Valley Christian's basketball programs house two of the 15 coaches in Arizona history made more unique by the fact that all 1,045 wins between Greg Haagsma and Scott Timmer came with the Trojans
Paradise Valley held on to defeat Marana Mountain View 46-43 Tuesday night to remain undefeated (11-0) in power-ranking games. Ranked No. 2 in the current Division II AIA/MaxPreps rankings, the Trojans are 16-2 overall with their two losses coming during invitationals.
No. 8 Gilbert Christian held on for a 51-48 win at No. 7 Catalina Foothills in a rare Division II battle played on a Saturday night. Senior standout Mitch Lightfoot led all scorers with 29 points.
The Division I basketball champions each began their title defense with new coaches. With just over a month before the postseason, both squads are still trying find last year's level of play.
They say basketball is a game of runs and that was the case Tuesday night when Salpointe Catholic came back from nine points down only to give up an 11-point lead before outlasting Sunnyside 74-68 in overtime.
The 2015 version of The Flowing Wells Holiday Shootout and the Northwest Desert Classic came to an end Wednesday night with the Cienega girls defeating Sahuaro 44-39 at Flowing Wells, the Ironwood Ridge girls winning the NW Desert Classic 55-39 over Tucson and the Pusch Ridge boys defeating Globe 83-45.