By Raymundo Frasquillo
DUNCAN – The Kassi Mortensen-coached No. 20 Duncan Wildkats (5-6 seeding, minus 2.0092 rating) have a lone regular season seeding match left. Duncan meets Morenci on Monday, Oct. 28.
Also on tap this week (Oct. 28 – Nov. 2) for 1A East Region members, No. 29 Ray (5-8, minus 7.2070) visits No. 11 Patagonia (12-5, 1.2263) on Oct. 28; No. 7 Fort Thomas (13-4, 3.6131) visits No. 18 San Simon (9-5, minus 1.8834) and No. 38 San Manuel (1-13, minus 16.9117) visits No. 16 Tucson’s The Gregory School (11-4, minus 0.1595) on Tuesday, Oct. 29; San Manuel hosts No. 19 Elfrida Valley Union (7-8, minus 3.1604) on Wednesday, Oct. 30; and No. 3 Cicero Prep (14-3, 11.3389), No. 23 Superior (9-7, 4.0824), No. 24 Valley Lutheran (6-7, minus 4.9397), and No. 35 Hayden (4-13, minus 16.2520) have completed the regular season schedule.
No. 20 Duncan Wildkats (9-8, minus 3.1736)
Duncan (9-8 seeding, 5-2 region) is 28-26 in seeding sets played. The Wildkats have seeding match wins of 3-0 (25-23, 25-10, 25-10) over San Manuel (Sept. 5), 3-1 (23-25, 25-12, 25-18, 25-20) over Kearny Ray (Sept. 10), 3-1 (25-20, 25-17, 19-25, 25-18) over Elfrida Valley Union (Sept. 12), 3-0 (25-17, 25-12, 25-19) over Valley Lutheran (Sept. 14), 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-12) over Ray (Oct. 1), 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-17) over San Carlos (Oct. 8), 3-0 (26-224, 25-12, 25-17) San Manuel (Oct. 10), 3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-12) over Hayden (Oct. 22), and 3-0 (25-16, 25-18, 25-21) over Superior (Oct. 24).
The losses are 0-3 (11-25, 19-25, 20-25) to Pima (Aug. 28), 0-3 (15-25, 11-25, 23-25) to San Simon (Sept. 5), 0-3 (12-25, 17-25, 21-25) to Fort Thomas (Sept. 17), 1-3 (23-25, 23-25, 25-17, 21-25) to Superior (Sept. 24), 0-3 (16-25, 13-25, 9-25) to Cicero Prep (Sept. 26), 0-3 (19-25, 23-25, 13-25) to Fort Thomas (Oct. 3), 0-3 (25-20, 25-17, 25-8) to Willcox (Oct. 7), and 0-3 (17, 14, 19) to San Simon (Oct. 14).
1A East Region
Region standings following nine weeks of competition are Scottsdale Cicero Prep (14-3 seeding, 7-0 region), Fort Thomas (13-4, 6-1), Duncan (9-8, 5-2), Superior (9-7, 4-3), Phoenix Valley Lutheran (6-7, 3-4), Kearny Ray (6-11, 2-5), Winkelman Hayden (2-11, 1-6), and San Manuel (1-13, 0-7).
No. 3 Cicero Prep Centurions (14-3, 11.3389)
Cicero Prep (14-3, 7-0) is 44-13 in seeding sets played. The Centurions have seeding match wins of 3-0 (25-9, 26-24, 25-13) over Chandler Lincoln Prep (Aug. 28), 3-1 (25-16, 20-25, 25-8, 25-11) over Salome (Aug. 30), 3-0 (25-10, 25-14, 25-19) over Anthem Prep (Sept. 6), 3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-9) over Joseph City (Sept. 14), 3-0 (27-25, 25-8, 25-13) over Fort Thomas (Sept. 19), 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-9) over Duncan (Sept. 26), 3-1 (25-18, 25-15, 24-26, 25-21) over North Phoenix Prep (Sept. 27), 3-0 (25-6, 25-12, 25-5) over Valley Lutheran (Oct. 1), 3-0 (25-5, 25-16, 25-2) over Ray (Oct. 3), 3-0 (25-8, 25-7, 25-5) over Hayden (Oct. 10), 3-0 (25-5, 25-7, 25-10) over Superior (Oct. 15), 3-0 (25-9, 25-13, 25-7) over San Manuel (Oct. 17), 3-0 (25-3, 25-10, 25-14) over Valley Lutheran (Oct. 22), 3-2 (13-25, 26-24, 9-25, 25-18, 15-13) over Saint David (Oct. 24).
The losses are 0-3 (19-25, 22-25, 20-25) to Phoenix Veritas Prep (Sept. 3), 2-3 (21-25, 22-25, 25-16, 25-18, 9-15) to Phoenix Horizon Honors (Sept. 9), and 0-3 (13-25, 24-26, 23-25) to Phoenix Country Day (Sept. 11).
No. 3 Fort Thomas Apaches (13-4, 2.8751)
Fort Thomas (13-4, 6-1) is 40-19 in seeding sets played. The Apaches have seeding match wins of 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-15) over San Carlos (Sept. 3), 3-1 (25-22, 25-21, 14-25, 25-15) over Valley Lutheran (Sept. 5), 3-1 (25-13, 14-25, 25-16, 25-13) over Superior (Sept. 10), 3-1 (25-8, 20-25, 25-20, 25-14) over San Manuel (Sept. 12), 3-0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-21) over Duncan (Sept. 17), 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-22) over Hayden (Sept. 24), 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-15) over Dishchii’bikoh (Oct. 1), 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-13) over Duncan (Oct. 3), 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-20) Superior (Oct. 7), 3-1 (20-25, 27-25, 25-23, 31-29) Valley Union (Oct. 9), 3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 26-24) over San Manuel (Oct. 15), 3-2 (25-22, 23-25, 25-20, 21-25, 15-8) over Valley Lutheran (Oct. 17), 3-1 (25-23, 25-19, 24-26, 25-16) over Ray (Oct. 22).
The losses are 1-3 to Pima (Sept. 11), 0-3 (25-27, 8-25, 13-25) to Cicero Prep (Sept. 19), 0-3 (24-26, 24-26, 13-25) to Saint David (Oct. 10), and 0-3 (25-21, 25-22, 25-23) to Joseph City (Oct. 24).
No. 23 Superior Panthers (9-7, 4.0424)
Superior (9-7, 4-3) is 29-29 in seeding sets played. The Panthers have seeding match wins of 3-1 (25-12, 20-25, 25-11, 25-23) over Hayden (Sept. 12), 2-1 (25-15, 22-25, 25-18) over San Manuel (Sept. 19), 3-1 (25-23, 25-23, 17-25, 25-21) over Duncan (Sept. 24), 3-1 (25-13, 19-25, 25-18, 25-22) over Ray (Sept. 26), 3-0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-8) over Miami (Oct. 2), 3-1 (24-26, 27-25, 21-25, 10-25) over Hayden (Oct. 3), 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 25-15, 25-20) over Valley Lutheran (Oct. 10), 3-2 (25-15, 25-23, 25-27, 23-25, 15-12) over Ray (Oct. 17), and 3-0 (27-25, 25-14, 25-9) over San Manuel (Oct. 22).
The losses are 1-3 (13-25, 25-14, 16-25, 13-25) to Fort Thomas (Sept. 10), 0-3 (21-25, 12-25, 25-27) to Valley Lutheran (Sept. 17), 0-3 (20-25, 17-25, 20-25) to Fort Thomas (Oct. 7), 0-3 (20-25, 17-25, 20-25) to Fort Thomas (Oct. 8), 0-3 (5-25, 7-25, 10-25) to Cicero Prep (Oct. 15), 2-3 (26-24, 23-25, 16-25, 25-16, 11-15) to Patagonia (Oct. 19), and 0-3 (16-25, 18-25, 21-25) to Duncan (Oct. 24).
No. 24 Valley Lutheran Flames (6-7, minus 4.9397)
Valley Lutheran (6-7, 3-4) is 22-22 in seeding sets played. The Flames have seeding match wins of 3-0 (25-21, 25-12, 27-25) over Superior (Sept. 17), 3-0 over Hayden (Sept. 23), 3-0 (25-15, 25-13, 25-15) over Phoenix NFL Yet (Sept. 25), 3-0 (25-12, 25-14, 25-15) over San Manuel (Oct. 3), 3-0 (25-17, 25-11, 25-19) over Hayden (Oct. 8), and 3-1 (25-13, 22-25, 25-21, 25-15) over Ray (Oct. 24).
The losses are 1-3 (22-25, 21-25, 25-14, 15-25) to Fort Thomas (Sept. 5), 0-3 (17-25, 12-25, 19-25) to Duncan (Sept. 14), 0-3 (5-25, 16-25, 2-25) to Cicero Prep (Oct. 1), 1-3 (25-23, 20-25, 15-25, 20-25) to Superior (Oct. 10), 0-3 (14-25, 11-25, 14-25) to Ash Fork (Oct. 15), 2-3 (22-25, 25-23, 20-25, 25-21, 8-15) to Fort Thomas (Oct. 17), and 0-3 (3-25, 10-25, 14-25) to Cicero prep (Oct. 22).
No. 31 Ray Bearcats (6-11, minus 9.8093)
Ray (6-11, 2-5) is 25-39 in seeding sets played. The Bearcats have seeding match wins of 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-20) over Dishchii’bikoh (Aug. 29), 3-2 (15-25, 25-20, 25-15, 17-25, 15-12) over San Tan Valley San Tan Foothills (Sept. 5), 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-20) over San Manuel (Sept. 17), 3-1 over Hayden (Sept. 19), 3-1 (25-11, 25-12, 20-25, 25-14) over San Manuel (Oct. 7), and 3-2 over Hayden (Oct. 15).
The losses are 0-3 to Globe (Sept. 3), 1-3 (25-23, 12-25, 18-25, 20-25) to Duncan (Sept. 10), 0-3 (16-25, 13-25, 5-25) to Heber Mogollon (Sept. 12), 0-3 (22-25, 22-25, 19-25) to San Simon (Sept. 23), 1-3 (12-25, 25-21, 12-25, 22-25) to Glendale Desert Heights Prep (Sept. 24), 1-3 (13-25, 25-19, 18-25, 22-25) to Superior (Sept. 25), 0-3 (15-25, 19-25, 12-25) to Duncan (Oct. 1), 0-3 (5-25, 16-25, 2-25) to Cicero Prep (Oct. 3), 2-3 (15-25, 23-25, 27-25, 25-23, 12-15) to Superior (Oct. 17), 1-3 (23-25, 19-25, 26-24, 16-25) to Fort Thomas (Oct. 22), and 1-3 (13-25, 25-22, 21-25, 15-25) to Valley Lutheran (Oct. 24).
No. 36 Hayden Lobos (4-13, minus 16.2520)
Hayden (4-13, 1-6) is 18-40 in seeding sets played. The Lobos have seeding match wins 3-0 of over Miami (Sept. 10), 2-1 (25-15, 19-25, 25-20) over San Manuel (Oct. 1), 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-15) over ASDB (Oct. 16), and 3-0 over San Manuel (Oct. 21).
The losses are 0-3 to Dishchii’bikoh (Aug. 28), 2-3 to Bagdad (Sept.6), 0-3 (13-25, 12-25, 14-25) to Patagonia (Sept. 7), 1-3 (12-25, 25-20, 11-25, 23-25) to Superior (Sept. 12), 0-3 (18-25, 14-25, 16-25) to Dishchii’bikoh (Sept. 17), 1-3 to Ray (Sept. 19), 0-3 to Valley Lutheran (Sept. 23), 0-3 (17-25, 17-25, 22-25) to Fort Thomas (Sept. 24), 1-3 (24-26, 27-25, 21-25, 10-25) to Superior (Oct. 3), 0-3 (17-25, 11-25, 19-25) to Valley Lutheran (Oct. 8), 0-3 (8-25, 7-25, 5-25) to Cicero Prep (Oct. 10), 2-3 to Ray (Oct. 15), and 0-3 (17-25, 14-25, 12-25) to Duncan (Oct. 22).
No. 40 San Manuel Miners (1-13, minus 21.4522)
San Manuel (1-13, 0-7) is 8-38 in seeding sets played. The Miners have a 3-1 (25-21, 25-11, 16-25, 25-16) seeding match win over Tucson’s Arizona School for the Deaf and the Blind (Sept. 10).
The losses are 0-3 (13-25, 18-25, 14-25) to Patagonia (Sept. 4), 0-3 (23-25, 10-25, 10-25) to Duncan (Sept. 5), 1-3 (8-25, 25-20, 20-25, 14-25) to Fort Thomas (Sept. 12), 0-3 (19-25, 21-25, 20-25) to Ray (Sept. 17), 1-2 (15-25, 25-22, 18-25) to Superior (Sept. 19), 1-2 (15-25, 25-19, 20-25) to Hayden (Oct. 1), 1-3 (24-26, 27-25, 21-25, 10-25) to Superior (Oct. 3), 1-3 (11-25, 12-25, 25-20, 14-25) to Ray (Oct. 7), 0-3 (24-26, 12-25, 17-25) to Duncan (Oct. 10), 0-3 (17-25, 14-25, 24-26) to Fort Thomas (Oct. 15), 0-3 (9-25, 13-25, 7-25) to Cicero Prep (Oct. 17), 0-3 to Hayden (Oct. 21), and 0-3 (25-27, 14-25, 9-25) to Superior (Oct. 22).
