The pipeline between Arizona and Iowa State University continues to be built year after year in the form of national football recruits.

Monday night’s matchup against rival Desert Vista was met with a brief sigh of relief from Mountain Pointe boys basketball coach Kaimarr Price.

Hours before Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe were scheduled to square off in a rematch of last year’s 6A state championship basketball game, the game will now be rescheduled due to a positive case of COVID-19 in the Thunder program.