The city's six Class 4A, Division II soccer teams are gearing up for a whirlwind week. With the state tournament scheduled to start next week, boys and girls soccer teams at Coconino, Flagstaff High and Sinagua are feeling the crunch of trying to squeeze in all their matches before the regular season ends.
Cougar boys beat Patriots, 53-37 - Mohave Daily News - 01/25/10 Mohave Accelerated Learning Center head coach Joey Leslie gave Laughlin High School's big man, Kris Suhr, and guard, Andre Prosise, much of the credit for the Cougars overpowering 63-37 basketball victory on Friday night in the Cougars Den.
Ironwood Ridge parlays early season success to impressive season - Coachesaid.com - 01/20/10 Tim Berrier should have his own television show on the DIY network with all of the reclamation projects he has completed in Tucson. He elevated the Salpointe Catholic wrestling program to a top five team at the state tournament in the mid-1990s and had a top 10 at the Reno Tournament of Champions.
Hawks, Lions scrap to finish - Explorer - 01/20/10 The Ironwood Ridge girls soccer team may have just won a tough battle, but may end up losing the war.In a thrilling double-overtime, penalty-kick decision, the Nighthawks defeated the Mountain View Mountain Lions 3-2 on Friday. The win gave the Nighthawks (4-0, 16-3-1) the 5A Southern Region championship over the visiting Mountain Lions (4-1, 14-4-1).
Skousen up for national award - Yuma Sun - 01/19/10 Antelope linebacker Aaron Skousen was selected as a nominee for the Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year on Monday. The award, which recognizes the nation's top 50 high school football players, will be announced at the end of February.
Deer Valley hires Kersting as football coach - Arizona Republic - 01/19/10 Joe Kersting, one of the most successful Arizona junior college football coaches of all time, has been named head coach at Glendale Deer Valley. Kersting has teaching roots at Deer Valley, where he was a math teacher from 1981-84.
Seen & heard - Arizona Daily Star - 01/19/10 Officially free. There was no holiday pay involved for the 15 officials at Monday's MLK Basketball Classic. In fact, there was no pay at all. Each referee that worked at McKale Center did so on a volunteer basis. And while AIA Area Commissioner Steve Ganson normally assigns two refs to a game, Monday's overwhelming number of volunteers allowed for a three-person crew.
Shamrocks best Dust Devils, 3-2, PKs - Mohave Daily News - 01/19/10 Cody Medrano and Ryan Saint-Amour each scored two goals in the first half for the Dust Devils, but that was not enough as Yuma Catholic High School won, 3-2, in penalty kicks, at River Valley High School on Saturday.
Cotton flourishing in return to Arizona - Coachesaid.com - 01/15/10 The decision to leave was easy for the Cotton family, but it was even easier to come back. ucson Palo Verde senior guard Bryce Cotton and his mom, Yvonne, left the state for the Las Vegas area for a job opportunity.
Stoglin scores 40 as Eagles top Cholla - Arizona Daily Star - 01/15/10 Somehow, Santa Rita's Terrell Stoglin just keeps setting the bar higher and higher. Already widely considered one of the best high school basketball players in Arizona, and set to play his college ball at Maryland next year, Stoglin added another stunning performance to his legacy Thursday night against visiting Cholla.
Cougars beat T-Birds; Lady Cougars come close - Mohave Daily News - 01/15/10 The Laughlin High School boys basketball team again put the hurt on the undermanned Thunderbirds, beating Indian Springs, 63-28, Thursday night in the Cougars Den. The the Lady Cougars waited until the final minute to close before they fell to the Lady Thunderbirds, 28-24.
CHS zips Mohave girls, 1-0 - Mohave Daily News - 01/14/10 After the Lady T-birds fell 1-0 to the Coconino High School Lady Panthers at the Dave Kops Sports Complex on Wednesday night, Lady Panthers head coach Cheryl Kirkland summed it up well: “It's always a war when we play Mohave.”
Reaching the finals - Explorer - 01/13/10 Oro Valley's Robert Seby prepares to serve in the Copper Bowl youth tennis tournament last week. Seby, competing in the under-14 age group, went far in the event, bowing in the age-group finals to Augustus Ge of Phoenix, 6-4, 6-3.
Lady Thunderbirds edge Sinagua, 74-72 - Mohave Daily News - 01/13/10 Holly Dubose, who led the Lady T-birds with 29 points, knocked down two free throws with five seconds remaining to give Mohave High School a 74-72 region victory over the Lady Panthers at Sinagua High School on Tuesday.
Heartbreak Hotel opens in Nogales - Nogales International - 01/12/10 There’s a fine line between despair and jubilation. Nogales High’s Eduardo Leon puts his hands behind his head in disbelief Thursday, while the No. 4-ranked Catalina Foothills squad celebrates its last-second 1-0 victory over the No. 3-ranked Apaches.
Local Rounup: Schmieder, Coconino claim titles - Arizona Daily Star - 01/11/10 Devon Schmieder and the Coconino wrestling team seem to be hitting their stride. Schmieder improved to 26-0 on the season and captured an individual title and the Panthers, one day after winning the title in the team-dual portion, captured the individual team championship at the Round Valley Survival of the Fittest in Springerville.
Devils defense shines: RVHS 35, CVHS 32, OT - Mohave Daily News - 01/11/10 Terry Tope made three steals, one led to James Remmel's game-winning basket, and Jon Lyman blocked a last-second, game-tying 3-pointer during the Dust Devils' 35-32 OT victory over the Chino Valley High School Cougars at River Valley High School on Friday night.
Local Roundup: Eagles blank Thunderbirds - Arizona Daily Sun - 01/08/10 Diane Buzzard, Liz Nichols and Brittany Walka all scored goals in the first 19 minutes to lift the Flagstaff High girls soccer team to a 3-0 win over Bullhead City Mohave in the semifinals of the Reese's Tire and Auto Invitational.
Tbirds, Lady Eagles post shutout wins - Mohave Daily News - 01/08/10 Samuel Araiza scored the game-winning goal with 39 minutes, 50 seconds left in the second half during the T-birds home victory over the Flagstaff Eagles in the second round of the Reese & Sons Tire Auto Invitational at the Dave Kops Sports Complex on Thursday.
Pusch Ridge girls reach finals - Explorer - 01/07/10 The Pusch Ridge girls rolled into the finals of the Northwest Desert Classic Girls basketball tournament last week, winning their first four games in pool play.
Pusch Ridge girls reach finals - Explorer - 01/06/10 The Pusch Ridge girls rolled into the finals of the Northwest Desert Classic Girls basketball tournament last week, winning their first four games in pool play.
Prep highlights 1/05: Basha boys top Highland - East Valley Tribune - 01/06/10 Judd Welfinger and Brelan Berry each dropped in 20 points to lead all scorers as third-ranked Chandler Basha overcame a fourth-quarter deficit to avoid the upset and beat host Gilbert Highland 72-65 in a 5A-I Central Region boys basketball game at Highland High school on Tuesday.
Westerman has choice of All-American games - Arizona Republic - 01/05/10 Chandler Hamilton junior offensive tackle Christian Westerman is in a position most football players dream about. He'll have to choose between playing in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and the Under Armour All-American Game.
Prep Notebook: Long layoff almost over - Arizona Daily Sun - 01/05/10 The first game of the new year will seem like the beginning of a new season for Sinagua's winter athletes. When the Mustangs' boys and girls soccer teams take the field in the Subway Invitational on Tuesday, more than three weeks -- 24 days, to be exact -- will have elapsed since their last game.
It's the beginning of the end. You know the year is ending when the Dobson soccer tournament is beginning. What? You thought I was talking about something else? The 16-team Dobson Mustang girls soccer tournament has kicked off (first games were at noon Monday). So let's break it down ...
Rankings remix: Everything in a holding pattern -coachesaid.com - 12/28/09 Most of the work done over the last week by boys basketball teams happened in the practice gym. In that regard there wasn’t much movement in the rankings other than in Class 5A Division I where most of the top five jockeyed positions after going head-to-head in the Phoenix Union tournament.
Simpson leads Lady 'Devils - Mohave Daily News - 12/23/09 Lady Dust Devils 6-foot-4 center Katie Simpson scored 21 points against Sunrise Mountain (Las Vegas) High School on Monday, and she had 21 points against Fremont (Anaheim, Calif.) and 18 against the host squad on Tuesday at the Mountain View Christian Invitational.
Mesa Mountain View knocks off Shadow Mountain at Nike TOC - Coachesaid.com - 12/22/09 In a matchup of defending state semifinalists, Class 5A Division I contender Mesa Mountain View overcame a slow start and raced to a 72-57 victory over Class 4A-I powerhouse Phoenix Shadow Mountain in the Nike Tournament of Champions in the John Anderson Division.
Pinnacle boys soccer emerging in stacked 5A-II - Arizona Republic - 12/17/09 Throw Phoenix Pinnacle into an already packed and talented Class 5A Division II. Pinnacle won the Phoenix Moon Valley tournament recently and is 7-1 overall, with its only loss coming to Tolleson, the defending 5A-II champ. Tommy Ramos and Alex Zemozonek scored goals in the title match for Pinnacle against Moon Valley.
Tucson works quickly in victory - Arizona Daily Star - 12/17/09 Tucson started with a frantic pace and closed with a shut-down defensive performance in a 2-1 win over Palo Verde in pool play of the Eiger Sabercat Chris Maier Soccer Invitational at Sabino High School on Wednesday.
It's no secret that Stephanie Beltran can score goals. She was the Cibola girls soccer team's leading scorer last season, but she proved Tuesday against Kofa that she can dish out the passes as well.
Much like the River Valley High School volleyball team, the Dust Devils boys basketball squad's two nonregion games against the Needles High School Mustangs may be the springboard that turns around its season.
YC boys race by San Tan Foothills - Yuma Sun - 12/15/09 The second half of Yuma Catholic's boys soccer match against Queen Creek - San Tan Foothills gave the Shamrocks a good idea of what their team will look like for the next two years.
Mountain View D stifles Corona del Sol - East Valley Tribune - 12/15/09 The moving parts change, but as this year’s Mesa Mountain View showed on Monday night, the machine continues to roll along. The Toros used their long held staples of success – tough defense and balanced scoring – to overwhelm Tempe Corona del Sol 68-48 in a 5A-I Central Region matchup at Mountain View.
Boys and girls soccer tourneys will fill fields - Arizona Daily Star - 12/14/09 Soccer is surrounding Southern Arizona this week. With no regular-season action on the schedule for any sport again until Jan. 4 due to the winter break, tournaments will fill fields across the area this week, starting Tuesday, with the Eiger Sabercat Chris Maier Invitational for boys soccer.
Mohave, Page split -Mohave Daily News - 12/14/09 The T-birds featured a balanced attack as they shared the ball at will during their 56-40 triumph over the Page High School Sand Devils at Mohave High School on Friday evening.
Devon Carrington carried an old football under his right arm. It was sitting on the University of Phoenix Stadium turf, and he decided to pick it up and keep it as his personal memento.