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It’s no wonder that Carter Gladstone has shown a tremendous ability to be patient at the plate.

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

The thing about covering the sports scene in Ahwatukee Foothills is there is always going to be a contender.

Valley Christian senior and Ahwatukee Foothills resident Lindy Dyer signed her National Letter of Intent to continue her volleyball career at the collegiate level with Colorado Christian University.

Fred Mann had two ways to go Thursday night.

Girls volleyball coaches and athletic directors received an unwanted email from the Arizona Interscholastic Association and MaxPreps on Thursday morning.

Say what you will (mostly questions about the secrecy involved) about the new MaxPreps/AIA formula for determining the postseason, the first full season is about to end and the results seem to be in line with the rankings.

The new power rankings system, now powered by MaxPreps, do not match the thinking of most of the state's media.

The diagram is titled, “The shot that cleared the clock.”

The diagram is titled, “The shot that cleared the clock.”

It was just one pitch in a day’s work.

It was just one pitch in a day’s work.

The Arizona Interscholastic Association did not acknowledge whether there is a flaw in its power point formula during Tuesday’s executive board meeting, but seems ready to adjust it for the spring sports state tournaments.

The Desert Vista basketball programs are still hustling and muscling their way through season with less than a week left.

The Desert Vista basketball programs are still hustling and muscling their way through season with less than a week left.

The Desert Vista football program will be presented with the Army National Guard national ranking trophy Friday as part of the seventh annual MaxPreps Tour of Champions.

The honors that come along with being Division I state champions has started to roll in for Desert Vista.

The honors that come along with being Division I state champions has started to roll in for Desert Vista.

Former Desert Vista basketball player Simone Westbrook is changing schools - again.

Mountain Pointe graduate Kevin Cron was taken with second pick of the the third round (92nd overall) on Tuesday morning of the MLB first-year player draft.

Mountain Pointe graduate Kevin Cron was taken with second pick of the the third round (92nd overall) on Tuesday morning of the MLB first-year player draft.

Mountain Pointe product Kevin Cron keeps reaping the rewards for his final season in a Pride uniform.

Mountain Pointe product Kevin Cron keeps reaping the rewards for his final season in a Pride uniform.

Jalen Brown keeps on impressing.