Firebirds outscore Pinnacle 50-36 after intermission for 71-62 win in battle of Desert Valley Region rivals.
It is another showcase event only with one difference in all the matchups -- they count for more than pride or rivalry.
Girls Basketball
Basketball team rolls to easy 75-44 win over Hamilton, plays fourth game of the week against Horizon.
Highland coach Miner Webster is used to winning and winning a lot. But not with his Hawks laboring as much as they have this season.
It happened again Tuesday night as Dobson and a nearly all new cast of characters for the defending state champions pushed Highland to the end in a 67-61 win for the Hawks at Dobson.
Moon Valley, Cortez, Apollo, Thunderbird and Greenway emerge victorious in Hoopin\' It Up at the Arena event.
Simone Westbrook, the leading scorer the past two seasons for the Desert Vista girls basketball team, has transferred to Chandler High and will begin playing with the Wolves at mid-month.
A year after winning the 5A-I girls basketball title, Dobson coach Tyler Dumas has nearly gone back to square one. He has ventured to the chalkboad and erased the 2010 lesson. Chiseled out the path for 2011 and perhaps beyond.
The transformation from state champ to building back to that level is gradual. Tha is why Dumas likes the challenge of coaching.
Five boys basketball games set for Saturday, Jan. 8 at home of Suns.
St. Marys girls basketball boosted by Dosty, Neals.
Defense is one of the main ingredients for Wolverines. Junior forward Stacy Davis scores 23 to lead the way.
Trevor Browne girls play basketball with a winning attitude.
Team adjusts to new coach but maintains its fundamentally sound approach.
Saints wrap up first day of Hawk Invitational in Buckeye with wins over Buckeye and Cesar Chavez.
Basketball (two boys and two girls events) and soccer should hold interest of spectators.