Officials of the Arizona Interscholastic Association and long-time administrators and coaches from around the state were saddened to learn of the death on Saturday of Tony Komadina, Jr., 83, the AIA�s Executive Director from 1976-87.
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As it was for swimming, cross country and wrestling, the 2011 state track and field championships will be contested at one site -- Mesa Community College.
Top-seed Mesquite is not too concerned right now with the way it wins, just as long the Wildcats continue to do so.
With a second matchup with No. 16 seed North Canyon in a week, Mesquite lived to play another day Saturday night with an 8-3 triumph over the Rattlers in a 5A-I state baseball tournament elimination contest at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
What was it going to be? Defending 5A-I baseball champ Desert Ridge continuing a long road back to try and defend its title? Or No. 14 Dobson continuing to live out that double-digit seed, state title dream?
On this Saturday afternoon the defending champs won out. Desert Ridge scored in every inning and tallied nine of its 12 runs with two outs to oust Dobson from the 5A-I state tournament with a 12-2, five-inning win at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
Freshman pitcher guts out 7-6 complete-game victory. Vikings will face defending champ and top-seeded Saguaro.
Lions win the first state tournament game in school history 6-2 over Shadow Ridge. Will play Paradise Valley next.
Wolves defeat Cibola 8-6 in eight innings, will meet Sunnyside for the second time in Class 5A-II tournament.
Down but not out. Dobson pitcher Mike Zoemisch made sure of that Thursday for the Mustangs at the 5A-I state baseball tournament.
Zoemisch went right after hitters all game long without power stuff and pitched the No. 14 seed Mustangs to a 5-2 victory over Trevor Browne in an elimination game at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
Competition between Black Canyon, Western Sky regions held at Greenway High.
An elimination game. A tie game. Someone needed to step up. That someone Wednesday afternoon at Sandra Day O\\\' Connor High School was Westview catcher Sianna Gomez.
Gomez picked off a Perry High runner at second base to help the Knights escape a sixth-inning jam and then drilled a hit that started a game-winning rally for her team in the seventh as No. 13 Westview nipped No. 8 Perry, 3-2, to stay alive in the 5A-II state softball tournament.
After watching Hamilton edge Mesa Mountain View with a run in the seventh inning, Brophy posted a three-spot in the seventh inning to deal top-seed Mesquite a defeat.
Senior pitcher gives up just one hit and strikes out 16, also accounts for the only run of the game with a homer.
Greenway High is the site of the competition between the Black Canyon and Desert Sky regions.
Division I and II singles, doubles wrap up at Paseo Racquet Center in Glendale. Division III finishes Saturday.
Pads and full contact are not allowed, but teams are expected to get every bit of leverage they can for this fall.
Former coach at Tucson Sunnyside, Globe and Miami died on April 26 at age 82.
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