Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

Another busy week for spring sports events

March 11, 2012 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365


As we try to figure out which schools have spring break this week and which do not, here is a look at this week’s tournaments in Scottsdale, Phoenix and northern Arizona. Some start over the coming weekend and run into next week.

Baseball

Cleats Sports Classic Invitational, Monday (March 12) through Saturday (March 17) at various sites.

Participating teams – Abbotsford (Canada), Phoenix Arcadia, Bowie (Texas), Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain, Cave Creek Cactus Shadows, Central (Colo.), Scottsdale Chaparral, Scottsdale Coronado, Scottsdale Desert Mountain, Mesa Desert Ridge, Fort Collins (Colo.), Grand Junction (Colo.), Houston (Alaska), Houston Christian (Texas), Tempe Marcos de Niza, Montgomery Bell Academy (Tenn.), Redlands (Calif.), Scottsdale Saguaro, Sentinal (Canada), Chandler Seton Catholic, Tolleson, Vancouver (Canada), Casa Grande Vista Grande.

Baseball Classic, Friday (March 16) through March 23 at Phoenix Greenway and Phoenix Thunderbird.

Best of West Festival, Saturday through March 21 at various sites.

Participating teams – Cave Creek Cactus Shadows, Peoria Centennial, Charles Page (Okla.), Enid (Okla.), Phoenix Greenway, Heritage Hall (Okla.), Goodyear Millennium, Cottonwood Mingus, Glendale Mountain Ridge, Phoenix Pinnacle, Queen Creek, Glendale Raymond S. Kellis, Stillwater (Okla.), Phoenix Sunnyslope, Peoria Sunrise Mountain, Phoenix Thunderbird, Union (Okla.), Yukon (Okla.).

Softball

Gracie Haught Invitational, Friday and Saturday at Payson High and Rumsey Park.

Participating teams – Apache Junction, Benson, Lakeside Blue Ridge, Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain, Camp Verde, Phoenix Central, Goodyear Estrella Foothills, Fountain Hills, Holbrook, Joseph City, Heber Mogollon, Payson, Round Valley, Eloy Santa Cruz, Show Low, Snowflake, Phoenix Sunnyslope, Buckeye Verrado, Surprise Willow Canyon, Winslow.

Track and field

Round Valley Invitational, Boys and girls, Friday at Round Valley Dome, Eagar.

Boys teams – Whiteriver Alchesay, Lakeside Blue Ridge, Queen Creek Canyon State Academy, Chinle, Flagstaff Coconino, Deming (N.M.), Florence, Gallup (N.M.), Ganado, Globe, Gilbert Higley, Joseph City, Lordsburg (N.M.), Heber Mogollon, Kayenta Monument Valley, Payson, Quemado (N.M.), Reserve (N.M.), Round Valley, Show Low, Silver (N.M.), Snowflake, St. Johns, Thoreau (N.M.), Tohatchi (N.M.), Sanders Valley, Winslow.

Girls teams – Alchesay, Blue Ridge, Chinle, Coconino, Deming, Gallup, Ganado, Globe, Holbrook, Joseph City, Lordsburg, Mogollon, Monument Valley, Payson, Quemado, Reserve, Round Valley, Show Low, Silver, Snowflake, St. Johns, Thoreau, Tohatchi, Sanders Valley, Winslow.

Husky Invite, Boys and girls, Friday at Phoenix Horizon.

Bourgade Invitational, Boys and girls, Saturday at Phoenix Bourgade Catholic.

Gaucho Relays, Boys and girls, Saturday at Glendale Community College.