Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

Cold weather gone (hopefully), warm spring events take over

March 10, 2013 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365


More spring sports events this week.

Here are the ones in Scottsdale, Phoenix, the southwest, northwest and north Valley and northern Arizona . . .

Baseball

Cleats Classic Invitational (continuing from last week), Monday (March 11) through Thursday (March 14) at Phoenix Arcadia, Scottsdale Chaparral, Scottsdale Desert Mountain, Mesa Desert Ridge, Gene Autry Complex (Mesa), Tempe Marcos de Niza, Goodyear Millennium, Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep, Red Mountain Complex (Mesa), Scottsdale Saguaro, Phoenix Scottsdale Christian, Chandler Seton Catholic.

Teams: Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain, Scottsdale Chaparral, Scottsdale Desert Mountain, Mesa Desert Ridge, IMG Academy (Fla.), Tempe Marcos de Niza, Goodyear Millennium, Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep, Scottsdale Saguaro, Phoenix Scottsdale Christian, Chandler Seton Catholic, Tucson, Victor Valley (Calif.), Gilbert Williams Field.

West Valley Classic, Monday through March 22 at Glendale Independence, Glendale Ironwood, Phoenix Maryvale.

Teams: Phoenix Alhambra, Laveen Betty H. Fairfax, Phoenix Carl Hayden, Phoenix Central, Phoenix Cortez, El Mirage Dysart, Glendale Independence, Glendale Ironwood, Avondale La Joya, Phoenix Maryvale, Peoria, Phoenix Trevor Browne, Phoenix Washington.

Coach Bob Invitational, Saturday (March 16) through March 30 at Glendale Apollo, Anthem Boulder Creek, Laveen Cesar Chavez, Chandler, Glendale Deer Valley, Goodyear Desert Edge, Grand Canyon University (Phoenix), Gilbert Higley, Phoenix North Canyon, Phoenix Pinnacle, Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor, Surprise Shadow Ridge, Tolleson, Surprise Valley Vista, Surprise Willow Canyon.

Teams: Ada (Okla.), Air Academy (Colo.), Alexander Dawson (Colo.), Americas (Texas), Glendale Apollo, Phoenix Barry Goldwater, Bartlesville (Okla.), Bend (Ore.), Bishop Gorman (Nev.), Bishop McGuinness (Okla.), Bixby (Okla.), Bonneville (Idaho), Anthem Boulder Creek, Broken Arrow (Okla.), Canby (Ore.), Central (Colo.), Laveen Cesar Chavez, Chandler, Chaparral (Colo.), Flagstaff Coconino, Columbine (Colo.), Crescent Valley (Ore.), D’Evelyn (Colo.), Dakota Ridge (Colo.), Deer Creek (Okla.) . . .

Others . . . Glendale Deer Valley, Denver Christian (Colo.), Goodyear Desert Edge, Edmond (Okla.), Elizabeth (Colo.), Escondido (Calif.), Fairview (Colo.), Farmington (N.M.), Florence (Colo.), Fossil Ridge (Colo.), Golden (Colo.), Grand Junction (Colo.), Grant (Ore.), Green Mountain (Colo.), Harrah (Okla.), Henley (Ore.), Highland (Calif.), Highlands Ranch (Colo.), Gilbert Higley, Hood River (Ore.), Inola (Okla.), Juneau Douglas (Alaska), Klamath Union (Ore.), Lake Oswego (Ore.), Lakeridge (Ore.), Lancaster (Calif.), Lewis-Palmer (Colo.), Liberty (Colo.), Lincoln (Ore.), Montgomery Bell (Tenn.), Moorpark (Calif.), Mullen (Colo.), Muskogee (Okla.), Niwot (Colo.), Phoenix North Canyon, North Medford (Ore.), Page, Palmer (Colo.) . . .

More . . . Palmer Ridge (Colo.), Piedra Vista (N.M.), Pine Creek (Colo.), Phoenix Pinnacle, Ponca City (Okla.), Ponderosa (Colo.), Prescott, Publo West (Colo.), Quartz Hill (Calif.), Silver Creek (Colo.), South Salem (Ore.), Southridge (Ore.), Thousand Oaks (Calif.), Thunder Mountain (Alaska), Thunder Ridge (Colo.), Thurston (Colo.), Tolleson, Tualatin (Ore.), Tulsa Memorial (Okla.), Surprise Valley Vista, Valor Christian (Colo.), Verdigris (Okla.), West Albany (Ore.), West Linn (Ore.), Westview (Ore.), Wheatridge (Colo.), Surprise Willow Canyon, Buckeye Youngker.

Best of the West Festival, Saturday through March 20 at Peoria Centennial, Phoenix Greenway, Goodyear Millennium, Glendale Mountain Ridge, Peoria Sunrise Mountain, Phoenix Thunderbird.

Teams: Cave Creek Cactus Shadows, Peoria Centennial, Charles Page (Okla.), Phoenix Greenway, Heritage Hall (Okla.), Goodyear Millennium, Glendale Mountain Ridge, Glendale Raymond S. Kellis, Stillwater (Okla.), Phoenix Sunnyslope, Peoria Sunrise Mountain, Union (Okla.), Yukon (Okla.).

Tennis

Husky Invitational (girls), Saturday at Phoenix Horizon.

Track and field

Round Valley Invitational (boys and girls), Friday at Round Valley Dome, Eagar.

Teams: Academy of Tucson, Whiteriver Alchesay, Avondale Agua Fria, Bayfield (Colo.), Lakeside Blue Ridge, Camp Verde, Chinle, Chino Valley, Flagstaff Coconino, Dolores (Colo.), Durango (Colo.), Flagstaff, Gallup (N.M.), Ganado, Globe, Tucson Green Fields, Tuba City Greyhills, Holbrook, Keams Canyon Hopi, Joseph City, Lordsburg (N.M.), Many Farms, Miyamura (N.M.), Heber Mogollon, Montezuma-Cortez (Colo.), Monticello (Utah), Monument Valley (Utah), Kayenta Monument Valley, Morenci, Flagstaff Northland Prep, Payson, Pima, Pinon, Quemado (N.M.), Red Mesa, Rock Point, Round Valley, Safford, San Juan (Utah), Sedona Red Rock, Seligman, Show Low, Silver (N.M.), Socorro (N.M.), Tucson St. Augustine, St. Johns, St. Michael, Thatcher, Tohatch (N.M.), Tuba City, Sanders Valley, Whitehorse (Utah), Williams, Fort Defiance Window Rock, Winslow, Zuni (N.M.).

Gaucho Relays (boys and girls), Friday at Glendale Community College.

Bourgade Catholic Invitational (boys and girls), Saturday at Phoenix Bourgade Catholic.

Husky Invite (boys and girls), Saturday at Phoenix Horizon.