No. 5 Catalina Foothills claimed the 4A Kino Region title with a 56-48 win over No.3 Salpointe on Thursday night. The victory gave the Falcons a 7-0 record in region play and a 14-3 record in power-ranking games.
4A GIRLS FIRST ROUND
No. 4 Salpointe over No. 13 Nogales, 3-0
No. 13 Sunrise Mountain over No. 6 Walden Grove, 2-1
No. 7 Catalina Foothills over No. 10 Palo Verde, 3-0
GIRLS SOCCER 5A PREVIEW
Ironwood Ridge is clinging to one of the final spots in the 5A play-in tournament and the Nighthawks improved their chances with a 66-49 win at Flowing Wells Monday night. Ranked 23rd coming, the Nighthawks need to finish the year ranked in the top 24 to qualify for the tournament scheduled for Friday, Feb. 10.
The Gregory School standout Nick Rosquist broke 2,000 career points in a 68-49 win at Desert Christian Saturday night. Rosquist finished with 31 points and five 3-pointers to give him 2,018 career points. He is now fifth on the All-Time scoring list from Southern Arizona.
No. 23 Desert Vista used two goals from freshman Brennan Klein to get past No. 10 Rincon/University 2-1 Thursday night in 6A play-in action.
FOOTBALL: Catalina Foothills standout Bryan Beckon commits to Southern Utah University
Marana beat Desert View 3-0 Monday night to set up a 5A Sonoran battle against Flowing Wells on Tuesday night. Marana (3-0 in region play) was ranked 10th coming in and Flowing Wells (3-0) was on the edge at 24. In essence, Flowing Wells has to beat Marana to secure a playoff spot.
Southern Arizona soccer playoff picture
WRESTLING: Mountain View wins Diego Gadea Invitational
Southern Arizona Career Scoring Leaders: Boys
1 Terrell Stoglin, Santa Rita (2,901) 2009-13
2 Chuck Overton, Cholla (2,535) 1989-92
3 Deron Johnson, Sunnyside (2,108) 1984-89
4 Jermaine Watts, Sunnyside (2,055) 1990-94
5 Tim Derksen, Amphitheater (1,979) 2008-12
6 Nick Rosquist, The Gregory School (1,906) 2013-17
There is no such thing as an “upset” when two top region opponents play each other this time of year and such was the case when No. 8 Catalina Foothills beat No. 2 Salpointe 52-41 Thursday night at home. The win gave the Falcons a 3-0 lead in the 4A Kino Region while the Lancers fell to 3-1.
Legendary Nogales coach Ray Molera passed away on Monday
WRESTLING: Corona del Sol wins Flowing Wells Invitational; Queen Creek’s Anthony Saba named top wrestler
WRESTLING: Day 1 team results from Flowing Wells
Ironwood Ridge beat Sahuaro 56-49 Friday night to improve to 2-0 in the 5A Southern Region.
Flowing Wells Wrestling Invitational
Boys Playoff Preview
GIRLS SOCCER: Early playoff picture
HOOPS: Addison Mort reaches 1,000 career points at The Gregory School
Top 10 Boys and Girls rankings
Benson Duals
Douglas beat Palo Verde 4-1 in PKs to win invitational.
Pusch Ridge was cruising against Tanque Verde Friday night, up 28-14 with 4:23 left in the third. It was a slow but steady lead, and it looked like it would stand up the rest of the way, but the Hawks made a furious comeback only to have the game come down to one play.
Palo Verde senior Jackie Igulu has 145 career goal. Palo Verde Invite recap.
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