Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

Plenty of non-football action for fans around the state

September 24, 2012 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365


Badminton, cross country, golf and swimming events are out in full force this week.

Here’s a look at competition in Phoenix, Scottsdale, the southwest, northwest and north Valley, and northern Arizona . . .

Badminton

District (Deer Valley) Tournament, Friday (Sept. 28) and Saturday (Sept. 29) at Phoenix Barry Goldwater High.

Teams – Phoenix Barry Goldwater, Anthem Boulder Creek, Glendale Deer Valley, Glendale Mountain Ridge, Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor.

Independence Invitational, Saturday at Glendale Independence High.

Teams – Chandler, Scottsdale Chaparral, Scottsdale Desert Mountain, Phoenix Desert Vista, Gilbert, Phoenix Greenway, Chandler Hamilton, Glendale Independence, Goodyear Millennium, Gilbert Perry, Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor, Phoenix Shadow Mountain, Phoenix Sunnyslope, Phoenix Thunderbird, Phoenix Trevor Browne, Phoenix Xavier Prep.

Cross country

Glendale Union High School District Jamboree (boys), Monday (Sept. 24) at Phoenix Washington High.

Teams – Glendale Apollo, Phoenix Cortez, Glendale, Phoenix Greenway, Glendale Independence, Phoenix Moon Valley, Phoenix Sunnyslope, Phoenix Thunderbird, Phoenix Washington.

Dave Conatser Invitational (boys and girls), Wednesday (Sept. 26) at Winslow High.

Boys teams – Whiteriver Alchesay, Lakeside Blue Ridge, Camp Verde, Chinle, Flagstaff Coconino, Flagstaff, Ganado, Tuba City Greyhills, Holbrook, Keams Canyon Hopi, Joseph City, Many Farms, Kayenta Monument Valley, Page, Sedona Red Rock, Show Low, Tuba City, Sanders Valley, Fort Defiance Window Rock.

Girls teams – Same as boys except for Sedona Red Rock and these additions: Flagstaff Northland Prep, Snowflake.

Camp Verde Invitational (boys and girls), Saturday at Camp Verde High.

Falcon Invitational (boys and girls), Saturday at Fountain Hills High.

Golf

500 Club Invitational (boys), Friday-Saturday at the 500 Club Golf Course, 4707 W. Pinnacle Peak Road, Glendale.

Teams – Apache Junction, Peoria Centennial, Peoria Liberty, Goodyear Millennium, Glendale Mountain Ridge, Mesa Mountain View, Phoenix Paradise Valley, Prescott, Scottsdale Saguaro, Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor, Phoenix Shadow Mountain, Surprise Willow Canyon.

Bradshaw Mountain Invite (boys), Friday-Saturday at Prescott Country Club.

Teams – Phoenix Barry Goldwater, Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain, Cave Creek Cactus Shadows, Phoenix Greenway, Cottonwood Mingus, Page, Prescott, Phoenix Sunnyslope.

Prescott Girls Invite, Saturday, at Antelope Hills Golf Course, Prescott.

Teams – Tempe Corona del Sol, Phoenix Desert Vista, Mesa Dobson, Gilbert, Chandler Hamilton, Gilbert Highland, Tempe Marcos de Niza, Phoenix Mountain Pointe, Glendale Mountain Ridge, Mesa Mountain View, Mesa Red Mountain, Phoenix Shadow Mountain.

Swimming-diving

Agua Fria High School Relay Invitational (boys and girls), Thursday (Sept. 27) at Goodyear YMCA.

Phoenix Country Day State Qualifier I (boys and girls), Saturday at Phoenix Country Day School.

Boys and girls teams – Arizona College Prep, Phoenix Bourgade Catholic, Phoenix Christian, Phoenix Country Day School, Phoenix Scottsdale Christian, Scottsdale Prep, Sedona Red Rock, Chandler Valley Christian, Wickenburg.