TENNIS: Semifinal roundup for Southern Arizona
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Horizon's Liza Isayev & Rancho Solano's Neha Alety repeat as singles champs
Divisions I, II and III set across Valley next 2 weekends
Domination is winning a state championship 13 out of the last 17 years. Even better, the four “off” years for the girls of Catalina Foothills since 2000 included a third-place finish and three runner-up trophies. But, when you are used to being the last team standing, a runner-up finish is hard to accept.
We are exactly two weeks away from the release of the first set of power ranking for boy’s and girl’s tennis but several teams from Southern Arizona have already started to set themselves apart from the rest.
Rain postpones some championship matches
Semis and finals commence Saturday (April 30)
There was only one upset in the first round of the Boy’s Division II state tournament with No. 12 Ironwood taking out No. 5 Cibola 5-1. All the other matches played out according to seed, setting up a highly contested quarterfinal round on Tuesday, May 3.
Divisions I, II and III begin Friday April 22
The first round of the singles and doubles competition for all three divisions begins this Friday, April 22, at various sites in the Phoenix area. Here are the top seeds from Southern Arizona for each division plus some notes:
A rivalry in name only, Ironwood Ridge has grown accustomed to beating Canyon del Oro during singles play but the Dorados forced the Nighthawks to doubles where the Nighthawks ultimately pulled out a slim 5-4 win on Thursday.
Drops only one tennis match to Tempe
Catalina Foothills swept Salpointe Monday in an important Division II girl's tennis match heading into the first power rankings of the season to be released on Wednesday. The Falcons are 6-0 overall and 3-0 in Section VII while the Lancers fell to 6-1 and 2-1.
Oro Valley Ironwood Ridge hosted Tucson Salpointe in the quarterfinal round of the Division II playoffs on Wednesday and came away with a 5-1 win to advance.
Bhat wins a fourth crown, Clarke a third as they close out prep careers
Divisions I, II and III decide champions Saturday May 2 (afternoon)
D-I, D-II and D-III complete three rounds this weekend
We can learn a lot from Amphitheater's Marie Nzeyimana
Tucson Catalina Foothills wrapped up another perfect regular season Thursday night with a 7-1 win at rival Division II power Oro Valley Ironwood Ridge. At 14-0 overall and 8-0 in Section V, the Falcons have only given up 10 points all year but only three since March 9.
Xavier dual-match winning streak reaches 69
The state playoffs for individual and doubles are scheduled to start next Friday, Apr. 24 while the team portion is set for the following Wednesday, Apr. 29.
16 teams will qualify from each of the three divisions with the top two teams from each section earning an automatic berth.
Gain momentum for the final stretch of the season.
Tournaments kick off Friday morning.
Check out in which division each school will play in during the next 2-year scheduling block.
Find out which soccer and tennis programs will play in different divisions.