Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Aubrey Evans (12) was one of three Class of 2024 team members recognized during senior night versus San Simon on Oct. 3. Duncan hosts Hayden for the regular season finale on Tuesday, Oct. 24.
By Raymundo Frasquillo
DUNCAN – The Kassi Mortensen-coached No. 12 Duncan Wildkats (14-3 seeding, 2.4686 rating) host No. 36 Winkelman Hayden (1-15, minus 15.1054) on Tuesday, Oct. 24. It is the regular season finale against the team the Wildkats opened the season on Aug. 28, posting a 3-set (25-11, 25-12, 25-7) win.
Winkelman Hayden Lobos (1-15 seeding)
The Marisa Gallego-coached Lobos (1-15 seeding, 1-9 Copper Region) won one of 16 seeding matches played during the regular season. The sets won are six of 52 or 12 percent.
Hayden’s win was 3-1 over Dishchii’bikoh (Sept. 12). The losses were in five sets once, in four sets once, and in three sets 13 times.
Duncan Wildkats (14-3)
The Wildkats (14-3, 4-2 Tucson Southeast Region) won 14-17 (.824) seeding matches or 42-55 (.764) sets played. The wins were twice in five sets, four times in four sets, and eight times in three sets while the losses were in four sets once and in three sets twice.
1A State Rankings
The post-season begins with a 16-team, 4-round bracket at Scottsdale Coronado, 7501 East Virginia Avenue, on Oct. 31.
Statewide rankings as of Oct. 20 had the Top 16 with Saint David (16-1 seeding, 10.9294 rating) as No. 1, Scottsdale Cicero Prep (12-3, 10.3053) No. 2, Heber Mogollon (13-2, 9.7862) No. 3, Colorado City El Capitan / Academy (16-1, 7.9735) No. 4, Phoenix North Valley Christian (13-3, 6.3438) No. 5, North Phoenix Prep (13-3, 6.3438) No. 6, Williams (14-3, 5.7225) No. 7, and Rock Point (15-2, 2.6558) No. 8.
Bagdad (11-2, 4.4869) was No. 9, Ash Fork (13-4, 2.6500) No. 10, Elfrida Valley Union (12-3, 2.4998) No. 11, Duncan (14-3, 2.4686) No. 12, Phoenix Valley Lutheran (8-7, 0.6221) No. 13, Joseph City (9-7, 0.6261) No. 14, Chandler Lincoln Prep (8-7, 0.4815) No. 15, and Wellton Antelope Union (7-2, 2.7298) No. 16.
The initial listings on Sept. 26 had Saint David (8-1 seeding, 8.9746 rating) No. 1, Mogollon (6-1, 7.9566) No. 2, Scottsdale Cicero Prep (7-3, 7.6453) No. 3, El Capitan (7-0, 7.0336) No. 4, Williams (9-1, 5.2498) No. 5, North Phoenix Prep (6-2, 5.2480) No. 6, Duncan (8-1, 4.5668) No. 7, Bagdad (6-1, 4.5338) No. 8, Phoenix North Valley Christian (6-2, 3.9408) No. 9, Valley Union (7-2, 3.5990) No. 10, Valley Lutheran (5-3, 2.7749) No. 11, Antelope Union (6-2, 2.6781) No. 12, Joseph City (4-3, 2.2892) No. 13, Tucson’s The Gregory School (6-2, 2.1334) No. 14, Rock Point (7-2, 1.7021) No. 15, and Patagonia (6-3, 0.2795) No. 16.
1A Tucson Southeast Region Standings
Region standings, as of Monday (Oct. 23), had Saint David (16-1 seeding, 6-0 region) first, Valley Union (13-3, 5-1) second, Duncan (14-3, 4-2) third, Patagonia (9-6, 3-3) fourth, San Simon (4-10, 2-4) fifth, Baboquivari (1-8, 1-5) sixth, and Lourdes Catholic (2-8, 0-6) seventh.
