Rich Brumbaugh leads boys basketball team at Tolleson High.

Oozing with tradition, Archbishop Moeller, Ohio and Mesa Mountain View,were the final matchup of the 2010 VisitMesa.com Basketball Challenge. The teams did not disappoint. Sporting unbeaten records in the tournament and for the season, the teams gave fans a fitting marquee matchup as Moeller trimmed Mountain View, 36-35, in a classic defensive battle at Toro Gym.

Weston Newell scores 28 points to lead the Jaguars.

Defense is one of the main ingredients for Wolverines. Junior forward Stacy Davis scores 23 to lead the way.

Rick McConnell will likely never pass his father in coaching victories, but together nearly 1,300 wins is mighty impressive.

It was an uphill battle all the way for Corona del Sol on Wednesday night in its bid to reach the finals of the McClintock Holiday Shootout. And it took help from more players than usual to make up what once was a 14-point deficit in the second period. The Aztecs finally took the lead with a little more than four minutes left and hung on to edge Brophy, 53-47, at McClintock High School.

Trevor Browne girls play basketball with a winning attitude.

Team adjusts to new coach but maintains its fundamentally sound approach.

The Mesa Mountain View boys basketball team can lay claim for another day to being the only unbeaten Arizona team in 5A-I.

Titans turn back Westview in opening round of Great Desert Shootout at Cactus Shadows.

It did not take long for the Visitmesa.com Arizona Basketball Challenge to get going with some tight contests. St. Marys withstood poor free-throw shooting late in regulation and a technical foul that opened the door for Sunnyslope to tie the game in the final seconds, but the Knights prevailed, 85-78, in double overtime in the first game of Monday\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s first round at Mountain View High School.

Saints wrap up first day of Hawk Invitational in Buckeye with wins over Buckeye and Cesar Chavez.

Mesa Mountain View and McClintock high schools will be hot beds for boys basketball Monday through Thursday as the new year approaches with both hosting invitationals in the East Valley.

Basketball (two boys and two girls events) and soccer should hold interest of spectators.

Defending Class 5A Division II champ in its third holiday tournament. Plays Oklahoma City team on the first day.

Sixteen girls teams and 14 boys squads invade Mesa Monday through New Years Eve Day for the 2010 Dobson Mustang Soccer Classic at Red Mountain Park and Dobson High School.

Annual meeting produces lists from each of the classifications -- 5A-I, 5A-II, 4A-I, 4A-II, 3A, 2A and 1A.

Players from all classifications are eligible for selection.

Arizona schools rallied some the final two days of the annual Nike Tournament of Champions I girls basketball showcase in Chandler and Tempe with St. Marys and Mesa Mountain View posting the best showings among the 18 local teams teams competing.

Winslow boys nearly make it a sweep of New Mexico teams before falling in overtime.

DaLan Stafford and Robert Selmon each score 26 as Bobcats stop Cesar Chavez 77-70 in Phoenix Union District event.