Classifieds - Games Needed

Heritage Academy Maricopa and our sister school Gateway are new members and are looking for varsity tackle and flag football games.  Please contct Derek Zappa at derek.zapp@heritageacademyaz.com. 

Snowflake HS is looking to fill out their  JV Football schedule.  We currently have open dates on Thursday, September 10th or Septhember 23rd. 

The Lobo JV team is made up of mainly sophomores that are not getting significant playing time on Varsity.  Occasionally we will bring up a Freshman for further development and drop a few Juniors that is not getting playing time on varsity.

Please contact our Head Coach: Trevor Reddick at T22reddick@gmail.com or the Athletic Director.

Snowflake High School is currently looking for 2-3 more schools to fill out our Invitational

We renamed our VB Invitational after Natalie Elkins Shumway. Natalie Elkins Shumway passed away March 23, 2021. NAT was a 3-sport athlete (Volleyball, Girls Basketball, and Softball) at Snowflake HS and she graduated in 2012. She went on to play 2-years of volleyball at Mesa Community College and earned her Bachelor's Degree from Northern Arizona University. We are going to rename the Invitational the Snowflake "Be Like NAT" Volleyball Invitational, which means be kind and friendly to all you come in contact with.

Teams that participated in 2024: Gold Champion – Snowflake HS, Gold Runner-up – Red Mountain HS, Silver Champion – Safford HS, Silver Runner-up – Round Valley HS and the remaining schools that attended: Alchesay HS; Blue Ridge HS; Chinle HS; Holbrook HS; Pima HS; Show Low HS; St. Johns HS; Thatcher HS; Tuba City HS; Winslow HS and Youngker HS.

2026 Snowflake “Be Like NAT” Volleyball Invitational

DATE: September 18-19, 2026 Every team is guaranteed 5 matches

All matches are 2 of 3 rally games (Games 1 and 2 to 21 and if needed 3rd game to 15)

Preliminary Pools: Round Robin pool play played on Friday, September 18th. If we have 15 teams we will use 3 Pools of 5 schools or if we have 16 teams we will use 4 pools of 4 schools.

Tournament Round: Teams will be broken into two Brackets from Pool Play results:

Gold Bracket: will be the top 8 teams from the three/four Pool Play Groups.

Silver Bracket: will be the bottom 7or 8 teams from the three/four Pool Play Groups.

Tiebreaker for the #3 seeds seeding to either the Gold or the Silver bracket on the next page.

Awards: Gold Bracket: 1st Place team will receive a Trophy, Individual Medals and Champions T-Shirt for each player and the 2nd Place in the Gold Bracket will receive a Runner-up Plaque.

Silver Bracket: the Silver Bracket Champion and Runners-up will receive a Plaque.

Officials: All matches on both days will have certified AIA officials.

Friday: Pool Play will only have one AIA Official on the stand; line judges will be Snowflake HS JV & Freshman VB players; and score table will be adults from the community.

Saturday: Tournament will have two AIA Officials; line judges will be adults from the community and score table will be adults from the community.

Athletic Trainer: We DO NOT have a trainer on staff, so your coaches will need to do pre-game preparations with your athletes. We will be happy to provide your team with injury ice.

COST: $500 per team

The Monument Valley Boys and Girls Basketball teams is currently looking for a freedom game in November or December 2026. If you are interested, please contact Mustangs Athletics at (928)697-2022 or email Fred.Tagoai@kayenta.k12.az.us

- Frosh game

- JV game

- Varsity game

Chinle High School will be hosting our Southwest Food Excellence Winter Classic Tournament this year from December 17th-19th, 2026. 

8-Teams. We will do one game a day, 3-game guarantee, bracket play. All in the Wildcat Den.

The cost for the tournament is $350.00.

Amercian Leadership Academy West Foothills is looking to add 8 varsity flag football games for the upcoming Fall 2026 season. We woulkd like to add games on Tuesday and Thursday nights. We would like to add 4 home and 4 away contests. Please reach out to Tony Miller if you're interested in adding games.

Arcadia High School is looking to fill its JV schedule. We currently have open dates of September 10th for an away game and September 16th for a home game. Please reach out to either Head Coach BJ Pasquel at bpasquel@susd.org or Athletic Director Drew Ammon. 

Valley Lutheran is looking for games for the following sports. We are a 1A school looking for varsity games of like competition. If interested, please reach out to Jared Gosse at jgosse@vlhs.org

• Baseball, 2 games
• Softball, 2 games
• Tennis, 3 matches
• Golf, 10 matches

Desert Sunrise will be hosting a swim meet on Monday October 19, 2026. We are looking to add a couple of schools to compete in Maricopa, AZ. Schools intersted in participating please reach out to Head Coach Kate Dove at kdove@musd20.org or Athletic Director Jim Bradford at jbradford@musd20.org.

We will be hosting our boys and girls basketball tournaments in Payson on Dec 3-5.  If you have an interest in playing in either or both, please reach out to AD Brian Young.  4 game minimum.  

Coaches -

As you are looking to schedule freedom games for your softball team for the next two-year block, please consider the following:

Seaside High School from Oregon would like to continue their spring break tradition of traveling to Phoenix to play 4 - 6 games.  They will be in town looking to play games on

• Thursday, March 19th, 2027
• Friday, March 20th, 2027
• Saturday, March 21st, 2027
• Monday, March 23rd, 2027

They will be back in 2028 around the same week, so you can add them to your two-year schedule if you would like to do that as well.

They are a 3A - 4A level program and were much better this year than last. 

If you are interested in scheduling a game with them, please contact Jim Shewbridge at Seton Catholic Prep (jshewbridge@setoncatholic.org)

Boys Basketball

2026 Damian Lillard Classic: 16 teams. Entrance fee waived for out-of-state teams, 4 games guaranteed, competitive teams, great facilities, free t-shirts for players, and a hospitality room.

The dates are Dec. 26th to Dec. 30th and will be played at Oakland High in Oakland, CA.

If you have any interest or questions, please email damianlillardclassic@gmail.com or give me a call at 510-517-2659