Pima welcomes Blue Ridge on Monday, and Morenci on Tuesday

Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Junior Ella Wiltbank (25) defends Morenci senior Mia Ontiveros during a previous meeting with the Wildcats. The Roughriders prevailed 72-31 during an East Region contest on Jan. 12. Pima hosts 3A No. 16 Blue Ridge on Monday, Feb. 6, and No. 20 Morenci on Tuesday, Feb. 7 as No. 3.

Thatcher hosts Safford for a non-region pairing Tuesday

By Raymundo Frasquillo

PIMA – The Roy Corona-coached Pima Roughriders welcome a pair of opponents, the Lakeside Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets on Monday, Feb. 6, and the Morenci Wildcats on Tuesday, Feb. 7.

The Roughriders have more productive personnel and already have victories over both teams, by 33 points (51-18) over Blue Ridge (Dec. 9) and by 41 (72-31) over Morenci (Jan. 12).

Other region games this week are Santa Rita at Benson on Monday, Feb. 6; Tombstone at Benson, and Willcox at Santa Rita on Tuesday, Feb. 7.

Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets

Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Junior Ciante Dosela (24) dribbles through traffic during the regular season home finale with Bisbee. The Wildcats fell 31-52.

The No. 16 3A East Region Yellow Jackets (7-15 overall, 7-7 seeding, 5.7850 rating, 3-5 region) are averaging a 40-50 (890-1,097) score per game or a 10-point deficit.

Thus far, Blue Ridge has wins of 40-32 over Chinle (Dec. 6), 42-35 over Miami (Dec. 7), 61-59 over Ganado (Jan. 6), 50-45 over Holbrook (Jan. 10), 58-52 over Payson (Jan. 19), 52-46 over Eagar Round Valley (Jan. 20), and 49-39 over Payson (Feb. 3).

The losses are 39-53 to Saint Michael (Dec. 8), 41-52 to Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain (Dec. 8), 18-51 to Pima (Dec. 9), 40-43 to Heber Mogollon (Dec. 9), 32-64 to Whiteriver Alchesay (Dec. 20), 39-52 to Yuma Catholic (Dec. 28), 48-59 to Tucson Mica Mountain (Dec. 29), 34-44 to Chandler Arizona College Prep (Dec. 29), 33-45 to Mesa Red Mountain (Dec. 30), 39-65 to Winslow (Jan. 13), 27-55 to Show Low (Jan. 25), 32-56 to Snowflake (Jan. 27), 55-58 to Holbrook (Jan. 28), 49-53 to Winslow (Jan. 31), and 12-42 to Fort Defiance Window Rock (Feb. 1).

Blue Ridge has two region games left, with Show Low on Wednesday, Feb. 8, and at Snowflake on Thursday, Feb. 9.

Morenci Wildcats

Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Elena Leonard (5) attempts a theft against Benson. The Morenci junior is averaging 3.0 (69) steals per game.

The No. 20 2A East Region Wildcats (12-12, 7-9, 0.6908, 5-6) are averaging a 40-46 (949-1,107) score per game or a 6-point deficit, and shooting 53 percent (187-356) from the free throw line compared to 43 percent (142-330) for their combined opponents. Morenci also averaged 29.5 (707) rebounds, 5.2 (125) assists, and 12.2 (292) steals.

Senior Mia Ontiveros has contributed double-digit scoring 19 times in 23 games played with a high of 33 points, junior Elena Leonard 13-22 with a high of 18, senior Cambri McCauley 5-24 with a high of 11, and senior Keirah Chee 3-24 with a high of 17. Ontiveros has averaged 14.7 (338) points per game, Leonard 9.3 (215), McCauley 5.2 (125), and Chee 4.3 (103).

McCauley is averaging 7.7 (177) rebounds per game, Chee 6.2 (117), sophomore Jayden McCall 4.3 (85), and Ontiveros 3.2 (71); Leonard 3.0 (69) steals; and Ontiveros 2.5 (54) steals and 1.7 (38) assists.

The free throw percentage is 80 (4-5) for freshman Rozlyn Funari, 60 (62-103) for Ontiveros, 57 (52-91) for Leonard, 50 (31-62) for Chee, 47 (7-15) for sophomore Sway Cordova, 43 (13-30) for McCauley, 40 (2-5) for junior Ciante Dosela, 39 (11-28) for McCall, 38 (3-8) for freshman Jaliyah Hernandez, 25 (1-4) for senior Chastity Gardner, 25 (1-4) for sophomore Tayah Wilkes, and freshman Adriana Carbajal is 0-2.

To date, Morenci has wins of 61-48 over Benson (Dec. 1), 53-40 over Elfrida Valley Union (Dec. 5), 55-13 over Tucson Santa Rita (Dec. 13), 49-30 over Duncan (Dec. 21), 30-26 over Tucson Desert Christian (Dec. 28), 31-20 over Phoenix Goldwater (Dec. 28), 31-30 over Apache Junction (Dec. 28), 43-37 over Phoenix Veritas Prep (Dec. 29), 50-29 over Tombstone (Jan. 6), 50-46 over Willcox (Jan. 17), 59-343 over Tucson Santa Rita (Jan. 20), and 57-11 over Gilbert San Tan Charter (Jan. 26).

Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Jayden McCall (12) makes it difficult for a Willcox inbound pass. Morenci posted a 50-46 region win on Jan. 17.

The losses are 38-82 to San Carlos (Nov. 21), 28-65 to Saint David (Nov. 28), 51-52 to Willcox (Dec. 8), 25-71 to Thatcher (Dec. 19), 43-67 to Fort Thomas (Dec. 20), 4-50 to Sahuarita (Dec. 29), 36-60 to Bisbee (Jan. Jan. 9), 31-72 to Pima (Jan. 12), 37-63 to Benson (Jan. 24), 26-58 to Round Valley (Jan. 25), 43-51 to Tombstone (Jan. 30), and 31-52 to Bisbee (Feb. 2).

In 11 region games, the Wildcats averaged a 45-47 (494-520) score per game or a 2-point deficit and posted a free throw percentage of 54 (122-224).

The free throw percentage is 100 (4-4) for Funari, 66 (44-67) for Ontiveros, 58 (28-52) for Leonard, 56 (19-34) for Chee, 52 (11-21) for McCauley, 50 (1-2) for Gardner, 45 (5-11) for Cordova, 35 (8-23) for McCall, 25 (1-4) for Wilkes, 25 (1-4) for Hernandez, and Carbajal is 0-2.

Ontiveros averaged 17.5 (175) points per game, Leonard 10.9 (98), McCauley 5.7 63), and Chee 5.2 (57).

Pima Roughriders

Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Adysen Hoopes (43) and Sadie Richardson (22) go up for a rebound against Morenci senior Keirah Chee (14). Hoopes is averaging 5.6 (135) rebounds per game, Chee 6.2 (117), and Richardson 6.3 (144).

The No. 3 2A East Region Roughriders (23-2, 15-1, 14.9882, 11-0) are averaging a 57-25 (1428-623) score per game or a 32-point margin, shooting 55 percent (197-357) from the free throw line, and averaging 35.6 (855) rebounds, 14.8 (354) assists, and 14.4 (345) steals.

Free throw percentages are 68 (101-148) for senior Ashlynn Chlarson, 56 (5-9) for Brimhall, 52 (16-31) for Llamas, 52 (14-27) for senior Jayci McClain, 52 (12-23) for junior Ella Wiltbank, 50 (1-2) for McEuen, 45 (23-51) for sophomore Sadie Richardson, 43 (3-7) for junior Jessica Schmidt, 38 (19-50) for sophomore Adysen Hoopes, and 38 (3-8) for junior Madison Gann. Junior Kyli Mattice and sophomore Kashlee Alder have not made any free throw attempts.

Chlarson averaged 20.6 (495) points per game and had double-digit scoring in 23 of 24 games with a high of 30 points, McClain 10.4 (249) and 12-24 with 24, Wiltbank 8.2 (98) and 9-24 with 18, Gann 5.9 (141) and 6-24 with 18, Hoopes 4.5 (109) and 2-24 with 14, and Richardson 3.9 (90) and 2-23 with 14.

Chlarson averaged 11.3 (272) rebounds per game, Mattice 8.0 (8), Richardson 6.3 (144), Hoopes 5.6 (135), and Gann 3.5 (84); McClain 3.8 (84) steals and 3.2 (77) assists, and Wiltbank 3.0 (71) assists

Pima has topped Phoenix Arizona Lutheran 45-8 (Dec. 2), Rock Point 1-0 (Dec. 8), Holbrook 66-34 (Dec. 8), Lakeside Blue Ridge 51-18 (Dec. 9), Gilbert Leading Edge 54-36 (Dec. 9), Eagar Round Valley 47-19 (Dec. 10), Tombstone 73-5 (Dec. 13), Bisbee 64-35 (Dec. 16), Duncan 64-9 (Dec. 19), Saint David 49-23 (Dec. 20), Thatcher 53-42 (Dec. 21), Benson 53-28 (Jan. 4), Snowflake 41-31 (Jan. 5), Willcox 79-15 (Jan. 6), Santa Rita 85-9 (Jan. 9), Chandler Valley Christian 59-34 (Jan. 10), Morenci 72-31 (Jan. 12), Safford 69-43 (Jan. 16), Tombstone 76-15 (Jan. 20), Bisbee 61-28 (Jan. 24), Benson 54-35 (Jan. 27), Willcox 59-23 (Jan. 30), and Santa Rita 68-23 (Feb. 2).

The losses are 39-43 to Whiteriver Alchesay (Dec. 10) and 26-36 to Thatcher (Jan. 26).

In 11 region games, the Roughriders averaged a 70-22 (766-247) score per game or a 48-point margin and shot 50 (93-185) percent from the free throw line.

Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Cambri McCauley goes up for a high percentage shot against Benson.

Individually, Chlarson averaged 20.5 (226) points per game, McClain 12.2 (134), Wiltbank 8.9 (98), Gann 6.9 (76), Hoopes 6.7 (74), Richardson 5.8 (64), Llamas 4.4 (48), McEuen 3.0 (3), Brimhall 2.7 (24), and Schmidt 1.5 (17).

Free throw percentages are 65 for both Chlarson (35-54) and Llamas (11-17), 58 (7-12) for Wiltbank, 56 (5-9) for Brimhall, 50 (1-2) for McEuen, 46 (16-35) for Richardson, 43 (3-7) for Schmidt, 40 (6-15) for McClain, 27 (8-30) for Hoopes, and 25 (1-4) for Gann.

2A East Region Standings

Region standings as of Feb. 1 were Pima (23-2 overall, 15-1 seeding, 11-0 region), Bisbee (16-6, 12-5, 9-3), Benson (17-9, 10-6, 5-5), Morenci (12-12, 7-9, 5-6), Willcox (14-14, 8-8, 4-7), Tombstone (10-13, 9-9, 4-7), and Tucson Santa Rita (1-14, 1-14, 0-10).

State rankings for region members on Feb. 6 were Pima (15-1 seeding, 14.9882 rating) No. 3 of 46, Bisbee (12-5, 7.1094) No. 10, Benson (10-6, 4.3143) No. 14, Willcox (8-8, 1.5808) No. 19, Morenci (7-9, 0.6908) No. 20, Tombstone (8-9, 0.2581) No. 21, and Tucson Santa Rita (1-14, minus 13.8671) No. 41.

The remaining games for region members include Santa Rita at Benson on Monday, Feb. 6; Morenci at Pima, Tombstone at Benson, and Willcox at Santa Rita on Tuesday, Feb. 7.

Non-region pairings include Lakeside Blue Ridge at Pima and Willcox at Tucson Empire on Feb. 6.

Results of region pairing results to date are Pima (11-0) 75-5 over Tombstone (Dec. 13), 64-35 over Bisbee (Dec. 13), 53-28 over Benson (Jan. 4), 79-15 over Willcox (Jan. 6), 85-9 over Tucson Santa Rita (Jan. 12), 72-31 over Morenci (Jan. 12), 76-15 over Tombstone (Jan. 20), 61-28 over Bisbee (Jan. 24), 54-35 over Benson (Jan. 27), 59-23 over Willcox (Jan. 30), and 68-23 over Santa Rita (Feb. 2);

Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Seniors Gabriel Hernandez, left, and Briseis Hudman were crowned Winter Homecoming King and Queen, respectively, between the girls and boys games with Bisbee on Feb. 2.

Bisbee (9-3) 53-23 over Tombstone (Dec. 8), 56-37 over Willcox (Jan. 3), 60-36 over Morenci (Jan. 9), and 56-11 over Tucson Santa Rita (Jan. 13), 43-29 over Tombstone (Jan. 17), 54-43 over Benson (Jan. 9), 56-46 over Willcox (Jan. 27), 53-16 over Tucson Santa Rita (Jan. 30), and 52-31 over Morenci (Feb. 2);

Benson (5-5) 75-32 over Tucson Santa Rita (Dec. 7), 49-42 over Bisbee (Dec. 13), 49-23 over Tombstone (Jan. 12), 63-37 over Morenci (Jan. 24), and 54-19 over Willcox (Feb. 2);

Morenci (5-6) 51-48 over Benson (Dec, 1), 55-13 over Tucson Santa Rita (Dec. 13), 50-29 over Tombstone (Jan. 6), 50-46 over Willcox (Jan. 17), and 59-34 over Santa Rita (Jan. 20);

Willcox (4-7) 52-51 over Morenci (Dec. 8), 54-43 over Benson (Jan. 9), 67-47 over Tombstone (Jan. 10), and 50-24 over Tucson Santa Rita (Jan. 12); and

Tombstone (4-7) 50-44 over Willcox (Jan. 24), 45-21 over Santa Rita (Jan. 27), 51-43 over Morenci (Jan. 30), and 47-10 over Santa Rita (Feb. 3).

3A South Region Standings

Region standings coming out of the weekend were Pusch Ridge Christian (16-8 overall, 14-3 seeding, 7-0 region), Thatcher (17-5, 14-1, 6-1), Tucson Palo Verde Magnet (6-14, 5-11, 4-3), Safford (9-15, 7-9, 4-3), Tucson Sabino (9-16, 6-11, 3-3), Tucson Empire (3-22, 2-12, 2-5), Tucson Tanque Verde (3-16, 2-13, 1-5), and Tucson Catalina (0-14, 0-11, 0-7).

State rankings for region members are Thatcher (14-1 seeding, 14.5558 rating) No. 3, Pusch Ridge (14-3, 11.0509) No. 7, Safford (7-9, minus 2.1733) No. 28, Sabino (6-11, minus 7.1451) No. 33, Palo Verde Magnet (5-11, minus 8.7653) No. 37, Empire (3-12, minus 17.5163) No. 40, Tanque Verde (2-13, minus 21.0160) No. 43, and Catalina (0-11, minus 28.2923) No. 44.

Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Kellee O’Connell (2) defends Safford senior Heidi Zonnie (10) during an earlier pairing. The Thatcher senior started her high school years in Morenci and is one of seven Class of 2023 members on the team. Thatcher hosts Safford for a non-region contest on Tuesday, Feb. 7.

This week (Feb. 6-11) in region pairings, Palo Verde Magnet visits Catalina and Thatcher visits Whiteriver Alchesay on Monday, Feb. 6; Safford visits Thatcher on Tuesday, Feb. 7; Queen Creek San Tan Foothills visits Palo Verde Magnet, Sabino visits Tanque Verde, and Thatcher visits Coolidge on Wednesday, Feb. 8; and Safford visits Pusch Ridge on Thursday, Feb. 9.

Non-region pairings include Willcox at Empire and Thatcher at No. 10 Whiteriver Alchesay on Monday, Feb. 6; Safford at Thatcher on Tuesday, Feb. 7; No. 27 Queen Creek San Tan Foothills at Palo Verde Magnet on Wednesday, Feb. 8; and Thatcher at No. 18 Coolidge on Thursday, Feb. 9.

Region game results to date are: Pusch Ridge (7-0) 47-42 over Thatcher (Jan. 6), 66-7 over Empire (Jan. 10), 70-4 over Catalina (Jan. 13), 59-28 over Palo Verde Magnet (Jan. 19), 45-31 over Safford (Jan. 24), 65-39 over Sabino (Jan. 27), and 80-18 over Tanque Verde (Jan. 31);

Thatcher (5-1) 50-22 over Safford (Jan. 10), 67-13 over Empire (Jan. 12), 90-12 over Tanque Verde (Jan. 18), 64-23 over Catalina (Jan. 24), 56-30 over Palo Verde Magnet (Jan. 31), and 50-10 over Empire (Feb. 3);

Safford (4-3) 55-25 over Tanque Verde (Jan. 3), 55-11 over Empire (Jan. 19), 66-26 over Catalina (Jan. 21), and 66-47 over Sabino (Feb. 3);

Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Morenci spirit line members line up to honor America prior to a recent home game. From left are Nevaeh Moreno, Gianna Chavez, Ceanna Dowell, Alice Aguilar, Hailey Skinner, Janessa Mata, Jacqueline Lopez, Lindsey Waters, Jasmine Truesdell, Isabella Campbell, and Kennadi Blackman.

Sabino (3-3) 62-17 over Catalina (Jan. 10), 48-25 over Tucson Tanque Verde (Jan. 11), 42-28 over Palo Verde Magnet (Jan. 18), and 56-22 over Empire (Feb. 1);

Palo Verde Magnet (4-3) 66-25 over Catalina (Nov. 29), 41-15 over Empire (Jan. 13), 48-45 over Safford (Jan. 27), and 48-21 over Tanque Verde (Feb. 3);

Empire (2-6) 33-32 over Tanque Verde (Jan. 24) and 54-38 over Sabino (Feb. 1); and Tanque Verde (1-5) 34-29 over Catalina (Jan. 27).

4A Gila Region Standings

Final region standings are Tucson Mica Mountain (16-10 overall, 12-6 seeding, 9-1 region), Sahuarita (21-8, 11-7, 7-3), Douglas (17-11, 10-8, 7-3), Rio Rico (12-14, 9-9, 5-5), Tucson Amphitheater (14-15, 6-12, 2-8), and Sahuarita Waldon Grove (4-20, 3-15, 0-10).

State rankings for region members are Mica Mountain (12-6 seeding, 3. 2926 rating) No. 19 of 48, Sahuarita (11-7, 1.4218) 23rd, Rio Rico (9-9, minus 1.6358) No. 29, Douglas (10-8, minus 0.6072) No. 28, Amphitheater (6-12, minus 6.6228) No. 34, and Walden Grove (3-15, minus 11.7772) No. 42.

Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Hannah Silvester (12) goes up for two points against Willcox during the Benson Tourney. The Sahuarita senior began her high school years in Morenci.

This week, Mica Mountain visits No. 14 Peoria for a play-in round pairing on Thursday, Feb. 9.

Mica Mountain (5-0) has region wins of 51-37 over Rio Rico (Jan. 3), 64-38 over Amphitheater (Jan. 5), 56-48 over Sahuarita (Jan. 9), 69-11 over Walden Grove (Jan. 12), 73-63 in overtime over Douglas (Jan. 17), 58-41 over Rio Rico (Jan. 19), 53-34 over Amphitheater (Jan. 24), 45-37 over Sahuarita (Jan. 26), and 70-39 over Walden Grove (Jan. 30);

Sahuarita (7-3) 52-48 over Douglas (Jan. 5), 57-21 over Walden Grove (Jan. 11), 55-30 over Amphitheater (Jan. 16), 66-34 over Rio Rico (Jan. 17), 62-30 over Walden Grove (Jan. 19), 59-17 over Amphitheater (Jan. 30), and 42-36 over Rio Rico (Feb. 2);

Douglas (7-3) 39-33 over Amphitheater (Jan. 3), 72-18 over Walden Grove (Jan. 5), 68-46 over Amphitheater (Jan. 19), 50-47 over Sahuarita (Jan. 23), 66-33 over Walden Grove (Jan. 26), 62-37 over Rio Rico (Jan. 30), and 75-45 over Mica Mountain (Feb. 3);

Rio Rico (5-5) 45-32 over Amphitheater (Jan. 9), 56-25 over Walden Grove (Jan. 10), 65-51 over Douglas (Jan. 11), 60-23 over Walden Grove (Jan. 24), and 40-20 over Amphitheater (Jan. 26); and Amphitheater (2-8) 47-26 over Walden Grove (Jan. 17) and 43-33 over Walden Grove (Feb. 1).