It is not often that an 8th seed in a double elimination tournament makes it all the way to the championship game unscathed.
Sunnyslope punches ticket to DII state title game
There were only four teams left in the division II state playoffs and for Salpointe against Liberty, it was win or go home.
Back in 2007 Charlie Ragle took over a Chaparral football program that had seen great success under the direction of Ron Esterbrook. Fast forward to 2012 and under Ragle, the Firbirds are coming off three consecutive state championships.
For young up and coming athletes, the ultimate guidance and coaching comes from players who have had the opportunity to play at the highest level of competition.
Baseball fans have seen some monster home runs out at Phoenix Municipal Park over the years from players in the Oakland Athletics organization like Jason Giambi or from others around the major leagues.
Going into Saturday’s matchup with Brophy, the Hamilton Huskies had been one of Division I’s top offensive teams in the playoffs thus far having put up big numbers against Corona del Sol and top seed Pinnacle.
The Mesquite Wildcats sure like to live on the edge. Earlier in the week the Wildcats escaped elimination by getting a walk-off win over the Red Mountain Mountain Lions.
Mesquite baseball had a fantastic run this season. A senior led team that was resilient and competed toe to toe with the best team in Division I all season.
Around spring football thus far one of he things that has been very apparent has been the size and talent that the Hamilton Huskies have in the trenches.
I knew Spring Evaluation period could get hectic, but I didn’t imagine it would get this crazy. As to my count, 34 student-athletes from the 2013 class have been offered by Division I football programs and an amazing eight players from the 2014 class have already been verbally offered.
