WINTER BREAK TOURNEYS: Soccer & Hoops update from Southern Arizona
Sahuaro improved to 9-2 on the year thanks to a 56-50 win at Tucson High Thursday night. The victory moved the Cougars one win closer to the quick start (10-2) they experienced last year but the team is hoping to avoid the late-season collapse that saw them missing the playoffs for the first time since 2012.
Listed below are the athletes who are still within reach of 1,000 career points from Southern Arizona.
Dec. 27-30: Walden Grove & Sahuarita
FIELD 1: Walden Grove
FIELD 2: Sahuarita
Southern Arizona basketball rankings
Now, only a junior, Reyes broke the 1,000-point career mark and Loya reached 1,000 career points Friday night at Cholla and Galindo might match that total later this year. Things have changed.
Immaculate Heart is having one of the best starts in school history and the Knights are doing it without much fanfare. It’s difficult for a “small school” with less than 100 enrolled to get much publicity as it is, but it’s hard to ignore a 12-4 record.
Mikey Silva breaks 1,000 career points while leading Sunnyside past Nogales 50-47
Buena survived a scare Monday night to improve to 10-0 on the year. Rincon/University (3-9) led 18-13 after the first quarter and only trailed 49-47 with 3:38 left in the game but the Colts pulled together down the stretch to avoid the upset, winning 62-53.
Dec. 16-17: Mountain View High School
Benson Holiday Tournament
Dec. 8-10
Taylor Thompson scored 34 points Thursday night to lead The Gregory School over Valley Union 51-18. The victory gives the Hawks (8-1) a 3-0 record in the 1A South Region. The loss came against 3A foe Sahuarita (34-33) in the preseason Boyd Baker Tournament.
Pueblo standouts Alicia Reyes, Araceli Loya and Ilyssa Diamond Galindo are on the verge of passing the 1,000-career point mark in the same year. Almost unheard of.
The top ten boy's and girl's team from Southern Arizona.
Nike Cross Country Nationals
Dec. 3: Portland, Oregon
Rio Rico senior Allie Schadler took seventh place at the Nike Cross Country Nationals held in Oregon on Saturday, Dec. 3. Schadler finished with a time of 17:48.6. Buena senior Manny Olivo-Quinones finished in 11th place with a time of 15:48.4.
No longer considered a “small school” Walden Grove made the jump from Division III to 4A this year and things appear to be going pretty well for the school from Sahuarita. The Red Wolves improved to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in power-ranking games thanks to a 51-45 win at Mountain View Marana Thursday night.
Catalina Foothills beat Mountain View 2-0 on the final day of pool play at the Salpointe Brandon Bean Invitational Wednesday night. The victory gave the Falcons (2-0-1) the third seed coming out of Group C. Mountain View (1-2) did not advance out of pool play.
Catalina Foothills senior Kelsey Siemons poured in 25 points, pulled down 11 rebounds and blocked four shots but it wasn’t enough to overcome Ironwood Ridge at home in a 48-45 overtime loss Tuesday night.
The Brandon Bean Invitational is held every year to honor a former Salpointe player who passed away in 1992 after an on-field collision at a soccer scrimmage. In addition, the tournament also honors former Salpointe girl’s player Laura Kea who died in an auto accident on her way to a soccer tournament.
3A State Championship
Saturday, Nov. 26: Chaparral High School
No. 3 American Leadership 31, No. 5 Sabino 14
Saguaro won their fourth championship in a row on Saturday morning.
Third Place Game
Central vs. Salpointe, 6:30 p.m.
Championship Game
Catalina Foothills vs. Basha, 8 p.m.
4A FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
No. 1 Saguaro (13-0) vs. No. 6 Catalina Foothills (11-2)
University of Phoenix Stadium: Saturday, Nov. 26 (10 a.m.)
Semifinals
Tanque Verde 47, Immaculate Heart 13 (G)
Sahuarita 34, The Gregory School 33 (G)
The Gregory School 95, Antelope 74 (B)
St. Augustine 51, Tanque Verde 36 (B)
Girls Championship
Tanque Verde 53, Sahuarita 20
Boys Championship
The Gregory School 83, St. Augustine 66
Day one scores from the Salpointe Tipoff Classic
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