Only a couple weeks left for invitationals and the largest one this week has Goldwater High and three other west valley schools hosting the annual Goldwater Volleyball Festival Friday Oct. 8 and Saturday Oct. 9.

The  32-team tourney opens Friday at 9 a.m. at Goldwater, Greenway, Sunnyslope and Sandra Day O'Connor high schools. Pool play runs Friday through approximately 5:30 p.m. Teams will be regrouped for play Saturday with the gold division teams 1-8 convening at Goldwater, the sliver division (9-16) playing at Sandra Day O'Connor, the bronze division (17-24) at Sunnyslope and the copper division (25-32) at Greenway. Pool play on Saturday begins at 8:30 a.m. Cross pool play matches on Saturday are at 2:30 and 3:45 with the title match in all divisions set for 6:15 p.m.

Pool assignments for Friday's competition are:

Pool A at Sandra Day O'Connor -- Xavier, Northwest Christian, Ironwood and Catalina Foothills; Pool B at Greenway -- Gilbert, Saguaro, Desert Mountain and Westwood; Pool C at Goldwater -- Queen Creek, Salpointe, Goldwater and Mesquite; Pool D at Sunnyslope -- Sunnyslope, Cactus Shadows, Sunrise Mountain and Canyon del Oro; Pool E at Sunnyslope -- Deer Valley, Ironwood Ridge, Mountain View and Snowflake; Pool F at Goldwater -- Desert Vista, Cactus, Chaparral and Rincon; Pool G at Greenway -- Mountain Ridge, Valley Christian, Greenway and Corona del Sol and Pool H at Sandra Day O'Connor -- Centennial, Sandra Day, Horizon and Shadow Mountain.