The Ahwatukee Foothills Soccer Club has had plenty of success since forming in 1999, and yet the club was able to pull off a first on May 4.

The Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe football teams will be starting spring football for three weeks beginning on Monday, April 29.

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

The amount of emotion that poured out of Rachel Ressler nearly matched the sweat and dedication she put into her Desert Vista soccer career.

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.

Fans of the Seattle Sounders or those who follow the U.S. National soccer team probably wouldn’t believe it, but there was a time when Brad Evans wasn’t so sure of himself on the pitch.

Area athletes will sign the dotted line for football, field hockey, soccer, track and field, cross country and water polo on Wednesday as the national signing day is here once again.

It’s going to happen at some point.

Mountain Pointe has already had an impressive run on national teams the last six months with Will Claye’s Olympic performance and Reid Priddy captaining the men’s Olympic volleyball team.

The AIA released the state soccer brackets on Friday afternoon.

Rachel Ressler sees open people.

There is a bit of tidying up left to do, but for the most part the soccer season is heading toward the postseason.

The AIA released the first set of soccer seeding rankings on Tuesday.

The proving ground is over.

Imagine my surprise when I showed up for the Desert Vista girls soccer team’s semifinal game at the Arizona Soccer Showcase and the Thunder’s head coach was nowhere to be found.

The assignment is to predict the next year in sports.

Here is a quick update on what area high school teams have been doing since Christmas.

The AIA released its first power rankings on Thursday for boys and girls basketball.

The holidays are a wonderful time to be with family - even if it is your second family.

While the Desert Vista soccer teams brought home the hardware from the Tempe Diablos Soccer Classic, the Mountain Pointe programs showed something as well.