Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Morenci volleyball players break out of a timeout during the home match with Willcox on Oct. 5. The Wildcats fell in four sets to the Cowgirls. Heading onto the court are senior Alizabeth Aguilar (16), senior Celeis Bejarano (4), junior Jayla Wilson (1), and sophomore Rozlyn Funari (10). Morenci visits No. 44 Santa Rita on Tuesday, Oct. 10, and hosts No. 11 Benson on Thursday, Oct. 12.
Volleyball Wildcats seated fourth in the region
By Raymundo Frasquillo
MORENCI – The Jasmine Aguinaga-coached No. 26 Morenci Wildcats visit No. 44 Tucson Santa Rita on Tuesday, Oct. 10, and host No. 11 Benson on Thursday, Oct. 12, both for East Region contests.
The other region matches this week are No. 39 Bisbee at Benson and No. 22 Tombstone at No. 31 Pima on Oct. 10; Tombstone at Willcox and Bisbee at Pima on Oct. 12.
A total of 14 region matches remain after this week. They include Pima at Benson, Santa Rita at Tombstone, and Willcox at Bisbee on Oct. 16; Morenci at Tombstone, Pima at Willcox, and Santa Rita at Bisbee on Oct. 18; Benson at Willcox on Oct. 19; Bisbee at Morenci, Pima at Santa Rita, and Willcox at Benson on Oct. 24; Tombstone at Morenci on ct. 25; Benson at Tombstone, Morenci at Pima, and Santa Rita at Willcox on Oct. 26.
Santa Rita Eagles (3-15)
The Lonnie Bean-coached Santa Rita Eagles (3-15 overall, 1-11 seeding, 0-7 region) have won 1-12 (.083) seeding and 2-6 (.333) tourney pairings or 5-39 (.128) and 4-12 (.333) sets, respectively.
Santa Rita has a seeding win of 3-1 (22-25, 28-26, 25-20, 25-16) over Tucson Catalina (Sept. 5).
The losses are 3-2 (8-25, 13-25, 15-25) to Eloy Santa Cruz (Aug. 24), 0-3 (14-25, 11-25, 20-25) to Tucson Saint Augustine Catholic (Aug. 30), 0-3 (7-25, 9-25, 11-25) to Avondale Saint John Paul II Catholic (Sept. 6), 0-3 (7-25, 15-25, 7-25) to Benson (Sept. 12), 0-3 (10-25, 3-25, 18-25) to Morenci (Sept. 14), 0-3 (8-25, 16-25, 8-25) to Gilbert San Tan Charter (Sept. 15), 0-3 (9-25, 5-25, 13-25) to Tombstone (Sept. 21), 2-3 (21-25, 25-18, 25-21, 16-25, 10-15) to Bisbee (Sept. 25), 0-3 to Pima (Sept. 27), 0-3 (16-25, 10-25, 8-25) to Willcox (Oct. 3), and 0-3 (4-25, 4-25, 12-25) to Benson (Oct. 5).
Santa Rita went 2-4 during the Palo Verde Magnet tourney (Sept. 1-2).
The 11-Eagles are seniors Jasmine Coronado (18), Isabelle Chaffey (32), Erica Davis (7), Jenna Edgington (8), Annaleese Flores (3), Karlie Hrobsky (10), and Trinity Vasquez (29); junior Naime Gomez (11); and sophomores J’Asia Jackson (44), Lyric Purdie-Stevenson (24), and Delijah Reyes (17).
Benson Bobcats (17-4)
The Jackie Blaschke-coached Benson Bobcats (17-4 overall, 8-1 seeding, 6-0 region) have won 8-9 (.889) seeding and 9-12 (.750) tourney pairings or 25-32 (.781) and 18-27 (.667) sets, respectively.
Benson has seeding wins of 3-0 (25-7, 25-15, 25-7) over Santa Rita (Sept. 12), 3-0 (30-28, 25-13, 25-168) over Bisbee (Sept. 14), 3-0 (25-19, 27-25, 25, 20) over Tucson Saint Augustine Catholic (Sept. 15), 3-1 (25-18, 25-16, 17-25, 25-17) over Morenci (Sept. 19), 3-1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-12, 28-26) over Pima (Sept. 21), 3-2 (25-22, 28-26, 19-25, 22-25, 15-8) over Saint David (Sept. 25), 3-0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-19) over Tombstone (Oct. 3), and 3-0 (25-4, 25-4, 25-12) over Santa Rita (Oct. 5).
The loss is 1-3 (17-25, 16-25, 25-15, 20-25) to Douglas (Sept. 7).
Benson went 3-2 during the Flowing Wells tourney (Sept. 8-9) and 6-1 during the Chandler Prep tourney (Sept. 22-23).
The 15-member squad includes seniors Hadley Barney (22), Erin Claridge (8), Grace Coulston (14), Paris Crowley (12), Jamie Darwin (18), Trinity Foy (3), Camryn Fulcher (16), Lily Garner-Haftman (13), Karlee Sherman (7), and Nevaeh Trejo (4); juniors Rylee Deskins (6), Claire Parke (11), and Kaylei Taylor (23); and freshmen Lucy Cosper (10) and Halle Hatch (2).
Morenci Wildcats (12-9)
The Wildcats (12-9, 6-5, 3-2) have won 6-11 (.545) seeding and 6-10 (.600) tourney matches or 23-40 (.575) and 16-27 (.593) sets, respectively.
Morenci has seeding wins of 3-0 (25-10, 25-19, 25-13) over Globe (Aug. 28), 3-1 (25-19, 25-22, 15-25, 25-21) over San Carlos (Sept. 4), 3-0 (25-10, 25-3, 25-18) over Santa Rita (Sept. 14), 3-0 (25-13, 25-8, 25-7) over Winkelman Hayden (Sept. 21), 3-0 (25-16, 25-14, 25-18) over Bisbee (Sept. 27), and 3-1 (29-27, 25-23, 20-25, 25-20) over Pima (Oct. 3).
The losses are 1-3 (24-26, 13-25, 25-14, 21-25) to Valley Union (Aug. 25), 0-3 (25-22, 25-23, 25-16) to Miami (Aug. 31), 2-3 (18-25, 26-24, 25-13, 16-25, 9-15) to Willcox (Sept. 12), 1-3 (18-25, 16-25, 25-17, 17-25) to Benson (Sept. 19), and 1-3 (16-25, 26-24, 22-25, 17-25) to Willcox (Oct. 5).
In tourney pairings, the Wildcats went 3-2 in both their own meet (Sept. 9) and in the Chandler Prep tourney (Sept. 22-23).
The 13-member roster has seniors Alizabeth Aguilar (16), Celeis Bejarano (4), Kay’Leigh Blair (3), and Maddison Crawford (2); juniors Kandace Alvarez (7), Mariah Arrellin (11), Miley Dunagan (9), Jadyn McCall (14), Nicole Roybal (23), Tayah Wilkes (6), and Jayla Wilson (1); sophomore Rozlyn Funari (10); and freshman Tiara Jones (13).
2A State Rankings
Coming out of the weekend, the Top 24 2A teams were Phoenix Country Day (12-0 seeding, 22.4105 rating) No. 1 of 43 teams, Glendale Trivium Prep (11-1, 19.2963) No. 2, Chandler Prep (11-1, 14.0749) No. 3, Saint Johns (8-0, 11.8907) No. 4, Scottsdale Rancho Solano Prep (8-2, 11.1266) No. 5, Avondale Saint John Paul II Catholic (10-2, 10.7386) No. 6, Scottsdale Prep (10-3, 9.3705) No. 7, and Gilbert San Tan Charter (9-2, 6.9332) No. 8.
Flagstaff Northland Prep (9-1, 6.9284) was No. 9, Phoenix Veritas Prep (7-6, 6.4593) No. 10, Benson (8-1, 6.0659) No. 11, Miami (9-2, 4.4905) No. 12, Phoenix Horizon Honors (6-5, 3.8567) No. 13, Phoenix Arizona Lutheran (6-6, 3.3963) No. 14, Willcox (9-2, 2.8836) No. 15, and Tempe Prep (7-5, 2.6441) No. 16.
Sanders Valley (8-3, 1.7143) was No. 17, Maricopa Sequoia Pathway (6-3, minus 1.1649) No. 18, Kingman Academy (6-5, 0.6676) No. 19, Gilbert Classical (9-4, minus 0.0160) No. 20, Eagar Round Valley (6-6, minus 0.5576) No. 21, Tombstone (7-5, minus 1.0986) No. 22, Glendale Prep (4-6, minus 1.1744) No. 23, and Pinon (6-5, minus 1.6712) No. 24.
During the first few days after the list was released, there was no movement in the Top 16 teams, but No. 24 Pinon dropped to No. 25 and No. 25 Maricopa Sequoia Pathway (4-2, minus 2.1735) moved up to No. 23.
On the second Friday, No. 24 Tucson Saint Augustine Catholic (7-7, minus 3.5386) dropped to No. 27 and was replaced by Pinon.
Statewide rankings on Sept. 29 had Phoenix Country Day (8-0 seeding, 21.0648 rating) No. 1, Trivium Prep (10-1, 18.4874) No. 2, Rancho Solano Prep (7-1, 13.1942) No. 3, Chandler Prep (9-1, 12.6445) No. 4, Saint Johns (7-0, 11.2080) No. 5, Saint John Paul II Catholic (9-2, 9.2963) No. 6, Scottsdale Prep (7-2, 8.2612) No. 7, and Northland Prep (7-1, 6.5543) No. 8.
Benson (6-1, 5.7382) was No. 9, Phoenix Veritas Prep (6-4, 5.1294) No. 10, San Tan Charter (8-2, 4.9346) No. 11, Miami (7-1, 4.8692) No. 12, Willcox (6-2, 2.9145) No. 13, Horizon Honors (5-5, 2.3695) No. 14, Tempe Prep (6-4, 2.0493) No. 15, and Glendale Prep (4-4, 0.9556) No. 16.
Arizona Lutheran (4-5, 0.9438) was No. 17, Valley (6-3, 0.8825) No. 18, Gilbert Classical (9-3, 0.8788) No. 19, Tombstone (5-4, minus 0.1773) No. 20, Round Valley (5-5, minus 0.5607) No. 21, Kingman Academy (4-5, minus 1.2832) No. 22, Sequoia Pathway (4-3, minus 1.8112) No. 23, and Saint Augustine (7-4, minus 2.1293) No. 24.
The initial listings on Sept. 26 had Phoenix Country Day (7-0 seeding, 20.7150 rating) No. 1, Trivium Prep (9-1, 18.2671) No. 2, Rancho Solano Prep (7-1, 13.1779) No. 3, Chandler Prep (8-1, 11.8773) No. 4, Saint Johns (5-0, 9.8814) No. 5, Saint John Paul II (8-2, 8.8695) No. 6, Scottsdale Prep (7-2, 8.4589) No. 7, and Northland Prep (7-1, 6.9478) No. 8.
Benson (6-1, 5.8893) was No. 9, Tempe Prep (6-3, 4.4582) No. 10, Veritas Prep (5-4, 4.4259) No. 11, San Tan Charter (7-2, 4.2949) No. 12, Miami (6-1, 3.2896) No. 13, Willcox (6-2, 3.0826) No. 14, Valley (6-2, 2.8595) No. 15, and Gilbert Classical (9-2, 2.1541) No. 16.
Glendale Prep (3-4, 0.8417) was No. 17, Horizon Honors (4-5, 0.5021) No. 18, Round Valley (5-4, 0.2855) No. 19, Kingman Academy (4-4, 0.0573) No. 20, Tombstone (5-4, minus 0.1177) No. 21, Arizona Lutheran (3-5, minus 0.3610) No. 22, Saint Augustine (6-4, minus 1.2029) No. 23, and Pinon (4-4, minus 1.4841) No. 24.
2A East Region Standings
Current region standings as of Oct. 7 were Benson (17-4 overall, 8-1 seeding, 6-0 region) first, Willcox (11-4, 9-2, 6-0) second, Tombstone (8-8, 7-5, 4-2) third, Morenci (12-9, 6-5, 3-3) fourth, Pima (4-13, 3-8, 2-4) fifth, Bisbee (3-13, 1-10, 1-6) sixth, and Tucson Santa Rita (3-15, 1-11, 0-7) seventh.
Benson (6-0) has region wins of 3-0 (25-7, 25-15, 25-7) over Santa Rita (Sept. 12), 3-0 (30-28, 25-13, 25-18) over Bisbee (Sept. 14), 3-1 (25-18, 25-16, 17-25, 25-17) over Morenci (Sept. 19), 3-1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-12, 28-26) over Pima (Sept. 21), 3-0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-19) over Tombstone (Oct. 3), and 3-0 (25-4, 25-4, 12) over Santa Rita (Oct. 5);
Willcox (6-0) has region wins of 3-2 (25-18, 24-26, 25-13, 16-25, 15-9) over Morenci (Sept. 12), 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-21) over Tombstone (Sept. 19), 3-0 (25-9, 25-9, 25-4) over Bisbee (Sept. 21), 3-1 over Pima (Sept. 25), 3-0 (25-16, 25-10, 25-8) over Santa Rita (Oct. 3), and 3-1 (25-16, 24-26, 25-22, 25-17) over Morenci (Oct. 5);
Tombstone (4-2) has region wins of 3-0 (25-9, 25-17, 25-18) over Bisbee (Sept. 12), 3-1 (25-20, 14-25, 25-23, 25-16) over Pima (Sept. 14), 3-0 (25-9, 25-5, 25-13) over Santa Rita (Sept. 21), and 3-0 over Bisbee (Oct. 5);
Morenci (3-3) defeated Santa Rita (Sept. 14) 3-0 (25-10, 25-3, 25-18), Bisbee (Sept. 27) 3-0 (25-16, 25-14, 25-18), and Pima (Oct. 3) 3-1 (29-27, 25-23, 20-25, 25-20); Pima (2-4) defeated Bisbee (Sept. 19) 3-0 (25-10, 25-10, 25-18) and Santa Rita (Sept. 27) 3-0, and Bisbee (1-6) defeated Santa Rita (Sept. 25) 3-2 (25-21, 18-25, 21-25, 25-16, 15-10).
