FHS primed for state tourney - AZ Daily Sun - 11/10/09 Beth Haglin offered her Flagstaff High girls volleyball team a not-so-subtle reminder about what happened the last time the Eagles breezed through region play with an unblemished record.
1A volleyball: Valley Lutheran takes title - Arizona Republic - 11/07/09 It took Phoenix Valley Lutheran five games to knock off defending champs Phoenix Veritas Preparatory to claim the Class 1A girls volleyball title, 19-25, 25-23, 25-21, 21-25, 15-10, Saturday afternoon at Apache Junction High School.
1A-3A boys soccer: Blue Ridge prevails - Arizona Republic - 11/07/09 Lakeside Blue Ridge's captains, led by Kirby Elkins, gave coach Richard Breckenridge the perfect sendoff by helping to defeat Phoenix Country Day School 4-0 and win the Class 1A-3A boys soccer championship Saturday afternoon at Gilbert's Campo Verde High School.
Joseph City in title game - Arizona Republic - 11/07/09 John Bryant has worked his football-coaching magic at two other stops in Arizona, and now he will have a chance to win another eight-man championship at a third Class 1A school.
Triple threat - Arizona Daily Sun - 11/06/09 Isaac Hector, Brady Nittmann and Zeno Joyce have lined up next to one another in Coconino's offensive backfield for the past three seasons.
Greg Hansen : A night of pigskin perfection - Arizona Daily Star - 11/06/09 One game will be played on the $1 million turf at Salpointe Catholic. Another will be played at the edge of the Rincon Valley. A third will be played in Oro Valley, where a conga line of ticket-buyers is sure to be stacked up an hour before kickoff.
Guayante leading #4 Apaches on links - Nogales International - 11/06/09 The late season losses of Adriel Arana and JJ Olmos from the Nogales High golf team really put the Apaches behind the eight ball after the first round of 4A-I Kino Region play Wednesday at Torres Blancas Golf Course in Green Valley.
In Game 2 of their match, Phoenix Mountain Pointe doubles partners Courtney Dupuis and Kendra Hopkins began to sense their opponent's spirits slump. So after a 15-12 win in Game 1 of their Class 5A state semifinal badminton match against Goodyear Millennium's Steph Vermillion and Alex Jenssen, Dupuis and Hopkins took advantage of the momentum shift and sailed to a 15-5 victory.
CDO's Baker a two-event champion - Explorer - 11/04/09 Tucson-area swimmers may have just given the megalopolis to the west a huge inferiority complex. Last Friday and Saturday, Southern Arizona athletes took state titles in every race in the Arizona 4A-I state championship meet in Mesa.
Hawks take a bunch to state - Explorer - 11/04/09 It's a good thing buses were available to transport Ironwood Ridge's swim team to the 5A-II regional meet at James Kriegh Pool in Oro Valley last weekend, because most of their top finishers are too young to drive, or just starting.
Catron leads Super Regional - Yuma Sun - 11/04/09 Collin Catron didn't let a double bogey on No. 9 and a bogey on No. 18 get in the way of him shooting a sub-70 round and taking the Day 1 individual lead at the 5A-II Super Regional.
Santa Cruz Co. harriers take home all the gold - Nogales International - 11/04/09 Santa Cruz County is a cross country powerhouse. Proof came Saturday when both the Rio Rico High and Nogales High boys and girls teams won respective 4A-II Gila Region and 4A-I Kino Region titles at Marana High School, and all the top runners were either Hawks or Apaches.
Catron leads Super Regional - Yuma Sun - 11/03/09 Collin Catron didn't let a double bogey on No. 9 and a bogey on No. 18 get in the way of him shooting a sub-70 round and taking the Day 1 individual lead at the 5A-II Super Regional.
4A badminton: Sunnyslope reaches final - Arizona Republic - 11/03/09 Phoenix Sunnyslope lost a match. That's big news, because Sunnyslope had not lost a match this season until Monday in the Class 4A state badminton team semifinals. But Jasmine Fuller's loss was Sunnyslope's only blemish, as the team easily advanced to face Phoenix Greenway in the final.
Knights score upset - Yuma Sun - 11/02/09 When the championship round of the Gila Valley Regional volleyball tournament rolled around Saturday afternoon at Raider Gym, there was no mistaking which team had already been on the court for two matches and which team was just getting started.
Southeast Valley high school football rewind - Arizona Republic - 11/02/09 Game of the Week - Gilbert Williams Field didn’t have anything further to prove after shocking then No. 1 Scottsdale Notre Dame on Oct. 9 to remain unbeaten and grab hold of the reins in the Class 4A-II East Sky Region. But the Black Hawks made a statement of a different sort Friday against Scottsdale Coronado.
Coco’s Joyce taken to hospital - Arizona Daily Sun - 11/02/09 Coconino senior standout Zeno Joyce was transported to Flagstaff Medical Center after suffering a shoulder injury late in the first quarter of a 42-0 loss to top-ranked Cottonwood Mingus at Cromer Stadium.
Phoenix Desert Vista and Tempe Corona del Sol are making pushes in different ways to secure a playoff berth in the 5A Division I playoffs as the season finales await this week. But only one of those two will qualify along with either Phoenix North Canyon and Glendale Mountain Ridge for the final two spots.
4A-II swim: Arcadia takes both crowns - Arizona Republic - 11/01/09 Even though Phoenix Arcadia won both the boys and girls Class 4A Division II swimming and diving championships Saturday at Kino Aquatics Center in Mesa by a wide margin, a swimmer from Goodyear Desert Edge was the star of the meet.
SAHUARO 34, MARANA 7 - Arizona Daily Star - 10/31/09 At Marana, Sahuaro's offense didn't score in the second half but the Cougars (4-5, 2-1 in 4A-I Kino) still walked away with a lopsided victory. The Tigers (3-6, 0-3) watched the game slip away after Niko Kittrell returned an interception for a score less than a minute after the half.
Yuma High's Magaly Gallegos may have only sat five feet from the volleyball court, but her presence was missed by her teammates who lost the regular season finale to Cibola 25-18, 25-22, 21-25, 25-22.
In the line of fire - Arizona Daily Sun - 10/30/09 Luke Rotter didn't see what hit him. He didn't remember, either.The Flagstaff High School senior quarterback sustained a concussion in Week 3 of the season against Gilbert Williams Field and, as a result, was forced to sit out the next game. "I don't remember a lot about that game," Rotter said through a forced chuckle, "but I watched film and I saw it. It was just one shot."
GCR teams set for golf tournament - Arizona Daily Sun - 10/30/09 If Coconino, Flagstaff High or Sinagua had any plans of getting in a few practice rounds this week in preparation for the Grand Canyon Region golf tournament, their plans were scrapped thanks to Mother Nature.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/preps/315431 - Arizona Daily Star - 10/30/09 Some teams have the playoffs locked up, while others simply don't have a chance. Then, there are the schools still fighting for a state spot — a scenario that both Amphitheater and Douglas face as they match up tonight.
A nearly perfect Storm hits Douglas - Nogales International - 10/30/09 Maybe they haven’t been perfect all season, but with a 3-4 record after Saturday’s 19-8 victory over the Douglas Chargers, the Santa Cruz Country mighty might football team was as close to the perfect Storm as you can get in sunny Arizona.
The outcome wasn’t a surprise. The struggle was. Scottsdale Chaparral remained unbeaten, clinching the 5A Desert Valley Region title in the process, but it wasn’t without a fight from Phoenix North Canyon, a team winless in league play.
Corona tops Dobson on last-minute TD - East Valley Tribune - 10/30/09 Tempe Corona del Sol continued to keep some oxygen in its playoff tank Thursday night, rallying twice in the final 11 minutes to defeat visiting Mesa Dobson, 23-22, in a 5A Central Region game at Hascall Henshaw Stadium.
A nearly perfect Storm hits Douglas - Nogales International - 10/27/09 Maybe they haven’t been perfect all season, but with a 3-4 record after Saturday’s 19-8 victory over the Douglas Chargers, the Santa Cruz Country mighty might football team was as close to the perfect Storm as you can get in sunny Arizona.
NHS boys finish season undefeated - Nogales International - 10/26/09 Some in Apache Country may have been concerned that the Nogales High boys undefeated cross country season was in jeopardy Tuesday when team captain and No. 1 runner Jose Valdez was not in attendance because of an automotive workshop symposium in Phoenix.
Hamilton survives Brophy rally - Arizona Republic - 10/24/09 Chandler Hamilton dominated for a half, then held on in the end to escape Phoenix Brophy Prep 24-21 Friday night in yet another classic showdown between the big-school football rivals.
Up for the block - Explorer - 10/21/09 Don Boorse/Special to The Explorer, Pusch Ridge Christian Academy's Haley Christensen, left, and Abby Maas attempt to block the ball during their match against Northwest Christian Saturday. Last week Pusch Ridge defeated Ray 3-1, but they lost to Northwest Christian 0-3.
Flying High - Arizona Daily Sun - 10/21/09 It was senior night for the Sinagua volleyball team Tuesday, but Flagstaff High ultimately stole the spotlight with a thrilling intracity road victory.
Jesse Parker to be honored with lifetime award - Arizona Republic - 10/20/09 Legendary high school football coach Jesse Parker will be honored Friday during a luncheon in Mesa with a lifetime acheivement award put together by some of his former players and students, his son Jonathan said. Parker, now an assistant at Mesa Red Mountain, will be honored from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Phoenix Mesa Marriott, 200 N. Centennial Way.
Prep Sports Report - AZ Daily Sun - 10/20/09 Tuba City junior Billy Orman made a strong statement in his first race back from a knee injury, winning the hometown Bud Davis Invitational on Friday night.
Baruti back for Mesa in Jan.; Rattay punished - East Valley Tribune - 10/20/09 Mesa High basketball will welcome back forward Blondy Baruti beginning on Jan. 8, 2010, and former East Valley coach Jim Rattay’s Laveen Cesar Chavez football team was banned from this year’s state playoffs under rulings handed down Monday by the AIA.
Prep Sports Report - Arizona Daiy Sun - 10/19/09 Coconino coach Tadd Ragan and Sinagua coach Dave Dirksen were the last two members of their respective programs to leave the field at Cromer Stadium after Coconino’s 34-8 win Friday night. Ragan made sure to catch Dirksen before the Mustangs’ first-year coach caught the bus back to Sinagua. Ragan commended Dirksen for the job he’s doing with the Mustangs’ depleted roster and offered a few words of encouragement.
Friday Flashback: Most unbeatens should stay perfect - East Valley Tribune - 10/19/09 It’s time to pick six. With some assistance (ahem) from a blocked extra point, and a 28-0 lead that disappeared in 12 minutes, a half-dozen East Valley undefeateds remain with three weeks to go in the regular season: Chandler Hamilton, Phoenix Mountain Pointe, Tempe Marcos de Niza, Scottsdale Chaparral, Gilbert Williams Field and Cave Creek Cactus Shadows.
Desert Mtn. tops N. Canyon; eyes playoffs - Arizona Republic - 10/16/09 It has been 12 years since Scottsdale Desert Mountain enjoyed a playoff-football game.With a stingy defense and a good-enough passing game, its hopes of returning remained alive Thursday night with a 20-0 victory over visiting Phoenix North Canyon.
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