Ironwood Ridge battled through four elimination games to reach the final where the Nighthawks beat Centennial 5-2 Monday night at ASU to capture the state championship.
Salpointe standouts Alex Parkhurst and Abby Russell went 4-0 this past week to capture the first state beach volleyball pairs competition in Southern Arizona history.
We are down to six teams in the 4A softball playoffs with Salpointe and Canyon del Oro waiting in the semifinal round for an opponent to come out of the elimination phase of the third round.
No. 3 Mountain View Marana held on to win an epic 3-2 decision over No. 6 Salpointe in the 5A quarterfinal round played at Mountain View Tuesday night.