

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