Longtime Mountain Pointe Athletic Director Ian Moses announced recently that he was no longer going to be the athletic director at the Ahwatukee high school.

Higley Unified School District athletic director Art Wagner, 42, was found dead near Higley High School Wednesday morning, according to the Gilbert Police Department. Police say the matter is still under investigation, but believe Wagner died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The Mountain Pointe boys basketball program had a stability problem that needed to be addressed.

The Mountain Pointe boys basketball program had a stability problem that needed to be addressed.

There was a time when America was a far off place for Fred Mann.

It took a special meeting but the football schedules are near finalization.

Assumptions were made, jokes were told and Larry Holmes' confidence was shaken.

The posturing and rebuffs ended on Thursday.

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

The occupational tools for high school athletic directors do not include a fire extinguisher.

Loss has never come easy for me; be it in cards, a high school sporting event or on a personal level.

Cera Hassinan had every right to come out of the match.

Jalen Brown had one of those years for the record book as he pretty much surpassed every wide receiver mark in school history.

Rarely does Norris Vaughan sit idly by.

So much is happening at Mountain Pointe with the Pride in the state championship game there are very few spare moments right about now.

Part of an eight-year tradition, members of the varsity football team at Mountain Pointe distributed their away-game jerseys on Thursday to either a staff member or teacher of their choice, just in time for the last season game before playoffs.

Just a couple of notes before heading out the the Desert Vista-Chandler game this evening.