On Jan. 22, Priest Willis slipped on a pair of powder blue football gloves, aligned his hands in the sign of a “U” and confirmed to the college football world what everyone long suspected: He was verbally committing to UCLA.

Desert Vista girls volleyball coach Molly West might have summed up the day the best.

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.

On Wednesday pen will meet paper.

Mountain Pointe senior Thomas Warren committed to New Mexico State on his official visit last weekend.

The signature play of Matt Guida’s astounding junior season looked like a split-second decision, but was actually days in the making.

It wasn’t hard to choose last year’s Tribune Player of the Year, as Saguaro running back D.J. Foster broke several state records, ran for 508 yards and 10 touchdowns in one game and led the Sabercats to the Division III state title.

There is part of me that would not want to be in Kenny Lacy’s shoes right now.

The ball will be in the air a lot.

The regular season is winding down, but the recruiting games are heating up.

Mountain Pointe senior offensive lineman Kenny Lacy committed to UCLA on Monday, a few days after his official visit on Saturday.

Mountain Pointe senior offensive lineman Kenny Lacy committed to UCLA on Monday, a few days after his official visit on Saturday.

Americans love lists and when it involves rankings all the better.

While it's a bit of bad timing it is rather fitting that Ian Meshay had to make a choice between playing in an all-star game and attending commencement.

The intensity remains the same, but there is a different feel to Desert Vista's spring football practice.

The intensity remains the same, but there is a different feel to Desert Vista's spring football practice.

Arizona House Speaker Kirk Adams says he found the allegations in the Fiesta Bowl scandal so disturbing that he reimbursed the bowl for its costs in sending him and his wife to an out-of-state football game.

Desert Vista football fans can only speculate on how much of a difference Christian Westerman and Davonte Neal would have made on their football team this year.

With Chandler star quarterback Brett Hundley on the sidelines against Desert Vista, it might have made sense, to the casual observer at least, that the Wolves trailed the Thunder 21-0 early in the second quarter, and 28-14 at halftime.

Desert Vista might catch a break when facing Chandler this week.

Kyle Faunce needs to get away.