Cowgirls advance to first-round berth
By Raymundo Frasquillo
FORT THOMAS – The first-round match was decided during a fifth set after the teams won two sets apiece. A 15-13 score favored the visiting No. 10 Phoenix Maryvale Prep Matadors (11-5 seeding, 0.6027 rating) in Jerry W. Hancock Gymnasium on Nov. 6. Maryvale Prep also won sets one (25-22) and three (25-11) while No. 7 Fort Thomas (14-4, 2.6454) won sets two (25-22) and four (25-17).
It was the second first-round, five-sets upset, as No. 9 Joseph City defeated No. 8 Anthem Prep 3-2 (23-25, 25-15, 25-27, 25-16, 15-8) on Nov. 5.
The match was held a day later than six other first-round pairings because the facility was used as a voting site.
South Region champion and No. 2 Scottsdale Cicero Prep (14-3, 10.9163) eliminated No. 15 Saint Michael 3-1 (25-16, 25-9, 23-25, 25-7) on Nov. 5.
1A State Tourney
Scottsdale Coronado High hosts the rest of the tourney on Friday, Nov. 8, and Saturday, Nov. 9.
Quarterfinal pairings on Nov. 8 are both No. 9 Joseph City (10-8 seeding, 11.1406, 6-1 Central Region for second) versus No. 1 Heber Mogollon (16-1, 14.0317 rating, 7-0 Central Region for first), and No. 5 Colorado City El Capitan (18-1, 8.8312, 8-0 West Region for first) vs. No. 4 North Phoenix Prep (14-3, 9.2211) at 11 a.m.; and both No. 6 Ash Fork (15-4, 6.4472) vs. No. 3 Saint David (14-2, 10. 9307) and No. 10 Maryvale Prep (11-5, 0.6027) vs. No. 2 Cicero Prep (14-3, 10.9163) at 1 p.m.
The other first-round pairings had No. 1 Mogollon ousting No. 16 Tucson’s The Gregory School 3-0 (25-20, 25-15, 25-19) on Nov. 5, No. 5 El Capitan eliminated No. 12 Wellton Antelope (10-7, 6.1681) 3-0 (25-8, 25-13, 25-15) on Nov. 6, No. 4 North Phoenix Prep eliminated No. 13 Patagonia 3-0 (25-18, 25-9, 25-11) on Nov. 5, No. 3 Saint David ousted No. 14 Rock Point 3-0 (25-13, 25-11, 25-16) on Nov. 5, and No. 6 Ash Fork defeated No. 11 Glendale Desert Heights Prep 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-15) on Nov. 5.
1A State Final Rankings
The final Top 16 of 42 Class 1A rankings on Nov. 2 had Mogollon (16-1 seeding, 14.0317 rating) No. 1, Cicero Prep (14-3, 10.9163) No. 2, Saint David (14-2, 10. 9307) No. 3, North Phoenix Prep (14-3, 9.2211) No. 4, El Capitan (18-1, 8.8312) No. 5, Ash Fork (15-4, 6.4472) No. 6, Fort Thomas (14-4, 2.6454) No. 7, and Anthem Prep (12-2, 2.1759) No. 8.
Joseph City (10-8, 11.1406) was No. 9, Maryvale Prep (11-5, 0.6027) No. 10, Desert Heights Prep (10-5, 0.5223) No. 11, Antelope (13-5, minus 0.8447) No. 12, Patagonia (13-6, minus 0.8613) No. 13, Rock Point (11-6, minus 1.3356) No. 14, Saint Michael (14-4, minus 1.4469) No. 15, and The Gregory School (12-5, minus 2.2402) No. 16.
The initial Top 16 Class 1A rankings at noon on Oct. 1 listed Mogollon (8-0, 15.7996) No. 1, Saint David (7-1, 11.0258) No. 2, El Capitan (9-1, 9.1328) No. 3, Ash Fork (6-1, 6.4472) No. 4, Cicero Prep (7-3, 8.1254) No. 5, North Phoenix Prep (6-2, 7.6488) No. 6, Maryvale Prep (8-1, 4.3585) No. 7, and Flagstaff Basis (5-0, 3.8305) was No. 9.
The Gregory School (9-1, 3.0416) was No. 9, Fort Thomas (6-2, 2.4537) No. 10, Desert Heights (5-2, 2.2561) No. 11, Anthem Prep (6-5, 1.2887) No. 12, San Simon (5-2, 0.6364) No. 13, Patagonia (6-4, minus 0.0517) No. 14, Saint Michael (5-2, minus 0.3729) No. 15, and Salome (3-4, minus 0.3962) No. 16,
1A South Region Final Standings
Region final standings were Scottsdale Cicero Prep (14-3 seeding, 7-0 region), Fort Thomas (13-4, 6-1), Duncan (9-8, 5-2), Superior (9-7, 4-3), Phoenix Valley Lutheran (6-7, 3-4), Kearny Ray (6-11, 2-5), Winkelman Hayden (2-11, 1-6), and San Manuel (1-13, 0-7).
2A State Tourney First Round
Three sites will have the 2A State Tourney matches, the Mesa High campus, 1630 East Southern Avenue, Tempe Marcos de Niza, 6000 South Lakeshore Drive, and the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1826 West McDowell Road in Phoenix.
Mesa has an upper bracket pairing of No. 9 Willcox (16-2 seeding, 10.7305 rating) versus No. 8 Flagstaff Northland Prep (13-3, 10.8081) at 9 a.m., No. 16 Avondale Saint John Paul II Catholic (13-5, 6.0169) vs. No. 1 Phoenix Country Day School (16-1, 19.4950) at 11 a.m., No. 12 Chandler Prep (11-6, 9.0971) vs. No. 5 Phoenix Arizona Lutheran (13-4, 13.5718) at 1 p.m., and No. 13 Phoenix North Valley Christian vs. No. 4 Phoenix Veritas Prep (14-3, 14.9102) at 3 p.m.
Marcos de Niza has the bottom bracket pairings of No. 10 Scottsdale Rancho Solano Prep (12-5, 10.5606) vs. Fountain Hills (13-4, 12.5416) at 9 a.m., No. 15 Camp Verde (11-7, 6.7805) vs. Scottsdale Christian (15-2, 16.3457) at 11 a.m., No. 11 Phoenix Horizon Honors (10-7, 9.2712) vs. No. 6 Saint Johns (16-2, 13.1007) at 1 p.m., and No. 14 San Tan Charter (13-3, 8.4526) vs. No. 3 Glendale Trivium Prep (16-2, 16.1544) at 3 p.m.
The quarterfinals are at 5 and 7 p.m. on both sites, the semifinals in Mesa on Nov. 15 at 5 and 7 p.m., and the final on Nov. 16 in Veterans Memorial Coliseum at 10 a.m.
2A State Play-in Round
The 2A play-in match winners were all higher seeds, with No. 9 Willcox defeating No. 24 Wickenburg 3-1 (23-25, 25-14, 25-16, 25-13), No. 10 Scottsdale Rancho Solano Prep defeating No. 23 Tombstone 3-0 (25-16, 25-14, 25-21), No. 11 Phoenix Horizon Honors defeating No. 22 Pima 3-0 (25-19 thrice), No. 12 Chandler Prep defeating No. 21 Scottsdale Prep 3-1 (25-19, 21-25, 25-9, 27-25), No. 13 Phoenix North Valley Christian defeating No. 20 Morenci 3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-23), No. 14 San Tan Charter defeating No. 19 Kingman Academy 3-0 (25-19 thrice), No. 15 Camp Verde defeating No. 18 Desert Christian 3-1 (25-14, 25-16, 23-25, 25-16), and No. 16 Avondale Saint John Paul II Catholic defeating No. 17 Eagar Round Valley 3-1 (25-13, 25-18, 25-27, 25-16).
2A State Final Rankings
The final Top 16 of 53 Class 2A rankings on Nov. 2 had Phoenix Country Day School (16-1 seeding, 19.4950 rating) No. 1, Scottsdale Christian (15-2, 16.3457) No. 2, Glendale Trivium Prep (16-2, 16.1544) No. 3, Phoenix Veritas Prep (14-3, 14.9102) No. 4, Phoenix Arizona Lutheran (13-4, 13.5718) No. 5, Saint Johns (16-2, 13.1007) No. 6, Fountain Hills (13-4, 12.5416) No. 7, and Flagstaff Northland Prep (13-3, 10.8081) No. 8.
Willcox (16-2, 10.7305) was No. 9, Scottsdale Rancho Solano Prep (12-5, 10.5606) No. 10, Phoenix Horizon Honors (10-7, 9.2712) No. 11, Chandler Prep (11-6, 9.0971) No. 12, Phoenix North Valley Christian (14-4, 9.0966) No. 13, Gilbert San Tan Charter (13-3, 8.4526) No. 14, Camp Verde (11-7, 6.7805) No. 15, and Avondale Saint John Paul II Catholic (13-5, 6.0169) No. 16.
The initial Top 16 Class 2A rankings at noon on Oct. 1 listed Phoenix Country Day (8-0 seeding, 17.0267 rating) No. 1, Veritas Prep (8-1, 15.3895) No. 2, Trivium Prep (9-1, 13.6356) No. 3, Arizona Lutheran (7-2, 12.4811) No. 4, Scottsdale Christian (8-1, 12.4396) No. 5, Northland Prep (6-1, 11.9278) No. 6, North Valley Christian (8-2, 10.0100) No. 7, and Rancho Solano Prep (7-2, 9.4449) No. 8.
Fountain Hills (6-3, 8.8147) was No. 9, Kingman Academy (9-1, 7.9951) No. 10, Willcox (8-2, 7.7377) No. 11, Horizon Honors (5-4, 7.1171) No. 12, Tucson Desert Christian (7-1, 7.0670) No. 13, Saint Johns (4-2, 6.4260) No. 14, Chandler Prep (5-4, 6.2589) No. 15, and San Tan Charter (6-3, 4.8309) No. 16.
2A South Region Final Standings
Region member final standings as of Oct. 31 were Willcox (16-2 seeding, 8-0 region) first, Morenci (10-6, 6-2 second), Tucson Desert Christian (14-3, 6-2) third, Benson (9-8, 5-3) fourth, Tombstone (12-5, 5-3) fifth, Tucson Saint Augustine Catholic (9-8, 3-5) sixth, Bisbee (2-15, 2-6) seventh, Tucson Santa Rita (2-15, 1-7) eight, Tucson San Miguel Catholic (1-17, 0-8) ninth.
2A East Region Final Standings
Region member final standings as of Oct. 31 were Chandler Prep (11-6 seeding, 8-0 region) first, Gilbert San Tan Charter (13-3, 7-1) second, Pima (10-5, 6-2) third, Gilbert Classical (11-6, 5-3) fourth, Chandler Lincoln Prep (5-13, 4-4) fifth, Gilbert Leading Edge (5-10, 2-6) sixth, Gilbert Arete Prep (3-15, 2-6) seventh, San Carlos (2-16, 2-6) eight, and Miami (0-7, 0-8) ninth.
