Show Low enters the Eagles’ Nest on Monday
By Raymundo Frasquillo
THATCHER – The Marcie Lopeman-coached No. 28 Thatcher Eagles (6-9 seeding, 0.0968 rating) host the Robert Abalos-coached No. 9 Safford Bulldogs (11-4, 10.7643) on Wednesday, Oct. 30. The Eagle nest has No. 12 Show Low (10-6, 6.9323) on Monday, Oct. 28.
Also this week (Oct. 27 – Nov. 2) for 3A South Region members, No. 7 Tucson Pusch Ridge Christian (14-2, 15.9093) hosts 2A No. 48 American Leadership – Anthem South (1-11, minus 15.6826) on Oct. 28; No. 13 Tucson Tanque Verde (11-4, 6.4574) hosts No. 21 Tucson Empire (9-6, 2.4557) on Tuesday, Oct. 29; and Tucson Pusch Ridge visits No. 43 Tucson Catalina (0-11, minus 28.9683), Tanque Verde visits No. 42 Tucson Andrada Polytechnic (3-12, minus 17.9611), Empire hosts No. 38 Tucson Palo Verde Magnet (5-11, minus 12.8294), and No. 36 Tucson Sabino (5-8, minus 9.9843) visits 4A No. 34 Tucson Sahuaro (4-12, minus 3.7305) on Oct. 30.
3A South Region Standings
Region member standings through Oct. 26 are Tucson Pusch Ridge Christian (14-2 seeding, 7-0 region), Safford (11-4, 5-1), Thatcher (6-9, 5-2), Tucson Tanque Verde (11-4, 4-2), Tucson Empire (9-6, 3-3), Tucson Sabino (5-11, 3-5), Tucson Palo Verde Magnet (6-11, 2-5), Tucson Andrada Polytechnic (3-12, 1-6), and Tucson Catalina (0-12, 0-6).
No. 9 Safford Bulldogs (11-4, 10.7695)
Safford (11-4 seeding, 5-1 region) is 35-15 in seeding sets played. The Bulldogs have 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), and 3-1 over Tanque Verde (Oct. 24).
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. 28 Thatcher Eagles (6-9, 0.0968)
Thatcher (6-9 seeding, 5-2 region) is 25-28 in seeding sets played. The Eagles have 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), and 3-0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-13) over Sabino (Oct. 24).
The losses are 2-3 (15-25, 25-17, 23-25, 25-19, 7-15) to Chandler Seton Catholic (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).
No. 7 Pusch Ridge Christian Lions (14-2, 15.9093)
Pusch Ridge (14-2 seeding, 7-0 region) is 42-10 in seeding sets played. The Lions have seeding match wins of 3-1 (17-25, 25-14, 25-21, 25-16) over Thatcher (Sept. 10), 3-1 (25-6, 25-5, 25-16) over Buckeye Odyssey Institute (Sept. 11), 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 28-26) over Florence (Sept. 16), 3-0 (25-16, 25-11, 25-16) over Tucson Flowing Wells (Sept. 18), 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-8) over Tucson Desert Christian (Sept. 24), 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-15) over Marana Mountain View (Sept. 30), 3-0 (25-11, 26-24, 25-18) over Empire (Oct. 1), 3-0 (25-8, 25-18, 25-5) over Palo Verde (Oct. 3), 3-0 (25-7, 25-14, 25-11) over Andrada Polytechnic (Oct. 9), 3-0 (25-7, 25-10, 25-15) over Sabino (Oct. 11), 3-1 (13-25, 25-18, 25-15, 25-21) over Safford (Oct. 15), 3-1 (16-25, 25-21, 25-18, 25-12) over Tanque Verde Oct. 17, 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-22) over Thatcher (Oct. 22), 3-0 over Tucson Pueblo (Oct. 24).
The losses are 0-3 (22-25, 17-25, 21-25) to Phoenix Northwest Christian (Sept. 3) and 0-3 (24-26, 23-25, 23-25) to Tucson Salpointe Catholic (Sept. 5).
No. 13 Tanque Verde Hawks (11-4, 6.4574)
Tanque Verde (11-4 seeding, 4-2 region) is 35-13 in seeding sets played. The Hawks have 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), and 3-0 (25-8, 25-12, 25-8) over Sabino (Oct. 22).
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), and 1-3 to Safford (Oct. 24).
No. 21 Empire Ravens (9-6, 2.4557)
Empire (9-6 seeding, 3-3 region) is 31-20 in seeding sets played. The Ravens have 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 over Catalina (Oct. 22), and 3-1 over Cienega (Oct. 23).
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. 37 Sabino Sabercats (5-11, minus 11.2032)
Sabino (5-11, 3-5 region) is 16-37 in seeding sets played. The Sabercats have seeding match wins of 3-2 (25-17, 25-21, 10-25, 26-24) win over Amphitheater (Sept. 9), 3-0 (25-15, 25-13, 25-8) over San Miguel (Sept. 24), 3-0 (25-12, 25-17, 30-28) over Catalina (Oct. 1), 3-2 (25-20, 22-25, 25-15, 15-25, 15-11) over Palo Verde Magnet (Oct. 8), and 3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-19) over Andrada Polytechnic (Oct. 15).
The losses are 0-3 (10-25, 5-25, 8-25) to Whittman American Leadership – West Foothills (Sept. 5), 0-3 (19-25, 13-25, 12-25) to Rio Rico (Sept. 10), 0-3 (17-25, 21-25, 24-26) to Pueblo (Sept. 5), 0-3 (6-25, 6-25, 6-25) to Gilbert Christian (Sept. 16), 1-3 (13-25, 25-15, 20-25, 24-26) to Cholla (Sept. 18), 0-3 (7-25, 10-25, 15-25) to Pusch Ridge (Oct. 11), 0-3 (13-25, 20-25, -425) to Empire (Oct. 16), 0-3 (6-25, 8-25, 13-25) to Safford (Oct. 17), 0-3 (8-25, 12-25, 8-25) to Tanque Verde (Oct. 22), 0-3 to Mica Mountain (Oct. 23), and 0-3 (12-25, 13-25, 13-25) to Thatcher (Oct. 24).
No. 38 Palo Verde Titans (5-11, minus 12.8294)
Palo Verde (6-11 seeding, 2-5 region) is 20-34 in seeding sets played. The Titans have seeding match wins of 3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 10-25, 26-24) over Santa Rita (Sept. 3), 3-0 over Cholla (Sept. 4), 3-0 over San Miguel (Sept. 9), 3-0 over Catalina (Sept. 18), 3-1 over Andrada Polytechnic (Oct. 1), and 1-0 (forfeit) from Catalina (Oct. 24).
The losses are 0-3 to Saint Augustine Catholic (Aug. 28), 1-3 (10-25, 25-15, 21-25, 15-25) to Coolidge (Sept. 12), 0-3 (9-25, 6-25, 11-24) to Safford (Sept. 16), 0-3 to Tucson Desert Christian (Sept. 23), 0-3 (22-25, 14-25, 21-24) to Amphitheater (Sept. 24), 0-3 (11-25, 17-25, 13-24) to Douglas (Sept. 26), 0-3 (8-25, 18-25, 5-25) to Pusch Ridge (Oct. 3), 2-3 (22-25, 25-22, 25-15, 15-25, 11-15) to Sabino (Oct. 8), 0-3 (11-25, 11-25, 15-25) to Tanque Verde (Oct. 14), 0-3 (10-25, 14-25, 6-24) to Thatcher (Oct. 17), and 1-3 to Tucson’s The Gregory School (Oct. 23).
No. 42 Andrada Polytechnic Mavericks (3-12, minus 17.9611)
Andrada Polytechnic (3-12 seeding, 1-6 region) is 10-40 in seeding sets played. The Mavericks have seeding wins of 3-0 (16-25, 14-25, 13-25) over San Miguel (Aug. 30), 3-2 (24-26, 25-17, 25-22, 18-25, 15-7) over Cholla (Sept. 3), and 3-2 over Catalina (Oct. 17).
The losses are 0-3 (19-25, 14-25, 12-25) to Amphitheater (Sept. 5), 0-3 to Saint Augustine (Sept. 10), 0-3 (14-25, 23-25, 12-25) to Eloy Santa Cruz (Sept. 17), 0-3 (11-25, 13-25, 11-25) to Queen Creek American Leadership – Ironwood (Sept. 19), 0-3 (15-25, 5-25, 10-25) to Empire, 0-3 (9-25, 22-25, 14-25) to San Tan Foothills (Sept. 25), 1-3 to Palo Verde Magnet (Oct. 1), 0-3 (10-25, 9-25, 7-25) to Thatcher (Oct. 7), 0-3 (7-25, 14-25, 11-25) to Pusch Ridge (Oct. 9), 0-3 (14-25, 20-25, 19-25) to Sabino (Oct. 15), 0-3 (2-25, 8-25, 8-25) to Safford (Oct. 22), 0-3 to Tombstone (Oct. 24).
No. 43 Catalina Trojans (0-12, minus 28.9683)
Catalina (0-12 seeding, 0-6 region) is 4-34 in seeding sets played. The Trojans have seeding losses of 1-3 (17-25, 21-25, 25-10, 24-26) to San Miguel (Sept. 3), 0-3 (5-25, 10-25, 13-25) to Desert Christian (Sept. 5), 0-3 to Amphitheater (Sept. 11), 1-3 (25-10, 10-25, 13-25, 10-25) to Cholla (Sept. 13), 0-3 to Palo Verde (Sept. 18), 0-3 to San Tan Foothills (Sept. 19), 0-3 (12-25, 17-25, 28-30) to Sabino (Oct. 1), 0-3 (7-25, 10-25, 9-25) to Tanque Verde (Oct. 15), 2-3 to Andrada Polytechnic (Oct. 17), 0-3 (9-25, 9-25, 10-25) to Thatcher (Oct. 18), 0-3 (7-25, 14-25, 11-25) to Empire (Oct. 22), and (forfeit) to Palo Verde (Oct. 24).
