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D-II BASEBALL: Tucson beat Ironwood Ridge 10-0

No. 9 Tucson defeated No. 10 Ironwood Ridge 10-0 Saturday night to advance to the Division II state championship game scheduled for Tuesday. Jose Contreras (8-2) gave up only two hits while striking out five in the game shortened to five innings due to the run-rule.

Baseball Andy Morales May 14, 2016

SPRING GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP: Will Osborn leads pack by 2 strokes

Spring Golf Championships

Golf Andy Morales May 13, 2016

D-II baseball playoffs: Tucson beat CDO 8-2 to advance

No. 9 Tucson defeated No. 6 Canyon del Oro 8-2 Thursday night to advance to the final game of the Division II Elimination Bracket where the Badgers will take on No. 10 Ironwood Ridge. Tucson and Ironwood Ridge will play each other on Saturday night at Amphitheater High School. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

Baseball Andy Morales May 12, 2016

D-II SOFTBALL: Salpointe beat Tucson 13-7 to advance

It started out as a pitching duel between Mia Trejo (11-6) and Brianna Aguilar-Beaucage (17-5) but the Division II elimination game held at Amphitheater on Wednesday night turned into a scoring fest with the Lancers coming out on top 13-7.

Softball Andy Morales May 11, 2016

SOFTBALL: Catalina Foothills wins Division III Championship

Catalina Foothills beat Payson 8-0 to win the Division III title

Cross Country / Softball Andy Morales May 10, 2016

SOFTBALL: PUEBLO WINS DIVISION IV CHAMPIONSHIP

Pueblo beat Camp Verde 5-0 to win Division IV softball championship.

Softball Andy Morales May 9, 2016

BOYS VOLLEYBALL: Cienega & Salpointe advance

Division II Boys Volleyball

Girls Volleyball / Boys Volleyball Andy Morales May 7, 2016

Southern Arizona Friday Baseball/Softball Playoffs Roundup

Southern Arizona baseball and softball playyoffs

Baseball / Softball Andy Morales May 6, 2016

SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: THURSDAY SOUTHERN ARIZONA ROUNDUP

No. 1 Canyon del Oro fell to No. 8 Tucson 10-9 at Cherry Field in Tucson. Wendy Castro gave the Dorados a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first and Jenna Martinez knocked in Brenna Griesser in the second but the 2-0 lead would not hold up on a night when the lead changed eight times.

Softball Andy Morales May 6, 2016

DIVISION II SOFTBALL PREVIEW

Softball Andy Morales May 4, 2016

D-II Baseball Playoff Preview

Tucson and Canyon del Oro are the only teams from last year’s final eight to make a repeat performance. The Dorados defeated Tucson 3-1 to claim the Division II championship last year but there are six new teams in the round of eight, hoping to claim those two final spots.

Baseball Andy Morales May 3, 2016

HIGH JUMP: Justice Summerset has state record, future is clear

Justice Summerset passed for 5,264 yards in his career, good enough to put him in the top four in the history of Southern Arizona, but the Marana Mountain View quarterback is also a high jumper. A very good one.

Football / Track & Field Andy Morales May 2, 2016

D-II BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Ironwood Ridge advances with 5-3 win over MTN VIEW

Cross Country / Baseball Andy Morales April 30, 2016

Southern Arizona Baseball/Softball playoff notes

Baseball / Softball Andy Morales April 30, 2016

BOYS VOLLEYBALL: SAHUARO BEAT TUCSON 3-0 IN TUNE-UP FOR STATE

Sahuaro is a lock to make the Division II state tournament but the Cougars would like to go in as a higher seed and maybe even host a match or two. Ranked No. 7 heading into their match against No. 18 Tucson on Friday, the Cougars knew a loss would make that almost impossible.

Boys Volleyball Andy Morales April 29, 2016

BOYS VOLLEYBALL: Cienega claims section title with 3-1 win over Rincon

Cienega defeated Rincon/University 3-1 (25-21, 25-23, 21-25, 25-17) to capture the Division II, Section I title on Thursday night. With the win, the Bobcats joined the other section champions from D-II: Ironwood won Section II, Seton Catholic won Section III, Mesquite won Section IV and Marana Mountain View won Section V.

Boys Volleyball Andy Morales April 29, 2016

Division II Team Tennis Roundup: Only 2 Upsets so far

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.

Tennis Andy Morales April 27, 2016

SOFTBALL: CDO takes over top spot with 5-3 win over Ironwood Ridge

Already up 1-0 on top-ranked Ironwood Ridge in the bottom of the first, Alexis Kaiser stepped up to the plate in what could only be described as another huge at bat between the two rivals and delivered on a bases-clearing double to give No. 2 Canyon del Oro a 4-0 lead. It was a lead the Dorados would never give up and CDO went on to defeat the Nighthawks 5-3.

Baseball / Softball Andy Morales April 26, 2016

BASEBALL: CDO over Catalina Foothills 11-5

Canyon del Oro scored four runs in the bottom of the first to help pace the Dorados to an 11-5 victory over Catalina Foothills at home on senior night. The win was an important one for Canyon del Oro (20-7) because it kept the Dorados close to a top seed in the Division II state playoffs.

Baseball Andy Morales April 22, 2016

BOYS VOLLEYBALL: Marana Mountain View claims section title

Mountain View defeated Catalina Foothills 3-1 (25-23, 25-16, 15-25, 25-13) Thursday night to capture the first section title in school history. The victory gave the Mountain Lions a 19-6 record and a 13-1 mark in power-ranking games. More importantly, Mountain View is undefeated in section play (8-0) with huge program wins over powers such as Salpointe and Ironwood Ridge in the mix.

Girls Volleyball / Boys Volleyball Andy Morales April 22, 2016

TENNIS: Singles & Doubles Brackets are set

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:

Tennis Andy Morales April 20, 2016

BASEBALL: Salpointe holds on for 6-5 win over Sunnyside

Salpointe (21-4 overall, 13-1 in power-ranking games) sent 11 men to the plate in the first inning to take an early 6-0 lead on Sunnyside (16-8, 11-4) but the Blue Devils responded with two in the bottom half of the inning and three more down the stretch to make the game close but the Lancers held on for a 6-5 victory.

Cross Country / Baseball Andy Morales April 19, 2016

BASEBALL: Southern Arizona Section races

The first path to the post season runs through the section races and this is how the races from Southern Arizona look right now. All records are section records.

Baseball Andy Morales April 17, 2016

SOFTBALL: Pueblo beat Thatcher 6-2 to remain on top of D-IV

Pueblo beat Thatcher 6-2 on Friday to remain on top of the Division IV AIA/MaxPreps rankings. The Warriors (18-5 overall and 12-2 in rankings games) are experiencing one of the best seasons ever for the program, rivaled only by the 25-2 squad that won the 4A championship in 1990.

Softball Andy Morales April 15, 2016

Longtime Pusch Ridge XC coach Elmer Yazzie set to retire

Yazzie has been the head cross country and track coach at Pusch Ridge since 2005 and an art teacher at the school for a couple of years before that. But he is heading home now, back to New Mexico, to teach art and coach with his daughter Autumn Newell at the Rehoboth Christian School just outside of Gallup.

Cross Country / Track & Field Andy Morales April 14, 2016