Southern Arizona wrestlers to watch for
Tanque Verde survived a scare Monday night when Pusch Ridge took a 2-1 lead over the Hawks in an important 3A South Region match. The Hawks battled back, however, to win the match 3-2 to keep pace with Sabino for the region title.
Football Schedule for Friday, Oct. 21
Southern Arizona Invitational
Haven Golf Course: Oct. 14-15
Rio Rico Rattler
Oct. 15: Rio Rico High School
FOOTBALL: Ironwood Ridge holds on for 20-17 win over Tucson
VOLLEYBALL: Tucson Top Ten plus playoff picture
Ironwood Ridge (6-1, 2-0) at Tucson (4-3, 1-0) NON REGION
One of the last non-region games of the year pits 5A No. 5 Ironwood Ridge at 6A No. 13 Tucson. This game is also the AZPreps365.com Game of the Week.
Salpointe went 5-0 to capture the championship of the Catalina Foothills Lady Falcon Invitational. The Lancers beat Rincon/University 3-1 in the final.
FOOTBALL: Mountain View with big 60-37 win over Desert View
Sahuaro sophomore standout Halley Hughes played even on her first three holes and even on the last three to hold off her teammate Serenity Guerrero 39 to 40 Thursday afternoon at the Dell Urich Golf Course in Tucson. The two helped Sahuaro score 178 as a team to defeat Buena (209) and Rincon/University (230).
VOLLEYBALL: Sahuaro beat Ironwood Ridge 3-1 to remain perfect in region play
If the season ended today, this is how the state playoffs might look like for golf, using the boys of Division I as an example:
VOLLEYBALL: CDO beat Salpointe 3-1 to kickoff wild week of action
FOOTBALL: Tucson Top Twenty plus playoff predictions
SOCCER: Old Pueblo Classic results
FOOTBALL: Santa Cruz improves to 5-0 with big win over Tombstone
Ironwood Ridge had a setback on Tuesday when Cienega came in and beat the Nighthawks on their own court. It was a huge win for the Bobcats but it also came five days after getting swept by Sahuaro.
What to look for on Friday:
All the 6A Southern Region teams have a bye week.
Cienega (5-0) at Salpointe (4-1) and Amphitheater (3-2) vs. Sahuarita (1-4) are the only non-region games in Southern Arizona.
Pending district approval, Sahuaro has recommended Darren Blakely to take over the baseball program at the school. Blakely, a longtime minor-leaguer coming out of the University of Hawaii, played for Team USA in the 2003 World Cup in Cuba and now resides in Tucson.
Tombstone head coach Mike Hayhurst has his Yellow Jackets rolling again. The program hasn’t had a winning record since 2007 (7-3) and finished 2-8 two years ago, one year before Hayhurst was rehired.
The 16th Annual TYR High School Classic Swim and Dive Invitational will be held Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center on the University of Arizona Campus. The meet will be presented by Sahuaro High School and Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics.
Flowing Wells High School will be inducting their Fourteenth class into the Sports Hall of Fame on Friday September 30, 2016. The induction ceremony will be prior to the football game against Amphitheater High School.
Desert Christian Old Pueblo Soccer Classic set in Tucson
Tucson Top Twenty
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