Cowgirls host Wranglers for play-in match
By Raymundo Frasquillo
SAFFORD – Five of nine 3A South Region members finished in the Top 24, with four involved in the play-in round on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Safford (13-4 seeding, 11.0058 rating) will be hosting No. 24 Chinle (9-9, 1.8944) as No. 9 while No. 14 Tanque Verde (12-5, 5.2264) hosts No. 19 Ganado (9-7, 2.6878), No. 17 Empire (11-6, 3.8356) visits No. 16 Window Rock (11-6, 4.7605), and No. 23 Thatcher (7-10, 1.9430) visits No. 10 Florence (12-5, 9.5849).
Tucson Pusch Ridge Christian earned an automatic bid by finishing first in the region and drew a bye for the play-in round via a top-eight ranking. The Oct. 28 win over No. 12 Show Low vaulted Thatcher into the Top 24.
3A State Play-in Round
The other Play-in matches are No. 11 Waddell American Leadership – West Foothills (12-5 seeding, 9.3013 rating) hosting No. 22 Tuba City (6-9, 2.1860), No. 12 Buckeye Odyssey Institute (10-7, 6.1681) hosting No. 21 Lakeside Blue Ridge (7-10, 2.3212), No. 13 Queen Creek Benjamin Franklin (9-9, 5.7525) hosting No. 20 Yuma Catholic (11-7, 2.6493), and No. 15 Show Low (10-7, 8-0) hosting No. 18 Payson (11-7, 3.7733).
No. 24 Chinle Wildcats (9-9, 1.8944)
Chinle (9-9 seeding, 4-6 North Region for fifth) is 42-42 in seeding sets played. The Wildcats had seeding wins of 3-1 (22-25, 25-14, 25-11, 25-20) over Pinon (Sept. 3), 3-1 (25-20, 25-27, 25-15, 25-14) over Sanders Valley (Sept. 3), 3-0 (25-12, 25-22, 25-16) over New Mexico Farmington Navajo Prep (Sept. 7), 3-1 (21-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-17) over Whiteriver Alchesay (Sept. 28), 3-0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-22) over Holbrook (Oct. 4), 3-2 (25-18, 25-18, 18-25, 28-30, 15-5) over Page (Oct. 12), 3-2 (25-23, 25-20, 15-25, 23-25, 15-12) over Window Rock (Oct. 22), 3-2 (24-26, 25-23, 26-24, 20-25, 15-7) over Tuba City (Oct. 24), 3-1 (24-26, 25-23, 25-23, 25-17) over Ganado (Oct. 28), and 3-2 (10-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-20, 15-10) over Tuba City (Nov. 1).
The losses were 1-3 (17-25, 25-14, 19-25, 15-25) to Saint Johns (Sept. 10), 0-3 (20-25, 17-25, 9-25) to Show Low (Sept. 12), 2-3 (26-24, 22-25, 25-22, 14-25, 11-15) to Winslow (Sept. 14), 1-3 (18-25, 14-25, 25-23, 21-25) to Tuba City (Sept. 16), 1-3 (24-14, 11-25, 19-25, 14-25) to Kayenta Monument Valley (Sept. 24), 2-3 (11-25, 25-19, 18-25, 25-17, 10-15) to Window Rock (Sept. 26), 2-3 (14-25, 13-25, 27-25, 25-23, 6-15) to Page (Oct. 12), 2-3 (12-25, 25-17, 25-18, 23-25, 14-16) to Ganado (Oct. 15), 0-3 (13-25, 17-25, 21-25) to Monument Valley (Sept. 24), and 1-3 (25-21, 18-25,1 9-25, 14-25) to Monument Valley (Nov. 2).
No. 9 Safford Bulldogs (13-4, 11.0058)
Safford (13-4 seeding, 7-1 region) is 41-15 in seeding sets played. The Bulldogs had seeding match wins of 3-1 (22-25, 25-16, 25-13, 25-22) over Rio Rico (Sept. 3), 3-0 (25-15, 26-24, 25-23) over Sahuarita (Sept. 4), 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-15) over Queen Creek American Leadership – Ironwood (Sept. 12), 3-0 (25-9, 25-6, 25-11) over Palo Verde Magnet (Sept. 16), 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-20) over Thatcher (Sept. 24), 3-0 (25-15, 25-11, 25-18) over Empire (Oct. 9), 3-0 (25-6, 25-8, 25-13) over Sabino (Oct. 17), 3-0 (25-16, 25-15, 25-16) over Lakeside Blue Ridge (Oct. 18), 3-1 (25-23, 17, 22-25, 17) over Show Low (Oct. 21), 3-0 (25-2, 25-8, 25-8) Andrada Polytechnic (Oct. 22), 3-1 (25-16, 25-13, 23-25, 25-23) over Tanque Verde (Oct. 24), 3-0 (25-9, 25-13, 25-11) over Catalina (Oct. 28), and 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-16) over Thatcher (Oct. 30).
The losses are 0-3 (23-25, 15-25, 23-25) to Chandler Valley Christian (Sept. 6), 1-3 (22-25, 23-25, 25-12, 23-25) to Tucson Canyon del Oro (Sept. 9), 0-3 (18-25, 21-25, 8-25) Snowflake (Oct. 1), and 1-3 (25-13, 18-25, 15-25, 21-25) to Pusch Ridge (Oct. 15).
No. 23 Thatcher Eagles (7-10, 1.9430)
Thatcher (7-10 seeding, 5-3 region) is 28-31 in seeding sets played. The Eagles had seeding match wins of 3-0 (25-12, 25-10, 25-20) win over Amphitheater (Sept. 18), 3-0 (25-10, 25-9, 25-7) over Andrada Polytechnic (Oct. 7), 3-1 (25-27, 25-21, 25-23, 25-15) over Empire (Oct. 15), 3-0 (25-10, 25-14, 25-6) over Palo Verde Magnet (Oct. 17), 3-0 (25-9, 25-9, 25-10) over Catalina (Oct. 18), 3-0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-13) over Sabino (Oct. 24), and 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-21) over Show Low (Oct. 28).
The losses are 2-3 (15-25, 25-17, 23-25, 25-19, 7-15) to Chandler Seton Catholic Prep (Sept. 3), 1-3 (25-17, 14-25, 21-25, 16-25) to Pusch Ridge (Sept. 10), 0-3 (23-25, 17-25, 24-26) to Sahuarita (Sept. 12), 2-3 (18-25, 25-15, 21-25, 25-23, 9-15) to Payson (Sept. 16), 0-3 (14-25, 12-25, 19-25) to Chandler Valley Christian (Sept. 19), 0-3 (20-25, 23-25, 20-25) to Safford (Sept. 24), 1-3 (20-25, 17-25, 25-22, 17-25) to Snowflake (Sept. 27), 1-3 (16-25, 20-25, 25-21, 17-25) to Tanque Verde (Oct. 1), 0-3 (19-25, 19-25, 22-25) to Pusch Ridge (Oct. 22), and 0-3 (21-25, 21-25, 16-25) to Safford (Oct. 30).
No. 10 Florence Gophers (12-5, 9.5849)
Florence (12-5 seeding, 6-4 Central Region for third) is 36-19 in seeding sets played. The Gophers have seeding match wins of 3-1 (24-26, 26-24, 25-21, 31-29) over Blue Ridge (Aug. 29), 3-0 (25-9, 25-8, 25-8) over San Tan Foothills (Sept. 3), 3-2 (25-22, 20-25, 25-21, 21-25, 15-8) over Show Low (Sept. 6), 3-0 (25-6, 25-11, 25-15) over Tonopah Valley (Sept. 9), 3-0 (27-25, 25-18, 25-17) over American Leadership – Ironwood (Sept. 18), 3-0 (25-14, 25-8, 25-16) over Apache Junction (Sept. 26), 3-0 (25-8, 25-9, 25-9) over Globe (Oct. 1), 3-0 (25-3, 25-8, 25-23) over Coolidge (Oct. 3), 3-1 (26-24, 25-17, 25-27, 25-20) over Empire (Sept. 26), 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-15) over Apache Junction (Oct. 21), 3-0 over Globe (Oct. 24), and 3-0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-16) over Coolidge (Oct. 28).
The losses are 0-3 (13-25, 18-25, 26-28) to Pusch Ridge Christian (Sept. 16), 0-3 (12-25, 17-25, 15-25) to Seton Catholic (Sept. 20), 0-3 (17-25, 18-25, 19-25) to Seton Catholic (Sept. 20), 0-3 (11-25, 17-25, 6-24) to Valley Christian (Oct. 15), and 0-3 (22-25, 12-25, 18-24) to Valley Christian (Oct. 30),
No. 19 Ganado Hornets (9-8, minus 2.6878)
Ganado (9-8 seeding, 4-6 North Region for third) is 36-25 in seeding sets played. The Hornets had seeding wins of 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-12) over Rock Point (Sept. 3), 3-0 (25-22, 25-11, 26-24) over Pinon (Sept. 5), 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-19) over Holbrook (Sept. 12), 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-14) over Sanders Valley (Sept. 12), 3-1 (23-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-18) over Page (Sept. 28), 3-0 (25-4, 25-10, 25-12) over Keams Canyon Hopi (Oct. 5), 3-2 (25-12, 17-25, 18-25, 25-23, 16-14) over Chinle (Oct. 15), 3-2 (16-25, 26-24, 22-25, 25-21, 15-11) over Window Rock (Oct. 9), and 3-2 (22-25, 25-21, 26-24, 20-25, 15-13) to Tuba City (Oct. 22).
The losses are 1-3 (25-23, 22-25, 18-25, 19-25) to Winslow (Sept. 10), 2-3 (25-20, 18-25, 25-19, 22-25, 8-15) to Tuba City (Sept. 26), 0-3 (15-25, 17-25, 18-25) to Monument Valley (Sept. 30), 2-3 (25-23, 14-25, 29-27, 11-25, 12-15) to Window Rock (Oct. 9), 1-3 (17-25, 19-25, 25-14, 21-25) to Page (Oct. 19), 0-3 (15-25, 17-25, 18-25) to Monument Valley (Oct. 24), 1-3 (26-24, 23-25, 23-25, 17-25) to Ganado (Oct. 28), and 2-3 (25-17, 30-32, 25-17, 19-25, 9-15) to Page (Nov. 1).
No. 14 Tanque Verde Hawks (12-5, 5.2264)
Tanque Verde (12-5 seeding, 5-3 region) is 39-16 in seeding sets played. The Hawks had seeding wins of 3-0 (25-5, 25-5, 25-17) over Tucson Cholla (Aug. 28), 3-0 (25-8, 25-22, 25-14) over Show Low (Sept. 7), 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-9) over Tucson Sahuaro (Sept. 9), 3-0 (25-13, 25-5, 25-12) over Coolidge (Sept. 16), 3-0 (25-12, 25-11, 25-17) over Apache Junction (Sept. 18), 3-0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-20) over Sahuarita (Sept. 23), 3-1 (25-16, 25-20, 21-25, 25-17) over Thatcher (Oct. 1), 3-0 (25-11, 25-11, 25-15) over Palo Verde (Oct. 14), 3-0 (25-7, 25-10, 25-9) over Catalina (Oct. 15), 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-18) over Vail Cienega (Oct. 21), 3-0 (25-8, 25-12, 25-8) over Sabino (Oct. 22), and 3-0 (25-19, 25-89, 25-10) over Andrada Polytechnic (Oct. 30).
The losses are 0-3 (28-30, 19-25, 22-25) to Empire (Aug. 29), 0-3 (23-25, 24-26, 14-25) to Rio Rico (Sept. 12), 1-3 (25-16, 21-25, 18-25, 12-25) to Pusch Ridge (Oct. 17), 1-3 (16-25, 13-25, 25-23, 23-25) to Safford (Oct. 24), and 1-3 (17-25, 25-21, 22-25, 23-25) to Empire (Oct. 29).
No. 17 Empire Ravens (11-6, 3.8356)
Empire (11-6 seeding, 5-3 region) is 37-21 in seeding sets played. The Ravens had seeding wins of 3-0 (25-20, 25-15, 25-20) over Benson (Aug. 28), 3-0 (30-28, 25-19, 25-22) over Tanque Verde (Aug. 29), 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-19) over Nogales (Sept. 5), 3-0 (25-13, 25-12, 25-19) over Sierra Vista Buena (Sept. 11), 3-0 (25-15, 25-5, 25-10) over Andrada Polytechnic (Sept. 24), 3-1 (25-18, 25-22, 18-25, 25-16) over Marana Mountain View (Sept. 25), 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-4) over Sabino (Oct. 16), 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-13) over Catalina (Oct. 22), 3-1 (25-19, 25-23, 22-25, 25-23) over Cienega (Oct. 23), 3-1 (25-17, 21-25, 25-22, 25-23) over Tanque Verde (Oct. 29), and 3-0 (25-11, 25-13, 25-12) over Palo Verde Magnet (Oct. 30).
The losses are 0-3 (19-25, 22-25, 10-25) to Douglas (Sept. 4), 2-3 (17-25, 26-24, 25-17, 24-26, 13-15) to Sahuarita (Sept. 18), 0-3 (23-25, 24-26, 14-25) to Pusch Ridge (Oct. 1), 1-3 (26-24, 17-25, 25-27, 20-25) to Florence (Oct. 8), 0-3 (15-25, 13-25, 18-25) to Safford (Oct. 9), and 1-3 (27-25, 23-25, 21-25, 15-25) to Thatcher (Oct. 15).
No. 16 Window Rock Fighting Scouts (11-6, 4.7605)
Window Rock (11-6, 5-5 North Region for second) is 44-27 in seeding sets played. The Fighting Scouts had seeding match wins of 3-0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-15) over Hopi (Aug. 28), 3-0 (25-20, 25-15, 28-26) over Alchesay (Sept. 3), 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-22) over New Mexico Wingate (Sept. 5), 3-1 (25-20, 25-21, 23-25, 25-20) over New Mexico Gallup Miyamura (Sept. 10), 3-0 (25-14, 25-13, 25-20) over Holbrook (Sept. 13), 3-2 (16-25, 19-25, 25-18, 28-26, 15-11) over Blue Ridge (Sept. 24), 3-2 (25-11, 19-25, 25-18, 17-25, 15-10) over Chinle (Sept. 26), 3-2 (25-18, 25-17, 20-25, 23-25, 15-6) over Tuba City (Sept. 28), 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-20) over Page (Oct. 4), 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-17) over Page (Oct. 4), 3-2 (23-25, 25-14, 27-29, 25-11, 15-12) over Ganado (Oct. 9), 3-2 (16-25, 25-14, 18-25, 25-21, 15-13) over Page (Nov. 2), and 3-1 (18-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-23) over Monument Valley (Nov. 2).
The losses are 0-3 (8-25, 8-25, 8-25) to Valley Christian (Sept. 14), 1-3 (12-25, 23-25, 25-17, 9-25) to Monument Valley (Sept. 18), 0-3 (18-25, 17-25, 18-25) to Monument Valley (Oct. 15), 2-3 (25-16, 24-26, 25-22, 21-25, 11-15) to Ganado (Oct. 17), 2-3 (25-16, 25-19, 19-25, 21-25, 5-15) to Tuba City (Oct. 17), 2-3 (25-11, 19-25, 25-18, 17-25, 15-10) to Chinle (Oct. 22).
3A South Region Final Standings
Region member final standings as of Oct. 31 were Tucson Pusch Ridge Christian (16-2 seeding, 8-0 region), Safford (13-4, 7-1), Tucson Tanque Verde (12-5, 5-3), Thatcher (7-10, 5-3), Tucson Empire (11-6, 5-3), Tucson Sabino (5-12, 3-5), Tucson Palo Verde Magnet (6-12, 2-6), Tucson Andrada Polytechnic (3-13, 1-7), and Tucson Catalina (0-14, 0-8).
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.
2A State Play-in Round
The 2A play-in matches are No. 9 Willcox (16-2 seeding, 10.7305 rating) hosting No. 24 Wickenburg (10-8, 0.9693), No. 10 Scottsdale Rancho Solano Prep (12-5, 10.5606) hosting No. 23 Tombstone (12-6, 7.6554), No. 11 Phoenix Horizon Honors (10-7, 9.2712) hosting No. 22 Pima (10-5, 3.4394), No. 12 Chandler Prep (11-6, 9.0971) hosting No. 21 Scottsdale Prep (9-8, 3.8232), No. 13 Phoenix North Valley Christian hosting No. 20 Morenci (10-6, 3.9036), No. 14 San Tan Charter (13-3, 8.4526) hosting No. 19 Kingman Academy (12-5, 4.8006), No. 15 Camp Verde (11-7, 6.7805) hosting No. 18 Desert Christian (14-3, 5.7640), and No. 16 Avondale Saint John Paul II Catholic (13-5, 6.0169) hosting No. 17 Eagar Round Valley (11-5, 5.9439).
No. 9 Willcox Cowgirls (16-2, 10.7305)
Willcox (16-2 seeding, 8-0 2A South Region for first) is 48-11 in seeding sets. The Cowgirls had seeding match wins of 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 26-24) over Benson (Aug. 29), 3-0 (25-12, 25-21, 25-14) over San Carlos (Sept. 5), 3-0 (25-19, 25-12, 25-20) over Pima (Sept. 10), 3-2 (25-15, 21-25, 22-25, 25-22, 15-5) over Tombstone (Sept. 12), 3-0 (25-18, 25-16, 25-19) over Morenci (Sept. 19), 3-0 over Saint Augustine (Sept. 26), 3-1 (25-10, 21-25, 25-16, 25-14) over Round Valley (Sept. 27), 3-1 (17-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-18) over Benson (Sept. 30), 3-0 (25-12, 25-12, 25-8) over San Miguel (Oct. 2), 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-8) over Duncan (Oct. 7), 3-0 (25-23, 25-13, 25-17) over Morenci (Oct. 8), 3-0 (25-15, 25-10, 25-12) over Miami (Oct. 10), 3-1 (15-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-16) over Tombstone (Oct. 15), 3-0 (25-14, 25-21, 25-17) over Bisbee (Oct. 17), 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-15) Desert Christian (Oct. 23), and 3-0 (25-7, 25-18, 25-10) over Santa Rita (Oct. 28).
The losses are 0-3 (22-25 thrice) to Sahuarita (Aug. 28) and 0-3 (21-25, 14-25, 8-25) to Saint David (Sept. 17).
No. 20 Morenci Wildcats (10-6, 3.9036)
Morenci (10-6, 4-2 South Region for third) is 32-22 in seeding sets. The Wildcats had seeding match wins of 3-2 (25-21, 23-25, 16-25, 25-17, 15-12) over Pima (Sept. 5), 3-0 (25-13, 25-11, 25-6) over Miami (Sept. 9), 3-0 (25-11, 25-15, 25-12) over San Carlos (Sept. 11), 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-12) over Saint Augustine (Oct. 2), 3-0 (25-9, 25-11, 25-20) over Santa Rita (Oct. 10), 3-0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-12) over Bisbee (Oct, 15), 3-0 (25-23, 25-13, 25-11) over Desert Christian (Oct. 16), 3-0 (25-10, 25-6, 25-10) over San Miguel (Oct. 21), 3-2 (25-12, 23-25, 21-25, 25-21, 17-15) over Benson (Oct. 23), and 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-21) over Duncan (Oct. 28).
The losses are 1-3 (23-25, 23-25, 27-25, 23-25) to Round Valley (Aug. 29), 0-3 (12-25, 9-25, 14-25) to New Mexico Silver (Sept. 17), 0-3 (18-25, 16-25, 19-25) to Willcox (Sept. 19), 1-3 (25-19, 14-25, 15-25, 19-25) to Tombstone (Sept. 30), 0-3 to Silver (Oct. 1), and 0-3 (15-25, 19-25, 12-25) to Willcox (Oct. 8).
No. 22 Pima Roughriders (10-5, 3.4394)
Pima (10-5, 6-2 East Region for third) is 33-17 in seeding sets played. The Roughriders had seeding match wins of 3-0 (25-11, 25-19, 25-20) over Duncan (Aug. 28), 3-0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-22) over Benson (Sept. 3), 3-1 over Fort Thomas (Sept. 11), 3-1 (25-23, 25-9, 18-25, 25-15) over Globe (Sept. 13), 3-0 over Arete Prep (Sept. 24), 3-0 (25-13, 25-12, 25-11) over Leading Edge (Sept. 25), 3-0 over Gilbert Classical (Oct. 11), 3-0 (1-25, 3-25, 8-25) over Miami (Oct. 17), 3-0 over Lincoln Prep (Oct. 23), and 3-0 over San Carlos (Oct. 25).
The losses are 2-3 (21-25, 25-23, 25-16, 17-25, 9-15) loss to Morenci (Sept. 5), 0-3 (19-25, 12-25, 20-25) to Willcox (Sept. Sept. 10), 0-3 (15-25, 13-25, 10-25), 0-3 (23-25, 15-25, 13-25) to Saint David (Oct. 1), and 1-3 (16-25, 26-24, 14-25, 10-25) to San Tan Charter (Oct. 30).