As thick dark clouds rolled in over Chaparral High School and a light drizzle started to fall, it seemed like Mother Nature stole some of Desert Vista’s thunder.

Twice a week I gather nine little ballplayers together for some target practice.

It is astonishing to me that a self-professed “retired consulting engineer” could not understand that Professor John Lott’s hypothesis of a 3-percent-per-1-percent relationship between gun ownership and crime rate reduction is a LOGARITHMIC function.

The Mountain Pointe football program has been out of sorts the last few weeks.

Jarek Hilgers heard three different totals, but he didn’t seem to care anyway.

The long trip to Sierra Vista is made easier by today’s technology.

What in the helmet is going on?

Desert Vista coach Dan Hinds said senior running back Jarek Hilgers is doing OK this morning.

When Mountain Pointe knocked off Hamilton, head coach Norris Vaughan did a few shoulder blocks during the celebration with defensive coordinator Jeff Decker, who is a well-built but average sized man.

Parents of special needs kids in Ahwatukee and surrounding communities are invited to have their special athletes take part in a new PONY baseball league.

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.

GLENDALE - Matt Young's first attempt hung in the air too long. A defender undercut the receiver and intercepted it.

Took in the first scrimmage of the year as Desert Vista traveled to Brophy’s Sports Campus.

The name couldn’t be more apropos.

The annual and unfortunate stories will be coming along soon enough.

Parents and children will once again begin their daily commutes to and from school, as more than 1 million kids will soon head back or have already started back to school. Therefore, to keep kids safer during this busy time of year, AAA would like to offer some helpful reminders for both parents and children.

For the second straight season, the Desert Vista football program gets a jump on most of the state.