Winter sports games of note in East Valley Jan. 14-17

January 14, 2014 by Les Willsey, AZPreps365


Corona del Sol's boys basketball team faces a pair of tough games this week, visiting Highland Tuesday Jan. 14 and playing host Friday Jan. 17 to Gilbert High. That's just a couple of marquee matchups in basketball (boys and girls) and soccer (boys and girls) for the week of Jan. 14 through January 17. On the heels of that will be basketball action all over the state on Saturday Jan. 18 and Monday January 20.

Here are some games of note for basketball and soccer this week:

Tuesday Jan. 14: Girls soccer -- Gilbert at Desert Ridge, 6 p.m.; Basha at Mesquite, 6 p.m.. Boys basketball -- Desert Vista at Perry, 7 p.m.; Corona del Sol at Highland, 7 p.m.; Paradise Valley at Tempe, 7 p.m.; Hamilton at Chandler, 7 p.m. Girls basketball -- Bradshaw Mountain at Marcos de Niza, 7 p.m. Wednesday January 15: Boys soccer -- Chandler at Perry, 6 p.m. Girls basketball -- Westview at Mountain Pointe, 7 p.m. Thursday January 16: Girls soccer -- Xavier at Desert Vista, 6 p.m.; Boys basketball -- Pinnacle at Mesa Mtn. View, 7 p.m.  Friday January 17: Boys soccer -- Gilbert at Chandler, 6 p.m.; Queen Creek at Campo Verde, 6 p.m.; Girls soccer -- Chandler at Gilbert, 6 p.m.; Boys basketball -- Gilbert at Corona del Sol, 7 p.m.; Mesa at Dobson, 7 p.m.; Desert Ridge at Desert Vista, 7 p.m. Girls basketball -- Hamilton at Basha, 7 p.m.