Three Arizona high school standouts will represent the “The West” in the PGF High School All-American Game scheduled for Friday, July 27 in Irvine, CA.
Is it possible for history to repeat itself? I guess it depends on one’s point of view. For Salpointe, a 6-5 victory over Cactus Tuesday night at Hillenbrand Stadium on the University of Arizona campus gave the Lancers their second 4A state championship in a row over the Cobras.
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.
Sabino became chemistry in motion midway through the month of April and that chemistry was on full display Monday night at ASU when the Sabercats defeated Snowflake 14-2 to win the 3A state championship.
The run-rule victory came after six innings and the Spartans will play the loser of No. 2 Cactus and No. 6 Canyon del Oro Thursday night in the third elimination round.
Willow Canyon beat Cienega 11-10 Tuesday to advance to the second round of the 5A softball playoffs. The win was but one note in an opera that wouldn’t be decided till the final pitch.
Salpointe girls tennis beat Gila Ridge 5-0 on Tuesday at the Tucson Racquet Club to open up the spring playoff season and then followed that up with a 5-0 win over Chandler Prep in beach volleyball.
St. Augustine is hoping to host the first playoff game in program history. The Wolves were forced to play home games at various venues in the Tucson area in their first 14 years of existence until the school built a field on their campus last year.
Kristie Stevens coached Catalina Foothills to 14 team titles, 11 doubles championships and 10 singles championships. She will now be the AD at Ironwood Ridge.