Chaparral basketball team holds on to defeat Red Mountain despite missing final seven free throws.
Girls Basketball
Hawks use defensive quickness to force Shadow Mountain turnovers in rematch of last year\'s Class 4A-I title game.
St. Mary\'s is favorite in 5A-I, but there are plenty of challengers in other classifications.
Victory over defending 5A-II champs serves as a confidence-builder.
St. Marys used pressure defense and the ability to score from all over on offense to send Highland to a rare girls basketball drubbing on Tuesday night.
With only three of six Mesa schools making the playoffs in football this season and all of them eliminated in the first round, basketball could not arrive fast enough.
He coached three girls state champion teams at Phoenix Thunderbird and three state runners-up.
Lucinda Nash retiring after winning eight Class 3A titles, including the last three.
The East Valley has dominated girls basketball in 5A-I for the past decade plus with Dobson claiming the crown last year. Will the only school to dent that domination in the new millennuium, St. Mary\'s, strike again?
Team is aiming for third straight Class 3A championship.