Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

Another big week for spring sports tournaments

March 18, 2012 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365


Here is a list of the spring sports tournaments in Phoenix and other Valley and northern Arizona locations for this week, March 19 through 24 . . .

 

Baseball

 

Best of West Festival, began March 17 and continues through March 21 at Grand Canyon University and other locations.

 

Coach Bob National Invitational, March 19-31, at Anthem Boulder Creek, Glendale Apollo, Chandler, Glendale Deer Valley, Goodyear Desert Edge, Grand Canyon University, Gilbert Higley, Phoenix North Canyon, Gilbert Perry, Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor, Surprise Valley Vista and Surprise Willow Canyon.

 

Participating teams – Air Academy (Colo.), Glendale Apollo, Phoenix Barry Goldwater, Anthem Boulder Creek, Broken Arrow (Okla.), Chandler, Chaparral (Parker, Colo.), Churchill (Ore.), Clackamas (Ore.), Flagstaff Coconino, Columbine (Colo.), Dakota Ridge (Colo.), Glendale Deer Valley, Denver Christian (Colo.), Goodyear Desert Edge, Edmond Santa Fe (Okla.), Elizabeth (Colo.), Fairview (Colo.), Farmington (N.M.), George Washington (Calif.), Golden (Colo.), Green Mountain (Colo.), Gresham (Ore.), Hennessey (Okla.), Henry D. Sheldon (Ore.), Heritage (Colo.), Gilbert Higley, Hillsboro (Ore.), Tucson Ironwood Ridge, Juneau-Douglas (Alaska), Klamath Union (Ore.), La Jolla Country Day (Calif.), Lake Oswego (Ore.), Lebanon (Ore.), Lewis-Palmer (Colo.), Liberty Christian (Texas), Lincoln (Ore.), Lowell (Calif.), Lutheran (Colo.), McKay (Ore.), Moorpark (Calif.), Mountain Vista (Colo.), Mullen (Colo.), Niwot (Colo.), Phoenix North Canyon, Oregon City (Ore.), Page, Palmer Ridge (Colo.), Piedra Vista (N.M.), Pine Creek (Colo.), Ponderosa (Colo.), Prescott, Pueblo West (Colo.), Quartz Hill (Calif.), Rampart (Colo.), Regis Jesuit (Colo.), Rogers (Ark.), Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor, Sandy (Ore.), Sherwood (Ore.), Silver Creek (Colo.), Skyline (Colo.), South Salem (Ore.), Thunder Ridge (Calif.), Thurston (Ore.), Tulsa Memorial (Okla.), Surprise Valley Vista, West Salem (Ore.), Wheat Ridge (Colo.), Willamette (Ore.), Surprise Willow Canyon, Buckeye Youngker.

 

Horizon Big League Dugout, March 19-22 at Phoenix Brophy Prep, Tempe Corona del Sol, Chandler Hamilton, Phoenix Horizon, Phoenix Mountain Pointe.

 

Participating teams – Phoenix Brophy Prep, Tempe Corona del Sol, Chandler Hamilton, Phoenix Horizon, IMG Academy (Fla.), John Burroughs (Calif.), Phoenix Mountain Pointe, Pleasant Valley (Calif.), Rocky Mountain (Colo.).

 

Salt River Classic, March 22-24, at Phoenix Christian, Red Mountain Complex (Mesa), Scottsdale Salt River High and Salt River Recreation.

 

Softball

 

Salt River Classic, March 22-24, at Phoenix Arizona Lutheran, Phoenix Christian, Scottsdale Salt River High.

 

Participating teams – Phoenix Arizona Lutheran, Sells Baboquivari, Bagdad, Chandler Prep, Coolidge, Tuba City Greyhills, Miami, Heber Mogollon, Kayenta Monument Valley, Phoenix Christian, Rough Rock, Salome, Scottsdale Salt River, San Carlos, San Pasqual (Winterhaven, Calif.), Superior, Tempe Prep, Phoenix Valley Lutheran.

 

Sandra Day O’Connor-Deer Valley Festival, March 22-24, at Glendale Deer Valley and Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor.

 

Participating teams – Glendale Cactus, Yuma Cibola, Glendale Deer Valley, Yuma Gila Ridge, Phoenix Greenway, Chandler Hamilton, Prescott, Glendale Raymond S. Kellis, Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor, Peoria Sunrise Mountain, Phoenix Thunderbird, Avondale Westview.

 

Track and field

 

Scorpion Friendship Meet (boys and girls), March 21, at Sedona Red Rock High.

 

Veteran’s Invitational (boys and girls), March 24, at Fountain Hills High.

 

Matt Showers Invitational (boys and girls), March 24, at Camp Verde High.

 

Participating teams – Camp Verde, Cottonwood Mingus, Sedona Red Rock, Wickenburg.