Tournaments usher in soccer season

November 30, 2015 by Les Willsey, AZPreps365


 

The 2015-2016 soccer season gets underway in earnest this week with several tournaments taking the spotlight along with a few power-ranking contests.


Kicking off tournament action in the Valley are the Horizon Tournament of Champions (girls), hosted by Horizon High and the Coyote Classic (boys and girls), hosted by Campo Verde HS. Horizon TOC features eight teams and the Coyote Classic features 16 boys teams and 16 girls teams. Here are those schedules along with a list of the other tournaments through mid-December:


HORIZON TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (Girls)

All matches at Horizon HS

MONDAY NOV. 30 -- 3 p.m. -- Arcadia vs. Horizon; 4:30 -- Millennium vs. Hamilton; 6 p.m. -- Boulder Creek vs. Chaparral; 7:30 -- Notre Dame vs. Pinnacle.

WEDNESDAY DEC. 2 -- 3 p.m. -- Boulder Creek vs. Notre Dame; 4:30 -- Chaparral vs. Pinnacle; 6 p.m. -- Arcadia vs. Millennium; 7:30 -- Horizon vs. Hamilton.

FRIDAY DEC. 4 -- 3 p.m. -- Horizon vs. Millennium; 4:30 -- Arcadia vs. Hamilton; 6 p.m. -- Boulder Creek vs. Pinnacle; 7:30 -- Chaparral vs. Notre Dame.

SATURDAY DEC. 5 -- 10 a.m. -- No. 4 seed matchup; Noon -- No. 3 seed matchup; 2 p.m. -- No. 2 seed matchup (third-place); 4 p.m. -- No. 1 seed matchup (championship).

AGUA FRIA INVITATIONAL (Boys) at Agua Fria HS

NOV. 30-DEC. 5 - -- Schools competing:  Agua Fria, Betty Fairfax, Carl Hayden, Independence, North Pointe, Desert Edge, Estrella Foothills and Millennium.

DEER VALLEY INVITATIONAL (Girls) at Deer Valley HS

Dec. 2-4 -- Schools competing: Greenway, Deer Valley, Valley Vista, Westview, Cactus, Page, Marcos de Niza, Mohave.

MOON VALLEY INVITATIONAL (Boys) -- At Moon Valley HS and Pioneer Park in Peoria

NOV. 30-DEC. 4 -- Schools competing: Apollo, Greenway, Sunnyslope; Washington, Glendale, Notre Dame Prep, Thunderbird, Centennial, McClintock, Copper Canyon, Tempe, Trevor Browne, Moon Valley, Cactus, Paradise Valley and Pinnacle.

DESERT CUP  (Girls)

NOV. 30-DEC. 5 -- at Reach 11 Complex and Scottsdale Christian Academy.

Schools competing: Sunnyslope, Apollo, Thunderbird, Flagstaff, Westwood, Williams Field, Maricopa, Mtn. Ridge, Raymond Kellis, Sunrise Mtn., Mingus, Willow Canyon, Cactus Shadows, Ironwood, Liberty, Verrado, Agua Fria, Tolleson, Moon Valley, Glendale, Northwest Christian, Tempe, Shadow Mountain, Fountain  Hills, SCA, Desert Edge, Shadow Ridge, La Joya, Cesar Chavez, Trevor Browne, North, South, Maryvale, Youngker, Sedona Red Rock. 

CACTUS CUP (Girls) at Desert Ridge HS

DEC. 3-5 -- Schools competing: Williams Field, Seton, Desert Ridge, Mesquite, Higley, Queen Creek, Combs, Poston Butte, Gilbert Classical, Apache Junction, Gila Ridge, Basha.

CACTUS CUP (Boys) at Desert Ridge HS

DEC. 3-5 -- Schools competing: Saguaro, Williams Field, Desert Ridge, Mesquite, Higley, Queen Creek, Combs, Poston Butte, Skyline, Yuma Catholic, Cibola, Fountain Hills.

PHOENIX COUNTRY DAY DESERT CLASSIC (Girls) at PCDS

DEC. 4-5  -- Schools competing -- Safford, Phoenix Country Day, Desert Edge, Estrella Foothills, Santa Cruz Valley, Valley Christian, Chandler Prep.

COYOTE CLASSIC (Boys) -- all matches at Campo Verde HS

FRIDAY DEC. 4 -- 11:15 a.m. -- Red Mountain vs. Central; 5:15 p.m. -- South Mountain vs. Mesa; 6:45 p.m. -- Highland vs. Skyline 

SATURDAY DEC. 5 -- 1:30 p.m. -- Gilbert vs. Chandler; 3 p.m. -- Skyline vs. Desert Vista; 4:30 p.m. -- Campo Verde vs. Red Mountain.

-MONDAY DEC. 7- 11 a.m. -- Desert Vista vs. Perry; 12:30 -- Basha vs. Mesa; 2 p.m. -- Chandler vs. Mtn. View; 3:30 p.m. -- Red Mountain vs. Corona del Sol.


TUESDAY DEC. 8 -- 3:30 p.m. -- Higley vs. Mtn. View; 5 p.m. -- Dobson vs. South Mountain; 6:30 p.m. -- Central vs. Campo Verde; 8 p.m. -- Perry vs. Highland.

WEDNESDAY DEC. 9 -- 11 a.m. -- Basha vs. South Mountain; 12:30 -- Perry vs. Skyline; 2 p.m. -- Desert Vista vs. Highland.

THURSDAY DEC. 10 -- 3:30 p.m. -- Mtn. View vs. Gilbert; 5 p.m. -- Corona del Sol vs. Central; 6:30 -- Chandler vs. Higley; 8 p.m. -- Dobson vs. Basha.

FRIDAY DEC. 11 -- 11 a.m. -- Corona del Sol vs. Campo Verde; 12:30 -- Higley vs. Gilbert; 2 p.m. -- Mesa vs. Dobson.

SATURDAY DEC. 12 -- 8 a.m. -- Semifinal -- Top seed vs. No. 4 seed; 10 a.m. -- No. 2 seed vs. No. 3 seed; 4 p.m. - Championship

COYOTE CLASSIC (Girls) all matches at Campo Verde HS

FRIDAY DEC. 4 -- 12:45 p.m. -- Desert Vista vs. Red Mountain; 2:15 p.m. -- Chandler vs. Mesa; 3:45 p.m. -- Desert Mountain vs. Mountain View.

SATURDAY DEC. 5 -- 7:30 a.m. -- Campo Verde vs. Mtn. View; 9 a.m. -- Mesa vs. Desert Vista; 10:30 -- Mountain Pointe vs. Maryvale. Noon - Skyline vs. Dobson.

MONDAY DEC, 7 -- 5 p.m. -- Highland vs. Dobson; 6:30 -- Maryvale vs. Corona del Sol; 8 -- Desert Mountain vs. Basha.

TUESDAY DEC, 8 -- 11 a.m. -- Desert Vista vs. Chandler; 12:30 -- Perry vs. Highland; 2 -- Mountain View vs. Basha.

WEDNESDAY DEC. 9 -- 3:30 p.m. -- Higlhland vs. Skyline; 5 -- Dobson vs. Perry; 6:30 -- Red Mountain vs. Chandler; 8 -- Corona del Sol vs. Gilbert.

THURSDAY DEC. 10 -- 11 a.m. -- Mesa vs. Red Mountain; 12:30 -- Campo Verde vs. Desert Mountain; 2 p.m. -- Gilbert vs. Mountain Pointe.

FRIDAY DEC. 11 -- 3:30 p.m. -- Maryvale vs. Gilbert; 5 -- Basha vs. Campo Verde; 6:30 -- Perry vs., Skyline; 8 -- Corona del Sol vs. Mountain Pointe.

SATURDAY DEC. 12 -- Noon: Semifinal -- No. 1 seed vs. No. 4 seed; 2 p.m. -- No. 2 seed vs. No. 3 seed; 6 p.m. -- Championship.