Fans have plenty of spring action from which to choose
March 17, 2013 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365
Here are this week’s top spring sports tournaments in Scottsdale, Phoenix, the southwest, northwest and north Valley and northern Arizona . . .
Baseball
West Valley Classic, (continuing) Monday (March 18) through Friday (March 22) at Glendale Independence, Glendale Ironwood, Phoenix Maryvale.
Teams: Phoenix Alhambra, Laveen Betty H. Fairfax, Phoenix Carl Hayden, Phoenix Central, Phoenix Cortez, El Mirage Dysart, Glendale Independence, Glendale Ironwood, Avondale La Joya, Phoenix Maryvale, Peoria, Phoenix Trevor Browne, Phoenix Washington.
Coach Bob Invitational, (continuing) Monday through March 30 at Glendale Apollo, Anthem Boulder Creek, Laveen Cesar Chavez, Chandler, Glendale Deer Valley, Goodyear Desert Edge, Grand Canyon University (Phoenix), Gilbert Higley, Phoenix North Canyon, Phoenix Pinnacle, Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor, Surprise Shadow Ridge, Tolleson, Surprise Valley Vista, Surprise Willow Canyon.
Teams: Ada (Okla.), Air Academy (Colo.), Alexander Dawson (Colo.), Americas (Texas), Glendale Apollo, Phoenix Barry Goldwater, Bartlesville (Okla.), Bend (Ore.), Bishop Gorman (Nev.), Bishop McGuinness (Okla.), Bixby (Okla.), Bonneville (Idaho), Anthem Boulder Creek, Broken Arrow (Okla.), Canby (Ore.), Central (Colo.), Laveen Cesar Chavez, Chandler, Chaparral (Colo.), Flagstaff Coconino, Columbine (Colo.), Crescent Valley (Ore.), D’Evelyn (Colo.), Dakota Ridge (Colo.), Deer Creek (Okla.) . . .
Others . . . Glendale Deer Valley, Denver Christian (Colo.), Goodyear Desert Edge, Edmond (Okla.), Elizabeth (Colo.), Escondido (Calif.), Fairview (Colo.), Farmington (N.M.), Florence (Colo.), Fossil Ridge (Colo.), Golden (Colo.), Grand Junction (Colo.), Grant (Ore.), Green Mountain (Colo.), Harrah (Okla.), Henley (Ore.), Highland (Calif.), Highlands Ranch (Colo.), Gilbert Higley, Hood River (Ore.), Inola (Okla.), Juneau Douglas (Alaska), Klamath Union (Ore.), Lake Oswego (Ore.), Lakeridge (Ore.), Lancaster (Calif.), Lewis-Palmer (Colo.), Liberty (Colo.), Lincoln (Ore.), Montgomery Bell (Tenn.), Moorpark (Calif.), Mullen (Colo.), Muskogee (Okla.), Niwot (Colo.), Phoenix North Canyon, North Medford (Ore.), Page, Palmer (Colo.) . . .
More . . . Palmer Ridge (Colo.), Piedra Vista (N.M.), Pine Creek (Colo.), Phoenix Pinnacle, Ponca City (Okla.), Ponderosa (Colo.), Prescott, Publo West (Colo.), Quartz Hill (Calif.), Silver Creek (Colo.), South Salem (Ore.), Southridge (Ore.), Thousand Oaks (Calif.), Thunder Mountain (Alaska), Thunder Ridge (Colo.), Thurston (Colo.), Tolleson, Tualatin (Ore.), Tulsa Memorial (Okla.), Surprise Valley Vista, Valor Christian (Colo.), Verdigris (Okla.), West Albany (Ore.), West Linn (Ore.), Westview (Ore.), Wheatridge (Colo.), Surprise Willow Canyon, Buckeye Youngker.
Best of the West Festival, (continuing) Monday through Wednesday (March 20) at Peoria Centennial, Phoenix Greenway, Goodyear Millennium, Glendale Mountain Ridge, Peoria Sunrise Mountain, Phoenix Thunderbird.
Teams: Cave Creek Cactus Shadows, Peoria Centennial, Charles Page (Okla.), Phoenix Greenway, Heritage Hall (Okla.), Goodyear Millennium, Glendale Mountain Ridge, Glendale Raymond S. Kellis, Stillwater (Okla.), Phoenix Sunnyslope, Peoria Sunrise Mountain, Union (Okla.), Yukon (Okla.).
Salt River Classic, Thursday (March 21) through Saturday (March 23) at Phoenix Arizona Lutheran, Lehi Center Boys and Girls Club, Phoenix Christian, Scottsdale Salt River, Scottsdale Community College.
Teams: Phoenix Arizona Lutheran, Ash Fork, Bagdad, Queen Creek Canyon State Academy, Fort Thomas, Gila Bend, Gilbert Classical, Tuba City Greyhills, Heber Mogollon, Kayenta Monument Valley, Flagstaff Northland Prep, Surprise Paradise Honors, Phoenix Christian, Portland Christian (Ore.), Kearny Ray, Salome, Scottsdale Salt River, San Carlos, San Pasqual (Calif.), Santiam Christian (Ore.), Scottsdale Prep, Sisters (Ore.), St. Johns, Tonopah Valley, Phoenix Valley Lutheran.
Golf
Snowflake 9-hole Multi, Tuesday, in Snowflake.
Teams: Lakeside Blue Ridge, Heber Mogollon, Show Low, Snowflake, Winslow.
Softball
Desert Mountain Invitational, Tuesday (March 19) through Saturday, Horizon Park, Scottsdale.
Teams: Phoenix Arcadia, Chandler Basha, Laveen Betty H. Fairfax, Tucson Canyon del Oro, Chandler, Scottsdale Chaparral, Tempe Corona del Sol, Scottsdale Desert Mountain, Phoenix Desert Vista, Chandler Hamilton, Gilbert Highland, Phoenix Horizon, Tucson Ironwood Ridge, Mesa, Gilbert Mesquite, Glendale Mountain Ridge, Mesa Mountain View, Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep, Phoenix Paradise Valley, Phoenix Pinnacle, Queen Creek, Mesa Red Mountain, Tucson Sabino, Scottsdale Saguaro, Tucson Sahuaro, Phoenix St. Mary’s, Chandler Seton Catholic, Phoenix Shadow Mountain, Tucson Sunnyside.
Salt River Classic, Thursday through Saturday at Phoenix Arizona Lutheran, Phoenix Christian, Scottsdale Salt River, Salt River Recreation, Phoenix Scottsdale Christian.
Teams: Phoenix Arizona Lutheran, Ash Fork, Sells Baboquivari, Bagdad, Chandler Prep, Coolidge, Tucson Desert Christian, Gila Bend, Tuba City Greyhills, Miami, Heber Mogollon, Kayenta Monument Valley, Surprise Paradise Honors, Phoenix Christian, Kearny Ray, Salome, Scottsdale Salt River, San Carlos, San Pasqual (Calif.), Phoenix Scottsdale Christian, Tempe Prep, Tonopah Valley, Phoenix Valley Lutheran.
Coca-Cola Classic Invitational, Friday and Saturday at Centennial Park, Kingman.
Teams: Chinle, Glendale Copper Canyon, Phoenix Cortez, Kingman, Seligman, Phoenix Sierra Linda, Fort Defiance Window Rock, Buckeye Youngker.