The cameras clicked and clicked, and the Best of the West jumped. Disqualified from the 100-meter dash in the 1985 Texas Relays, Hawthorne High’s Henry Thomas was discouraged but not down. Th… ...

HAWTHORNE — There is a change in command at the local high school, and it means the return of a familiar name. Thomas DeMaio, 59, an alumnus of the high school and one of its standout athletes ...

Lo and behold, Pfister was tapped to be the new leader of Hawthorne High School. He will succeed Thomas DeMaio, a retired administrator who was in an interim role for two years.