Rested CDO hosts Apollo - Explorer - 11/18/09 Canyon Del Oro took a 42-0 halftime lead over Tempe McClintock Friday night, and many of its starters didn't play after the second quarter.
Horizon captures 5A-II volleyball title - East Valley Tribune - 11/18/09 "The Comeback" could easily be the theme for the 2009 Scottsdale Horizon volleyball program. The Huskies won the school's first volleyball state championship Tuesday with a 3-2 comeback win over Scottsdale Desert Mountain at Robson Gym at Phoenix Brophy.
Xavier spikes Corona for third straight title - East Valley Tribune - 11/18/09 The girls of Phoenix Xavier Prep need to make some plans for an unexpected holiday.“We’re getting our day off; oh my gosh,” exclaimed a teary-eyed Stephanie Preach after the 5A-I state volleyball final Tuesday at fellow parochial school Phoenix Brophy.
Rocks reach semis - Yuma Sun - 11/15/09 Ed Harris has had his fair share of big games, but even by his standards Friday’s game may have topped them all. The senior rushed for 289 yards and three touchdowns for Yuma Catholic in its quarterfinal win against Pusch Ridge 28-7.
CANYON DEL ORO 47, TEMPE MCCLINTOCK 26 - Arizona Daily Star - 11/14/09 At CDO, it was a Friday the 13th to forget for the Mustangs. The Dorados, seeded first in the 4A-I, needed only nine offensive plays to take a 21-0 lead. By halftime, CDO (11-0) had a 42-0 lead, and McClintock (4-7) hadn't made it into Dorado territory.
Pride roll in playoff opener to 49-14 win - Ahwatukee Foothills News - 11/14/09 Mesa Westwood scored first. The Warriors also scored last. But when the opponent, in this case Phoenix Mountain Pointe, scores each-and-every other time in between -- to the tune of seven touchdowns and 49 points -- chances are you're going to end up on the wrong side of the equation.
Mesa dominates intracity rival Red Mountain - East Valley Tribune - 11/14/09 So thorough was Mesa’s domination of Mesa Red Mountain, both defensively and running the ball in the Jackrabbits’ 37-10 5A-I first-round playoff victory against its Brown Road rival, that it was hard to tell which was the playoff-seasoned program.
Tbirds will try to charm Cobras: Mohave seeks to control Woods - Mohave Daily News - 11/13/09 The 15-ranked T-birds have earned their second playoff berth since 1990 - second in three years; however, Mohave High School will have its hands full with the No. 2-ranked Cactus High School Cobras if it is to advance into the second round of the Arizona Interscholastic Association 4A-II State Football Tournament.
GameTracker: Postseason upsets on horizon - Coachesaid.com - 11/12/09 Mesa at Mesa Red Mountain: The Brown Rd. Brawl is back and could be another classic. Red Mountain made it through its final brutal stretch to grab the sixth seed. Eleventh-seeded Mesa is as steady as it gets and Kelley Moore could get his first signature win in the Class 5A Division I first-rounder. Our pick: Mesa
A season of near misses - AZ Daily Sun - 11/12/09 A season full of hope and expectation ended prematurely for Coconino and Flagstaff High. The promise of ending on a winning note slipped away from Sinagua.
Denninghoff's next step is UA, then Olympics - AZ Daily Star - 11/12/09 Local swimming sensation Sarah Denninghoff is evolving from a Sabercat to a Wildcat. The Sabino senior will sign with the University of Arizona during the early signing period which opened Wednesday and runs through Nov. 18.
VX 4A-II playoffs preview - East Valley Tribune - 11/12/09 In many brackets, first-round matchups can often be snoozers. Not in 4A-II. Friday’s games promise to be a precursor to a wild and wacky state playoffs, as 12 teams have a legitimate shot at making a deep run.
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.
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