Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

Another exciting year comes to a close, fall almost here!

May 18, 2011 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365


It seemed like the school year just started and now it’s over. But fear not, another year is just around the corner and August will be here before you know it!!

Here is a look back at the state team champions from my area of coverage (north Scottsdale, Phoenix, northwest and southwest Valley, northern Arizona) . . . congratulations to all for a great season.

4A badminton – Phoenix Greenway. 5A badminton – Scottsdale Chaparral.

Baseball – Lakeside Blue Ridge (3A), Scottsdale Saguaro (4A Division I), Scottsdale Chaparral (5A Division II).

Boys basketball – Orme (1A), Phoenix Westwind Prep (2A), Holbrook (3A), Laveen Betty H. Fairfax (5A Division II).

Girls basketball – Fort Defiance Window Rock (3A), Glendale Apollo (4A Division I), Phoenix St. Mary’s (5A Division I), Tolleson (5A Division II).

Boys cross country – Phoenix Alhambra (Division I), Chinle (Division III), Keams Canyon Hopi (Division IV).

Girls cross country – Phoenix Xavier Prep (Division I), Page (Division III), Keams Canyon Hopi (Division IV).

Football – Joseph City (1A), Phoenix Northwest Christian (2A), Show Low (3A), Scottsdale Saguaro (4A Division I), Phoenix Thunderbird (4A Division II), Scottsdale Chaparral (5A Division II).

Boys soccer – Lakeside Blue Ridge (1A-3A fall), Phoenix Northwest Christian (1A-3A winter), Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep (4A Division II), Phoenix Brophy Prep (5A Division I), Glendale Ironwood (5A Division II).

Girls soccer – St. Johns (1A-3A fall), Goodyear Estrella Foothills (1A-3A winter), Flagstaff (4A Division II), Phoenix Pinnacle (5A Division II).

Softball – Bagdad (1A), Goodyear Estrella Foothills (3A), Glendale Deer Valley (5A Division II).

Girls swimming – Phoenix Xavier Prep (Division I).

Boys swimming – Phoenix Brophy Prep (Division I).

Boys tennis – Scottsdale Chaparral (5A Division II).

Girls tennis – Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep (4A Division II), Scottsdale Chaparral (5A Division II).

Boys track and field – Phoenix Brophy Prep (Division I).

Girls volleyball – Phoenix Veritas Prep (1A), Phoenix Northwest Christian (2A), Kayenta Monument Valley (3A), Phoenix Sunnyslope (4A Division I), Phoenix Xavier Prep (5A Division I), Phoenix Horizon (5A Division II).

Wrestling – Heber Mogollon (Division IV), Phoenix Thunderbird (Division III).