CDO's second baseman Ruben Rivera tosses the ball to shortstop Ryan Gerber to get a Catalina Foothills runner out during last week's game. The Dorados lost, 8-0.

Local 4A swimmers are diving into competition this weekend at the state championships in Mesa.

Hardly dominant, the Canyon Del Oro football squad managed to upend the Catalina Foothills Falcons last Friday night, 14-7.

November 15, 2006 - A year ago, the members of the Catalina Foothills High School girls golf team sat outside the pro-shop at Dell Urich golf course, crying and consoling each other after a gut-wrenching 1-stroke loss in the Class 4A Division I state tournament.

Erin Schmidt, ESchmidt@ExplorerNews.com

August 31, 2005 - Music played and tears were shed as more than 100 students filled the Catalina Foothills High School auditorium Aug. 26 to remember a friend and fellow student, Marcia Kristan Parseghian, who died earlier this month.

July 27, 2005 - Four-year-old Sofia Redondo has been in preschool for two years. She is smart and well adjusted but, according to the Catalina Foothills School District, she was born a few hours too late to attend kindergarten with the rest of her peers.

Feb. 9, 2005 - Don't expect to hear phony English accents here. These students are actors in the truest Shakespearean sense of the word. They are here to take four-century-old words and give them as much life, texture and warmth as the Globe stage in 1600s London.

The Rural/Metro Fire Department crews fought a two alarm fire at the Highlands Apartments, 5755 E. River Road, early this morning. Dispatched at approximately 4:40 a.m., the first arriving crew found 6 apartments that were burning and smoke damage to several others.

It wasn’t long ago Parker Young was rehearsing lines in his theater class, or running the pigskin down the football fields of Catalina Foothills High School.

Bowman Productions will be presenting the Catalina Foothills Art Festival. This unique festival promises to deliver a memorable experience to all of those who visit. Located off of Sunrise Drive in the  foothills of the Catalina Mountains, the festival will take place on Saturday, Jan. 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Mountain View Mountain Lions lost their fifth straight game Friday night, following a second-half meltdown against Catalina Foothills.

Chicago-style blues, R&B and a dash of funk will jam the Foothills Mall with soulful music on Tuesday, June 7 at 6 p.m.

In a race to fill three seats on the board, Catalina Foothills School Board President Mary Lou Richerson is the only incumbent among eight candidates. That number represents the most candidates running in any school board election in the county.

June 14, 2006 - Two are teachers, one worked for the Federal Government, and another is a lawyer.

June 7, 2006 - Canyon View Elementary School's principal Chris Ahearn will pack up his office and move to River Road after accepting a new position in district administration.

April 26, 2006 - Ben Wood-Isenberg could no longer sit back and do nothing.