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.
The beach volleyball regular season ends on Thursday and the first round of the state playoffs is slated to begin on Tuesday, April 23. There are ten automatic qualifiers between the two divisions and nine of those have been spoken for.
The state tournament for teams in all three divisions will start on Tuesday, April 23 for girls and Wednesday, April 24 for boys. Singles and doubles competition is scheduled to start on Friday, April 26 for both.
The No. 3 ranking in the state that will carry the Nighthawks to the postseason and that ranking was solidified with a 14-4 win over No. 22 Williams Field (7-7, 2-5) Wednesday at home.
Former Cholla standout Abran Carrasco (Pima CC) and former Coconino (Pima CC) standout Jacqulynn “JJ” Nakai were named First Team NJCAA All-Americans on Monday
Rincon/University and Salpointe Catholic went 3-0 in Pool Play at the Salpointe Boys Volleyball Invitational Friday to earn tops seeds in the Gold Bracket on Saturday morning.