Riders bumped out, Wildcats end as No. 30
By Raymundo Frasquillo
WILLCOX – The No. 20 Willcox Cowgirls (11-6 seeding, 6.2829 rating) travel to No. 13 Camp Verde (12-6, 10.6386) on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3. The Play-In Round contest has a 6 p.m. start.
The No. 23 Pima Roughriders (9-8, 3.5577) were bumped out by the 2A South Region champion/ No. 28 Tucson Desert Christian (14-5, 0.3719), and No. 30 Morenci Wildcats (7-9, minus 1.8139) concluded their season with a 3-set loss in Sierra Vista on Oct. 28.
2A State Play-In Round (Nov. 3)
The Nov. 3 Play-In Round has No. 9 Saint Johns (14-4, 13.2212) hosting No. 24 San Miguel (11-8, minus 11.7114) No. 24, No. 10 Gilbert Classical (13-4, 13.2164) hosting No. 23 Tucson Desert Christian (14-5, 0.3719), No. 11 Eagar Round Valley (14-4, 12.5486) hosts No. 22 Kingman Academy (9-6, 5.9324), No. 12 Mesa North American Leadership (11-6, 10.8153) hosts No. 21 Scottsdale Rancho Solano Prep (7-9, 6.2800), No. 13 Camp Verde (12-6, 10.6386) hosts No. 20 Willcox (11-6, 6.2829), No. 14 Glendale Trivium Prep (11-5, 10.5551) hosts No. 19 Parker (10-7, 6.6791), No. 15 Sierra Vista American Leadership (10-4, 8.2791) hosts No. 18 Mesa Heritage (10-7, 6.7889), and No. 16 Anthem Prep (11-7, 7.7585) hosts No. 17 Benson (12-6, 6.9769).
Two teams, No. 23 Pima (9-8, 3.5577) and No. 24 Fountain Hills (7-10, 3.3556) were bumped out by No. 28 Tucson Desert Christian (14-5, 0.3719) and No. 40 Tucson San Miguel (11-8, minus 11.7114) as the top two teams in the 2A South Region. Pima was third of seven in the 2A Southeast Region and Fountain Hills sixth of seven in the 2A Central Region.
The Top 8 of 55 teams will be available for the 16-team bracket, after Nos. 9-24 face off during the Play-In Round. The winners will meet the Top 8 in the 16-team state tourney bracket for the first round on Friday, Nov. 7 at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. while the quarterfinals are at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. on the Goodyear Millennium campus, 14802 West Wigwam Boulevard. The Nov. 12 semifinals are at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. on the Phoenix Mountain Pointe campus, 4201 East Knox Road. The championship will be held in the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1826 West McDowell Road on Nov. 14.
Phoenix Country Day School (16-2, not rated), Glendale Prep (17-1, not rated), Scottsdale Christian (15-2, not rated), Phoenix North Valley Christian (15-2, not rated), Gilbert San Tan Charter (13-3, not rated), Chandler Prep (16-3, not rated), Phoenix Horizon Honors (13-4, not rated), and Scottsdale Prep (12-5, not rated) were the Top 8 2A teams.
2A No. 20 Willcox Cowgirls (11-6 seeding, 6.2829 rating)
The Shaye Klump-coached Willcox Cowgirls (25-13 overall, 11-6 seeding, 6-0 region) had 11 seeding wins of 3-1 (23-25, 29-27, 25-21, 25-18) over Morenci on Aug. 26, of 3-1 (25-16, 25-20, 15-25, 25-19) over Pima on Sept. 2, of 3-1 over Bisbee on Sept. 14, of 3-2 (25-12, 20-25, 25-11, 24-26, 15-6) over Miami on Sept. 22, of 3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 31-29) over Globe on Sept. 28, of 3-1 (26-24, 26-24, 11-25, 25-22) over Sierra Vista American Leadership on Oct. 7, of 3-1 (25-16, 24-26, 25-16, 25-22) over Pima on Oct. 12, of 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-14) over Bisbee on Oct. 19, of 3-2 (25-27, 15-25, 27-25, 25-22, 15-13) over Benson on Oct. 21, and of 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-13) over Morenci on Oct. 26.
The six seeding losses were of 0-3 to Safford on Aug. 31, of 1-3 (16-25, 27-29, 25-20, 24-26) to Tombstone on Sept. 9, of 2-3 to Fort Thomas on Sept. 15, of 0-3 (18-25, 23-25, 17-25) to Benson on Sept. 16, of 1-3 (24-26, 16-26, 25-19, 23-25) to Sierra Vista ALA on Sept. 21, and of 0-3 (19-25, 24-26, 23-25) to Saint David on Sept. 23.
In addition, the Cowgirls finished third in the 2nd Cochise County Round-up on Aug. 29. Willcox went 2-1 in pool play, topping Tombstone 37-26 and Morenci 36-30 as well as falling 29-41 to Sierra Vista American Leadership, and topped Fort Thomas 2-0 (27-25, 25-12) in the bracket.
The Cowgirls also went 3-6 during the Safford tourney on Oct. 2-3 and 8-0 during the 2-day Joseph City tourney on Oct. 9-10. The wins were of 2-0 over Tombstone, 2-1 over Globe, and of 2-0 over Pima on Oct. 3; 2-0 (25-18, 25-20) over Williams, 2-0 over Utah Monument Valley, 2-0 over Dishchii’Bikoh, and 2-0 over Teec Nos Pos Red Mesa on Oct. 9; 2-0 over Sanders Valley, 2-1 (25-23, 22-25, 15-10) over Joseph City, 2-1 over Holbrook, and 2-1 over Kingman Academy on Oct. 10 while the losses were 0-1 (20-31) to Pima, 0-1 (17-30) to Florence, 0-1 (18-30) to Payson, 0-1 (20-30) to Sierra Vista ALA, 0-1 (16-30) to Phoenix Veritas Prep, and 0-1 (11-30) to Thatcher on Oct. 2.
Willcox has an 11-member roster of four seniors, two juniors, and five sophomores. The seniors are Leslie Barraza (22), Gloria Encinas (8), Lilyana Millenaar (10), and Keely Norris (14); juniors Maley Allred (9) and Karlie Saint Clair (3); and sophomores Grace Flanders (2), Hattie Macumber (1), Camry Thompson (6), Lia Villa (4), and Lilly Williams (17).
Willcox competed in the 7-member 2A Southeast Region with the Benson Bobcats, the Bisbee Pumas, the Morenci Wildcats, the Pima Roughriders, the Sierra Vista American Leadership Guardians, and the Tombstone Yellow Jackets.
2A No. 23 PIMA Roughriders (9-8 seeding, 3.5777 rating)
The Ruthie Butler-coached Pima Roughriders (15-17 overall, 9-8 seeding, 4-2 region) had nine seeding wins of 3-0 (25-18, 29-27, 25-14) over Fort Thomas on Aug. 26, of 3-1 (25-23,25-17, 23-25, 29-27) over Globe on Sept. 9, of 3-1 (16-25, 25-16, 25-13, 25-20) over Tombstone on Sept. 16, of 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-15) over Morenci on Sept. 21, of 3-0 (25-10, 25-14, 25-9) over Bisbee on Sept. 23, of 3-2 (21-25, 25-23, 25-17, 23-25, 15-12) over Tombstone on Sept. 28, of 3-2 (22-25, 25-20, 20-25, 25-14, 17-15) over Benson on Oct. 7, of 3-2 (22-25, 30-32, 25-18, 25-12, 15-8) over Morenci on Oct. 21, and of 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-7) over Bisbee on Oct. 23.
The eight seeding losses were of 0-3 (19-25, 14-25, 13-25) to Safford on Sept. 1, of 1-3 (16-25, 20-25, 25-15, 19-25) to Willcox on Sept. 2, of 1-3 (12-25, 25-22, 21-25, 21-25) to Round Valley on Sept. 4, of 2-3 (22-25, 18-25, 25-22, 25-11, 12-15) to Benson on Sept. 8, of 2-3 (25-22, 17-25, 26-28, 25-22, 8-15) to Sierra Vista ALA on Sept. 14, of 0-3 (25-21, 25-8, 25-20) to Saint David on Sept. 29, and of 1-3 (16-25, 26-24, 16-25, 22-25) to Willcox on Oct. 12.
Additionally, Pima went 2-4 during the 2-day Snowflake tourney on Sept. 18-19 and 4-5 during the Safford tourney on Oct. 2-3. The Roughriders defeated 2A North Region Eagar Round Valley 2-0 on Sept. 18 and 3A North Region Chinle 2-1 on Sept. 19, Willcox 1-0 (31-20), Sierra Vista ALA 1-0 (30-19), and Tombstone 1-0 (30-25) on Oct. 2, and Morenci 2-1 and Tombstone 2-0 on Oct. 3.
The losses were of 1-2 (10-21, 22-20, 4-15) to 6A East Valley Region Mesa Red Mountain and of 0-2 (11-21, 14-21) to 3A Metro Mountain Region Lakeside Blue Ridge on Sept. 18, 0-2 to 2A North Region Saint Johns and 0-2 to 4A Grand Canyon Region Cottonwood Mingus on Sept. 19, of 0-1 (23-30) to 3A Metro Mountain Region Payson, 0-1 (20-28) to 4A East Sky Region San Tan Valley Combs, 0-1 (18-30) to Florence, and 0-1 to Tombstone on Oct. 2, and 0-2 to Willcox on Oct. 3.
The varsity roster had 14 Roughriders: five seniors, four juniors, four sophomores, and a freshman. The seniors are Cheyanne Alder (1), Shante Butler (15), Demi Derrick (5), Trista Hatch (4), and Morgan Russell (9); juniors Audrey Brimhall (6), Elle McRae (8), Ashley Payne (7), and Brielle Taylor (10); sophomores Taylor Ashby (3), Liddy Bingham (14), Tynzli Hatch (11), and Harlee McBiles (2); and freshman Kaia Butler (12).
Pima competed in the 7-member 2A Southeast Region with the Benson Bobcats, the Bisbee Pumas, the Morenci Wildcats, the Sierra Vista American Leadership Guardians, the Tombstone Yellow Jackets, and the Willcox Cowgirls.
2A No. 30 Morenci Wildcats (7-9 seeding, minus 1.8139 rating)
The Alisha Brewer-coached Morenci Wildcats (12-22 overall, 7-9 seeding, 3-3 region) had seven seeding wins of 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-10) over Miami on Sept. 2, of 3-0 over Bisbee on Sept. 17, of 3-1 (25-16, 25-9, 21-25, 25-12) over San Carlos on Sept. 30, of 3-1 (19-25, 25-16, 25-19, 25-20) over 1A East Region Duncan on Oct. 5, of 3-0 (25-16, 28-26, 25-13) over Bisbee on Oct. 12, of 3-2 (7-25, 25-23, 26-28, 25-22, 15-12) over Benson on Oct. 14, and of 3-2 (28-30, 28-26, 25-22, 21-25, 15-6) over Tombstone on Oct. 19.
The nine seeding losses were of 1-3 (25-23, 27-29, 21-25, 18-25) to Willcox on Aug. 26, of 1-3 (18-25, 18-25, 25-23, 11-25) to Eagar Round Valley on Aug. 31, of 1-3 (25-20, 19-25, 12-25, 22-25) to Sierra Vista American Leadership on Sept. 9, of 0-3 (16-25, 16-25, 23-25) to Benson on Sept. 14, of 0-3 (16-25, 17-25, 15-25) to Pima on Sept. 21, of 1-3 (8-25, 20-25, 25-19, 20-25) to Tombstone on Sept. 23, of 2-3 (25-22, 32-30, 18-25, 12-25, 8-15) to Pima on Oct. 21, of 0-3 (22-25, 16-25, 13-25) to Willcox on Oct. 26, and of 0-3 to Sierra Vista ALA on Oct. 28.
In addition, Morenci went 0-3 in pool play and finished seventh during an 8-team Second Cochise County Round-up in Willcox on Aug. 29 and 1-7 during the 2-day, 13-team Safford tourney on Oct. 2-3. The wins were 2-1 (25-13, 17-25, 15-7) over Bisbee on Aug. 29 and 1-0 (25-24 in OT) over Tombstone on Oct. 3 while the losses were 0-1 (31-34) to Sierra Vista American Leadership, 0-1 (30-36) to Willcox, and 0-1 (29-36) to Tombstone on Aug. 29, 0-1 (24-25) to Sierra Vista ALA, 0-1 (11-30) to Safford, 0-1 (11-30) to Payson, and 0-1 (7-30) to Comb on Oct. 2, and 0-2 to Pima, 0-2 to Globe, and 1-2 (21-19, 20-21, 17-21) to Tombstone on Oct. 3.
The Wildcats also went 3-3 during the 2-day Queen Creek Benjamin Franklin tourney on Sept. 25-26. Two of the losses were 0-2 (17-25, 23-25) to Ganado and 0-2 (11-25, 15-25) to Mesa Gateway Heritage on Sept. 25.
The varsity roster had 12 Wildcats: one senior, three juniors, four sophomores, and three freshmen. The senior is Kailee Sandoval (11); juniors Ava Basteen (2), Jayliana Guzzo (1), and Taytum Porter (8); sophomores Mikaela Burke (7), Araceli Cuhen (4), Kendall Merrill (3), and Justine Tartaglia (5); and freshmen Serenity Chavarria (9), Sophia Davis (6), Kloiie Kidd (13), and Jazmin Williamson (12).
Morenci competed in the 7-member 2A Southeast Region with the Benson Bobcats, the Bisbee Pumas, the Pima Roughriders, the Sierra Vista American Leadership Guardians, the Tombstone Yellow Jackets, and the Willcox Cowgirls.
2A Southeast Region
The region standings as of Oct. 31 were Willcox (25-13 overall, 11-6 seeding, 6-0 region), Sierra Vista American Leadership (23-9, 10-4, 4-2), Pima (15-17, 9-8, 4-2), Morenci (12-22, 7-9, 3-3), Benson (16-10, 12-6, 3-3), Tombstone (14-22, 7-10, 1-5), and Bisbee (4-19*, 3-14, 0-6).
Region pairings to date have resulted in a win of 3-2 (21-25, 25-23, 25-17, 23-25, 15-12) for Pima of 3-2 (21-25, 25-23, 25-17, 23-25, 15-12) over Tombstone on Sept. 28, of 3-2 (22-25, 25-20, 20-25, 25-14, 17-15) over Benson on Oct. 7, of 3-2 (22-25, 30-32, 25-18, 25-12, 15-8) over Morenci on Oct. 21, and of 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-7) over Bisbee on Oct. 23; Sierra Vista ALA of 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-11) over Bisbee on Sept. 30, of 3-0 (25-11, 25-13, 27-25) over Tombstone on Oct. 21, of 3-1 over Pima on Oct. 26, and of 3-0 over Morenci on Oct. 28; and Willcox of 3-1 (26-24, 26-24, 11-25, 25-22) over Sierra Vista American Leadership on Oct. 7, of 3-1 (25-16, 24-26, 25-16, 25-22) over Pima on Oct. 12, of 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-14) over Bisbee on Oct. 19, of 3-2 (25-27, 15-25, 27-25, 25-22, 15-13) over Benson on Oct. 21, of 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-13) over Morenci on Oct. 26, and of 3-1 (25-12, 25-14, 22-25, 25-13) over Tombstone on Oct. 28; Morenci of 3-0 (25-16, 28-26, 25-13) over Bisbee on Oct. 12, of 3-2 (7-25, 25-23, 26-28, 25-22, 15-12) over Benson on Oct. 14, and of 3-2 (28-30, 28-26, 25-22, 21-25, 15-6) over Tombstone on Oct. 19; Benson of 3-0 (25-20, 25-14, 25-18) over Tombstone on Oct. 15 and of 3-1 over Sierra Vista ALA on Oct. 19; and Tombstone of 3-0 (25-13, 25-14, 25-21) over Bisbee on Oct. 26.
2A State Rankings
Statewide 2A rankings as of noon on Oct. 31 were Phoenix Country Day School (16-2, not rated), Glendale Prep (17-1, not rated), Scottsdale Christian (15-2, not rated), Phoenix North Valley Christian (15-2, not rated), Gilbert San Tan Charter (13-3, not rated) No. 5, Chandler Prep (16-3, not rated), Phoenix Horizon Honors (13-4, not rated), and Scottsdale Prep (12-5, not rated) the Top 8 of 55.
Saint Johns (14-4, 13.2212) was No. 9, Gilbert Classical (13-4, 13.2164) No. 10, Eagar Round Valley (14-4, 12.5486) No. 11, Mesa North American Leadership (11-6, 10.8153) No. 12, Camp Verde (12-6, 10.6386) No. 13, Glendale Trivium Prep (11-5, 10.5551) No. 14, Sierra Vista American Leadership (10-4, 8.2791) No. 15, and Anthem Prep (11-7, 7.7585) No. 16.
Benson (12-6, 6.9769) was No. 17, Mesa Heritage (10-7, 6.7889) No. 18, Parker (10-7, 6.6791) No. 19, Willcox (11-6, 6.2829) No. 20, Scottsdale Rancho Solano Prep (7-9, 6.2800) No. 21, Kingman Academy (9-6, 5.9324) No. 22, Pima (9-8, 3.5577) No. 23, and Fountain Hills (7-10, 3.3556) No. 24.
Rankings for the other 2A Southeast Region members were Morenci (7-9, minus 1.8139) No. 30, Tombstone (7-10, minus 2.2649) No. 31, and Bisbee (3-14, minus 16.5704) No. 44.
The rest of the East Region member rankings were Globe (10-6, minus 0.4584) No. 28, Chandler Lincoln Prep (8-9, 0.8540) No. 27, Gilbert Arete Prep (5-9, minus 7.3956) No. 36, San Carlos (5-13, minus 9.4061) No. 38, and Miami (3-15, minus 17.9737) No. 48.
2A No. 32 Globe Tigers (10-8 seeding, minus 2.3498 rating)
The Sandy French-coached Globe Tigers (11-15 overall, 10-8 seeding, 2-4 region) have 10 seeding wins of 3-0 (25-4, 25-13, 25-9) over 1A East Region San Manuel on Aug. 31, of 3-0 (30-28, 25-22, 26-24) over 3A North Region Whiteriver Alchesay on Sept. 1, of 3-0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-14) over 1A East Region Kearny Ray on Sept. 2, of 3-0 over 2A Valley Region Florence American Leadership – Anthem South on Sept. 15, of 3-0 (25-6, 25-14, 25-17) over 2A South Region Tucson San Miguel on Sept. 17, of 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-19) over 3A East Region San Tan Valley San Tan Foothills on Sept. 21, of 3-2 (15-25, 25-12, 25-19, 24-26, 15-11) over San Carlos on Sept. 23, of 3-1 over 2A South Region Eloy Santa Cruz on Oct. 6, of 3-0 (25-11, 25-15, 25-18) over 3A East Region Apache Junction on Oct. 7, and of 3-0 (25-14, 25-13, 25-20) over Miami on Oct. 21.
The eight seeding losses were of 1-3 (23-25, 17-25, 25-23, 27-29) to 2A Southeast Region Pima on Sept. 9, of 0-3 (17-25, 16-25, 10-25) to 2A Central Region Mesa North American Leadership on Sept.11, of 0-3 (17-25, 15-25, 21-25) to Gilbert Arete Prep on Sept. 14, of 0-3 (19-25, 11-25, 17-25) to 2A North Region Saint Johns on Sept. 24, of 0-3 (17-25, 14-25, 29-31) to 2A Southeast Region Willcox on Sept. 28, of 0-3 (14-25, 23-25, 15-25) to San Tan Charter on Sept. 30, of 1-3 (25-22, 24-26, 14-25, 5-25) to Gilbert Classical on Oct. 26, and of 1-3 (12-25, 23-25, 26-24, 13-25) to Lincoln Prep on Oct. 28.
Additionally, the Tigers went 1-7 during the 2-day Safford tourney on Oct. 2-3. The win was of 2-0 over Morenci on Oct. 3 while the losses were of 0-1 (10-30) to Payson, 0-1 (18-30) to Tombstone, 0-1 (16-30) to Safford, 0-1 (9-30) to Thatcher, 0-1 (17-30) to Saint David, and 0-1 (21-30) to Veritas Prep on Oct. 2, and 1-2 to Willcox on Oct. 3.
There are 10 Vandals on the varsity roster with five seniors, two juniors, and three sophomores. The seniors are Mckaila Dillon (26), Ivorie Sisto (25), Allie Stevens (21), Azucena Medrano (10), and Audiyana Navarro (11); juniors Caylee Casillas (1) and Jayde Verdugo (12); and sophomores Hailey Campise (6), Olive Hansen (17), and Mia Kruger (27).
Globe competed in the 7-member 2A East Region with the Chandler Lincoln Prep Lightning, the Gilbert Arete Prep Chargers, the Gilbert Classical Spartans, the Gilbert San Tan Charter Roadrunners, the Miami Vandals, and the San Carlos Braves.
2A No. 38 San Carlos Braves (5-13 seeding, minus 9.4061 rating)
The Donna Antonio-coached San Carlos Braves (10-17* overall, 5-13 seeding, 2-3 region) (10-16*, had five seeding wins of 3-1 (25-22, 25-20, 23-25, 25-17) over San Simon on Aug. 27, of 3-0 over Bisbee on Sept. 17, of 3-0 (25-11, 25-21, 25-14) over Eloy Santa Cruz on Sept. 15, of 3-0 (21-25, 25-22, 25-11, 25-13) over Florence American Leadership – Anthem South on Sept. 22, of 3-2 (20-25, 27-25, 18-25, 25-19, 15-9) over Arete Prep on Oct. 12, of 3-0 (25-11, 25-14, 25-10) over Miami on Oct. 13.
The 13 seeding losses were of 0-3 (19-25, 13-25, 15-25) to 2A Valley Region Phoenix Horizon Honors on Aug. 26, of 0-3 (12-25,208-25, 17-25) to 2A Black Canyon Region Phoenix Arizona Lutheran on Sept. 1, of 0-3 (12-25, 19-25, 17-25) to 1A East Region Fort Thomas on Sept. 2, of 0-3 (19-25, 16-25, 17-25) to 1A North region Saint Michael on Sept. 5, of 0-3 (11-25, 16-25, 16-25) to Saint Michael on Sept. 5, of 1-3 (16-25, 17-25, 25-20, 21-25) to 3A North Region Whiteriver Alchesay on Sept. 9, of 0-3 (13-25, 11-25, 11-25) to 2A Valley Region Phoenix Veritas Prep on Sept. 11, of 2-3 (25-15, 12-25, 19-25, 26-24, 11-15) to Globe on Sept. 23, of 0-3 (23-25, 17-25, 14-25) to 1A East Region Duncan on Sept. 24, of 1-3 (16-25, 9-25, 25-21, 12-25) to 2A Southeast Region Morenci on Sept. 30, of 0-3 (16-25, 21-25, 16-25) to Lincoln Prep on Oct. 19, of 0-3 (12-25, 16-25, 12-25) to Gilbert Classical on Oct. 21, and of 0-3 (5-25, 15-25, 14-25) to San Tan Charter on Oct. 28.
In addition, San Carlos went 1-1 during the Queen Creek Benjamin Franklin tourney on Sept. 25-26 and 3-3 during the 2-day Saint Michael tourney on Oct. 16-17. The wins were 2-0 (25-22, 25-17) over Phoenix Carl Hayden on Sept. 25, 1-0 over 1A Central Region Peach Springs Music Mountain and 1-0 over Many Farms on Oct. 16, 2-0 over Keams Canyon Hopi and 2-0 (25-16, 25-20) over New Mexico Gallup Hozho on Oct. 17. The losses were of 0-2 (16-25, 14-25) to Carl Hayden on Sept. 26, of 0-1 to Hozho, of 0-1 to 1A North Region Rock Point, and of 0-1 to 1A North Region Teec Nos Poc Red Mesa on Oct. 16.
There are 11 Braves on the varsity roster with five seniors, a junior, and five sophomores. The seniors are Enila Dosela (15), Kayana Jackson (17), Carly Patterson (6), Alyssa Phillips (8), and Gabrielle Reede (12); junior Catalina Nosie (20); and sophomores Tatum Martin (10), Nikki Martinez (1), Aaliyah Nosie (14), Angelina Nosie (11), and Akira Swift (5).
San Carlos is competing in the 7-member 2A East Region with the Chandler Lincoln Prep Lightning, the Gilbert Arete Prep Chargers, the Gilbert Classical Spartans, the Gilbert San Tan Charter Roadrunners, the Globe Tigers, and the Miami Vandals.
2A No. 48 Miami Vandals (3-14 seeding, minus 17.9737 rating)
The Stella Lopez-coached Miami Vandals (5-19* overall, 3-15 seeding, 0-5 region) had three seeding wins of 3-1 (25-15, 25-14, 17-25, 25-19) over 2A North Region Sanders Valley on Sept. 16, of 3-0 (25-17, 25-11, 25-11) over 1A East Region San Manuel on Sept. 21, and of 3-1 (25-14, 25-17, 23-25, 25-22) over 1A East Region Winkelman Hayden on Oct. 19.
The 14 seeding losses were of 0-3 (13-25, 16-25, 9-25) to A East Region San Tan Valley San Tan Foothills on Aug. 26, of 0-3 (9-25, 6-25, 16-25) to 2A Central Region Chandler Prep on Aug. 28, of 0-3 (19-25, 6-25, 16-25) to 2A Southeast Region Morenci on Sept. 2, of 0-3 (19-25, 17-25, 16-25) to 1A East Region Duncan on Sept. 4, of 0-3 (10-25, 20-25, 16-25) to Gilbert Arete Prep on Sept. 11, of 0-3 (17-25, 11-25, 16-25) to 2A Central Region Fountain Hills on Sept. 14, of 2-3 (12-25, 25-20, 11-25, 26-24, 6-15) to 2A Southeast Region Willcox on Sept. 22, of 0-3 (6-25, 12-25, 11-25) to 2A Central Region Mesa Heritage on Sept. 28, of 1-3 (17-25, 26-24, 16-25, 15-25) to 2A Valley Region Phoenix NFL Yet on Sept. 30, of 2-3 (26-28, 27-25, 25-20, 21-25, 12-15) to 1A West Region Phoenix Valley Lutheran on Oct. 8, of 0-3 (11-25, 14-25, 10-25) to San Carlos on Oct. 13, of 0-3 (11-25, 23-25, 15-25) to San Tan Charter on Oct. 15, of 0-3 (14-25, 13-25, 20-25) to Globe on Oct. 21, and of 0-3 (12-25, 12-25, 19-25) to Lincoln Prep on Oct. 26.
In addition, the Vandals went 2-2 during the Arete Prep tourney on Sept. 12. Miami had wins of 2-0 over 1A West Region Fort Mohave Desert Star and of 2-0 over 1A South Region Nogales Lourdes Catholic as well as losses of 0-2 (12-25, 16-25) to 3A West Region Phoenix Madison Highland Prep and of 0-2 to 1A West Region Wellton Antelope.
The Vandals also fell 0-2 to 5A Central Region Phoenix Metro Tech and 0-2 (21-25, 13-25) to 1A East Region Duncan on Sept. 25 during the Queen Creek Benjamin Franklin tourney on Sept. 25-26.
The varsity roster has 14 Vandals: six seniors, three juniors, two sophomores, and three freshmen. The seniors are Olivia Chacon (4), Elise Combs (7), Grace Cruz (3), Mirna Flores (9), Autianna Garner (10), and Tamia Pietila (5); juniors Brylee Dho (2), Liliana Light (6), and Tessa Roberts (8); sophomores Danica Valenzuela (1) and Anna Zazueta (11); and freshmen Izabella Arrellin (13), Eliza Soden (12), and Ezra Thompson (14).
Miami competed in the 7-member 2A East Region with the Chandler Lincoln Prep Lightning, the Gilbert Arete Prep Chargers, the Gilbert Classical Spartans, the Gilbert San Tan Charter Roadrunners, the Globe Tigers, and the San Carlos Braves.
2A East Region
The region standings as of Oct. 26 were Gilbert San Tan Charter (15-8 overall, 13-3 seeding, 6-0 region), Gilbert Classical (21-6, 13-4, 5-1), Chandler Lincoln Prep (14-12, 8-9, 4-2), Globe (11-15, 10-8, 2-4), San Carlos (10-17*, 5-13, 2-4), Gilbert Arete Prep (8-10, 5-9, 2-4), and Miami (5-19*, 3-15, 0-6).
Region pairings to date have resulted in wins for San Tan Charter of 3-0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-23) over Gilbert Classical on Sept. 3, of 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-15) over Globe on Sept. 30, of 3-0 (25-11, 25-23, 25-15) over Miami on Oct. 15, of 3-0 (25-12, 25-8, 25-22) over Lincoln Prep on Oct. 16, of 3-0 over Arete Prep on Oct. 26, and of 3-0 (25-5, 25-15, 25-14) over San Carlos on Oct. 28; Arete Prep of 3-0 (25-10, 25-20, 25-16) over Miami on Sept. 11 and of 3-0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-21) over Globe on Sept. 14; Globe of 3-2 (15-25, 25-12, 25-19, 24-26, 15-11) over San Carlos on Sept. 23 and of 3-0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-18) over Miami on Oct. 21; San Carlos of 3-2 (20-25, 27-25, 18-25, 25-19, 15-9) over Arete Prep on Oct. 12 and of 3-0 (25-11, 25-14, 25-10) over Miami on Oct. 13; Gilbert Classical of 3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-23) over Lincoln Prep on Oct. 15, of 3-0 (25-12, 25-16, 25-12) over San Carlos on Oct. 21, of 3-1 (22-25, 26-24, 25-14, 25-5) over Globe on Oct. 26, of 3-0 (25-9, 25-12, 25-17) over Arete Prep on Oct. 28, and of 3-0 (25-13, 25-11, 25-11) over Miami on Oct. 29; and Lincoln Prep of 3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-23) over San Carlos on Oct. 19, of 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-17) over Arete Prep on Oct. 21, of 3-0 (25-12, 25-12, 25-19) over Miami on Oct. 26, and of 3-1 (25-12, 25-23, 24-26, 25-13) over Globe on Oct. 28.
