Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

Spring sports events now moving to center stage

February 25, 2013 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365


The winter sports state tournaments now are complete, and that allows us to concentrate on early spring sports tourneys.

Here is a look at the events in Scottsdale, Phoenix, the southwest, northwest and north Valley and northern Arizona . . .

Continued from last week

Sunnyslope Baseball Tournament, this week through Saturday (March 2) at Glendale Cactus, Peoria Liberty, Phoenix Moon Valley, Sahuarita, Surprise Shadow Ridge, Phoenix Sunnyslope, Phoenix Thunderbird.

Teams: Glendale Cactus, Cardinal Newman (Calif.), Dublin (Calif.), Peoria Liberty, Phoenix Moon Valley, Nogales, Sahuarita, Surprise Shadow Ridge, Phoenix Sunnyslope, Phoenix Thunderbird.

Scottsdale Baseball Invitational, this week through Saturday at Phoenix Arcadia, Cave Creek Cactus Shadows, Peoria Centennial, Scottsdale Chaparral, Scottsdale Desert Mountain, Mesa Desert Ridge, Gilbert, Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep, Scottsdale Saguaro, Peoria Sunrise Mountain.

Teams: Same as sites.

Baseball this week

Thunderbird Classic at Bullhead City Mohave, Thursday (Feb. 28) through Saturday.

Phoenix Country Day School Desert Classic, Friday (March 1) and Saturday at Phoenix Horizon Honors, Glendale Joy Christian, Phoenix Country Day School, Scottsdale Salt River.

Teams: Queen Creek Canyon State Academy, Chandler Prep, Tucson Desert Christian, Phoenix Horizon Honors, Glendale Joy Christian, Phoenix North Pointe Prep, Parker, Phoenix Country Day School, Tucson Pusch Ridge Christian, Scottsdale Salt River, Tucson St. Gregory, Tucson Tanque Verde, Tempe Prep, Chandler Valley Christian, Phoenix Veritas Prep.

Dunbar Tournament, Friday and Saturday at Ash Fork.

Teams: Ash Fork, Joseph City, Seligman, Prescott Tri-City College Prep.

Softball this week

Sunblast Invitational, Thursday through Saturday at Anthem Community Center.

Teams: Anthem Boulder Creek, Phoenix Bourgade Catholic, Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain, Cave Creek Cactus Shadows, Chino Valley, Flagstaff Coconino, Holbrook, Keams Canyon Hopi, Maricopa, Phoenix North Canyon, Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep, Prescott, Show Low, Mesa Skyline, Fort Defiance Window Rock, Phoenix Xavier Prep.

17th Annual Buckeye Invitational, Thursday through Saturday at Buckeye High.

Teams: Laveen Betty H. Fairfax, Buckeye, Phoenix Carl Hayden, Laveen Cesar Chavez, Phoenix Maryvale, Parker, Payson, Phoenix South Mountain, Gilbert Williams Field, Surprise Willow Canyon.

Phoenix Country Day School Desert Classic, Friday and Saturday at Phoenix Horizon Honors, Glendale Joy Christian, Phoenix Country Day School, Scottsdale Salt River.

Teams: Chandler Prep, Tucson Desert Christian, Fountain Hills, Phoenix Horizon Honors, Glendale Joy Christian, Heber Mogollon, Phoenix Christian, Phoenix Country Day School, Scottsdale Salt River, Tucson St. Gregory, Tucson Tanque Verde, Chandler Valley Christian, Phoenix Veritas Prep.

10th Annual Wrangler Classic, Friday and Saturday at Wickenburg Sunset Park and Wickenburg High.

Dunbar Tournament, Friday and Saturday at Ash Fork.

Teams: Ash Fork, Joseph City, Seligman, Prescott Tri-City College Prep.

Tennis

Kiwanis Tournament (girls), Friday and Saturday at Glendale Ironwood High and Paseo Racquet Center, Glendale.

Teams: Phoenix Barry Goldwater, Anthem Boulder Creek, Phoenix Bourgade Catholic, Glendale Cactus, Peoria Centennial, Glendale Deer Valley, Glendale Ironwood, Peoria Liberty, Glendale Mountain Ridge, Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep, Peoria, Glendale Raymond S. Kellis, Phoenix St. Mary’s, Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor.

Track and field

Westview Qualifying (boys and girls), Wednesday (Feb. 27) at Avondale Westview.

Teams: Scottsdale Desert Mountain, Glendale Independence, Peoria Sunrise Mountain, Avondale Westview.

Track Multi (boys and girls), Wednesday at Thunderbolt Middle School, Lake Havasu.

Teams: Kingman, Bullhead City Mohave, Parker, River Valley.

2013 Mustang Classic (boys and girls), Saturday at Kayenta Monument Valley.

Teams: Ganado, Montezuma-Cortez (Colo.), San Juan (Utah), Shiprock (N.M.), Fort Defiance Window Rock.

Tolleson Track and Field (boys and girls), Saturday at Tolleson High.

Paradise Valley Relays (boys and girls), Saturday at Phoenix Paradise Valley.