Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

Hoops tourneys signal beginning of winter sports season

November 21, 2011 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365


NOTE: This story covers the area from north Scottsdale west through Phoenix, the southwest and northwest Valley, northwest Arizona, northern Arizona and northeast Arizona.

By Don Ketchum

The 2011-12 winter sports season gets under way in the area this week with several basketball tournaments and wrestling and boys and girls soccer events in the coming weeks.

There are two boys basketball tournaments and three girls tournaments this week.

Boys

Arrowhead Desert Classic at Glendale Cactus and Glendale Ironwood, Monday through Wednesday and Friday.

Teams – Phoenix Brophy Prep, Cactus, Glendale Copper Canyon, Ironwood, Avondale La Joya, Peoria Liberty, Mesa Mountain View, Tucson Santa Rita, Phoenix Sunnyslope, Tempe, Phoenix Washington.

Paradise Valley Invitational at Phoenix Paradise Valley High, Tuesday and Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Teams – Glendale Apollo, Phoenix Arcadia, Phoenix Barry Goldwater, Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain, Cave Creek Cactus Shadows, Scottsdale Chaparral, Flagstaff Coconino, Glendale Deer Valley, Scottsdale Desert Mountain, Mesa Desert Ridge, Phoenix North Canyon, Phoenix North Pointe Prep, Paradise Valley, Gilbert Perry, Phoenix Pinnacle, Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor.

Girls

Moon Valley Thanksgiving Tournament at Phoenix Moon Valley High, Monday through Wednesday and Friday.

Teams – Glendale Apollo, Phoenix Cortez, Glendale, Phoenix Greenway, Glendale Independence, Moon Valley, Phoenix North, Peoria, Phoenix Sunnyslope, Buckeye Youngker.

Boulder Creek Lady Jags Invitational at Anthem Boulder Creek High, Monday through Wednesday and Friday.

Teams – Phoenix Arcadia, Boulder Creek, Phoenix Central, Scottsdale Desert Mountain, Peoria Liberty, Phoenix Shadow Mountain.

Scorpion Shootout at Goodyear Desert Edge High, Friday and Saturday.

Teams – Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain, Buckeye, Phoenix Camelback, Tempe Corona del Sol, Desert Edge, Maricopa, Phoenix Maryvale, Goodyear Millennium, Marana Mountain View, Prescott, Phoenix South Mountain, Phoenix Trevor Browne, Buckeye Verrado.