A survey shows U.S. home prices rose 10.5 percent in March compared with a year ago, the biggest gain since March 2006.

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.

The coaching search for the girls basketball position at Desert Vista isn't going to be expansive as I expected.

Desert Vista graduate Patricia Bright played at three different colleges in her career, including the last two at Oregon State, but her travels might not be over.

The change was subtle but something Khari Holloway felt needed to be done.

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.

Mountain Pointe first-year boys basketball coach Aaron Windler has a tell and it isn’t subtle.

The Desert Vista girls basketball team clearly got the funk out of its system.

The Desert Vista soccer family was setup to have one amazing day.

Transforming from a somewhat plump freshman to a svelte three-time state wrestling champion has given Alex Bambic one of the most unique — and successful — careers in Arizona wrestling history.

As was the case back on Nov. 24 when Pinnacle and Mountain Pointe got together in the championship game of the Lady Hawk Basketball Tournament, Saturday’s Division I, Section III girls final showcased two of the bigger stars in Arizona: the Pioneers’ Sydney Wiese and the Pride’s Kayla Lupoe.

The Desert Vista boys soccer team received a boost this season when five club-level players returned to the program for their senior season.

PRESCOTT VALLEY – Desert Vista’s Tristan Ezell and Brian Mitchell did exactly what high school athletes are supposed to do each year.

Over the past five years the words “real estate” have led to many discussions and debates. The waves of emotion that came from the run up and bubble caused too much drama in people’s lives. Homes were meant for long-term investments and the five years around it caused some people to make decisions, good and bad. People thought they had a safe nest egg in the home they have poured thousands of dollars into, yet that property is now worth what it was 12 to 15 years earlier. Luckily, the market is starting to move past this.

PHOENIX – Oh, that sneaky Kyle Pitman.