The Tempe All-City banquet was this week and several area athletes were honored.

Kaylah Lupoe is a bit shy, has a smile that can break an iceberg let alone the ice, and a nasty streak that disrupts the most cohesive of offenses.

Mountain Pointe girls basketball coach Trevor Neider has taken the Pride to a new level and his colleagues have noticed.

The annual All-Tempe picks were recently announced and per usual area schools were well represented.

‘Twas not the winter of everyone’s discontent. At least not for all the basketball players, soccer studs and wrestlers who took their shots, saves and takedowns for glory’s sake and found some.

From the overlooked category comes this little tidbit: Mountain Pointe senior guard Khari Holloway broke the 1,000-point plateau for his career this season.

Tucked away in the storage room of the Mountain Pointe gym was a ball very few people knew about, including the one person it was intended for on Friday night.

TEMPE – The frustrating play on the court and lopsided score could have made for a long and embarrassing night for the Mountain Pointe girls basketball team.

The Mountain Pointe girls basketball team clearly wasn’t as it best Friday night, not with Kaylah Lupoe sitting on the bench most of the game, and various other missteps.

In the three seasons leading up to Trevor Neider taking over the Mountain Pointe girls basketball team, the Pride won a total of 17 games, including three the year before in 2008-09.

The first day of Division I sectional basketball is in the books at Desert Mountain.

Caught a glimpse of something I wish I hadn't.

The end was frantic, the Mountain Pointe girls basketball team ended up ecstatic and this time there was no chance of an asterisk.