Raymundo Frasquillo Photo/Gila Herald: Hannah Sylvester, 12, checks defenders while dribbling on the court against the Amphitheater on January 16th. The Mustangs moved into second place as he won 55-30 in his 4A Gila regional pairing on MLK Day at the McKale Center. rank. Sahuarita also defeated Rio Rico 66-34 (January 17) while legion members included Walden Grove (January 19), Douglas (January 23), Mica Mountain (January 26), Amphitheater (January 30th) with Rio Rico. (February 2) Left. The senior guard attended Morenci as a freshman and a sophomore, and qualified for the college varsity twice in basketball and softball, and once in cross-country.

Raymundo Fraschiro

TUCSON – The 4A Sahuarita Mustangs, coached by Eddie Ortiz, left the McKale Center on January 16 with a 55-30 victory over the Tucson Amphitheater Panthers in the Gila area. The all-day event will include teams from Tucson as well as Southern Arizona.

“For a few years we had Nogales, Rio Rico and Babo Kivari,” said MLK Co-Chair Brian Wilson. The Safford boys took part last year and lost 53-62 to Tank Verde in his 3A South region pairing.

“90% of the kids have never attended a game at this facility,” said coach Janet Hare, charity vice president. It’s an exciting day in basketball and a great experience with the men’s and women’s teams playing in a prestigious venue.

Other high school girls’ games held at the University of Arizona campus facility included Oro Valley Ironwood Ridge defeating Marana Mountain View 63-34 in a 5A Southern Region pairing and Tucson Sunnyside defeating Tucson in a 6A Southern Region pairing. Beating Rincon 43-34, Tucson Sahuaro beat Tucson Salpointe Catholic 46-31 in a 4A Keno regional pairing.

In the men’s game, 1A Tucson Northwest Region The Gregory School defeated 2A South Region Tucson St. Augustine Catholic 62-35, Thatcher defeated Tucson Sabino 80-70 in 3A South Region pairing, and Tucson defeated 6A South Region pairing. defeated Marana 56-38 at and the Tucson Catalina Foothills defeated the Tucson Chola 54-37 in the 5A Southern Region pairing.

Before tip-off, the No. 26 Mustangs averaged 52-39 (733-546) scoring or a 13-point margin per game, while the No. 39 Panthers averaged 40-39 (837-819) per game. Score or 1 point margin. The next day’s rankings jumped both teams, with the Mustangs at his 24th and the Panthers at his 37th.

Graham County’s Safford played both Pima County teams, losing 46-52 to the Mustangs at Sawarita (December 2) and defeating the Amphitheater 57-38 at Norma Bellamy Gymnasium (January 13). ).

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Free throws second of two by Sahuarita sophomore CamilaVillalobos and Amphitheater freshman Monica Verrett forced the first draw at 1-1 early in the game. Her two field goals in the first came with 2:50 past by Sahuarita sophomore Emma Benitez and 1:28 past by Berrett to give the game an eventual tie at 3–3.

Sahuarita took the lead with freshman Ariana Ganilo’s field goal (5-3) with 2:12 remaining in the first quarter. A Junior Siena pass added a third field goal (7-3) 43 seconds later, and Bellett added another to cut the deficit to two (7-5) with 47 seconds remaining.

They recorded a 21-5 advantage with 1:34 remaining in the second quarter and combined four different Mustangs for 14 unanswered points. With a halftime score of 21-6 in favor of Sahuarita, Berrett added a 1-2 free throw 13 seconds later. The Mustangs had 23 points with 4:07 left in the third quarter, 29-6 with 6:30, 33-10, and he led twice.

Sahuarita led 38-19 going into the fourth quarter and senior Hannah Sylvester scored with a 3-pointer with 3 seconds remaining.

“She (Sylvester) is playing very good defense,” said Sahuarita’s second-year head coach. “I wish she was more like her.”

“It was a tough transfer for me,” said Sylvester. It’s more competition, more opportunity, and I’m happy with it.

During his freshman and sophomore years at Morenci, Sylvester received five varsity letters, two in basketball and softball, and one in cross country.

In the game, Sahuarita had a total of 20 field goals (8 3-pointers) and 7-10 free throws, compared to 11 field goals (4 3-pointers) and 4-17 free throws at the Amphitheater. was recorded.

Nine Mustangs contributed to the total score. Passing scored his 11 points, a team-high, with four field goals (one 3-pointer) and a 2-2 free throw. Benitez and Ganilo both added 8 points, senior Briana Pollard added 7 points, juniors Keely Maia and Villalobos each added 6 points, senior Alize Grijalva added 4 points, Silvester added 3 points and freshman Jocelyn Ortega added 2 points. Added points. Juniors Emary Kee and Karol Ortiz, sophomore Angela Stinnett and freshman Angel Amaryllas did not score.

Myhre went 8-28 rebounds and 3-13 steals. Benitez and Grijalva each had 3 assists. Amarillas, Myhre, and Paz each blocked shots.

Five Panthers scored, and freshman Kayla Tuakalau scored a game-high 15 points with five field goals (four 3-pointers) and a 1-4 free throw. Berrett added 8 points, sophomore Kiara Waters added 3 points, and juniors Shanice Bustamante and Annika Waters each added 2 points. Senior Karma Royale, Jr. Hannah Harding, Christina Sengal, Tireza Sengal and Daniel Tuakrau did not score.

FourAh Zilla Region ranking

The regional standings through January 18 are Tucson Mica Mountain (12-9 overall, seed 8-5, region 5-0), Sawarita (17-6, 7-5, 3-1), Rio Rico (10). -10, 7- 5, 3-2), Douglas (12-11, 5-8, 2-3), Tucson Amphitheater (11-10, 3-7, 0-3), Sawarita Waldon Grove (4- 14, 3-9), 0-4).

Mica Mountain (5-0) went 51-37 against Rio Rico (3 January), 64-34 against the Amphitheater (5 January) and Sahuarita (9 January). 56-48 and 69-11 against Walden. He beat Douglas (January 17) 73-63 in Grove (January 12) and extra time. The Sahuarita (3-1) region beat Douglas (5 January) 52-48, Walden Grove (11 January) 57-21 and Rio Rico (17 January) 55-34. The Rio Rico (3-2) region beat the Amphitheater (9 January) 45-32, Walden Grove (10 January) 56-25 and Douglas (11 January) 65-51. The Douglas (2-2) region won 39-33 at the Amphitheater (3 January) and 72-18 at Walden Grove (5 January). The amphitheater he was at Walden Grove on January 17th.

The remaining games for regional members include five games from the Douglas, Mica Mountain, Sawarita and Walden Grove regional contests. Six for the Amphitheater and Rio Rico, and five for the regional combination.

Games in the Guila region this week (January 16-21) include No. 32 Douglas visiting the No. 37 Amphitheater on Thursday, No. 19 Tucson Mica Mountain visiting the No. 25 Rio Rico and No. 40 Walden Grove visits No. 24 Sahuarita. , 19 January.

For non-regional pairings, 5A No. 43 Tucson Desert View will visit the Amphitheater on Friday, January 20th.

Next week (January 23-28), Sahuarita will be visiting Douglas on January 23rd. On January 24, the amphitheater visits Micahi Mountain and Waldengrove visits Rio Rico. On January 26th, Douglas will visit Walden Grove, Micah Mountain will visit Sahuarita and Rio Rico will visit the Amphitheater.

The following week the Amphitheater will visit Sahuarita, Mica Mountain will visit Walden Grove and Rio Rico will visit Douglas on January 30th. Walden Grove will visit his Amphitheater on February 1st. Sahuarita will visit Rio Rico on his February 2nd. Douglas visits Micah his Mountain on his February 3rd.

Micah Mountain (8-5 seed, 2.8566 rating) is 19th, Sahuarita (8-5, 1.4358) is 23rd, Rio Rico (7-5, minus 0.8165) is 26th, and Douglas (5-8, minus 3.9848) is 32nd. , Amphitheater (3-8, minus 7.0936) 37th, Walden Grove (3-9, minus 9.7567) 40th.

Fourstate ranking

Statewide rankings for the weekend of January 18 included the Desert Sky region at 5-6 (.833), the Keno region at 4-5 (.800) and the Grand Canyon region at 5-7 in the top 24. . (.714), West Valley Region 4-6 (.667), East Sky Region 3-6 (.500), Gila Region and Skyline Region 2-6 (.333), Black Canyon Region any of the 6 is not.

Chandler Seton Catholic (11-0 seeds, 28.0443 rating) in the Desert Sky region is #1, Gilbert Mesquite (9-2, 14.7947) in the Desert Sky region is second, Tucson Salpoint Catholic (9-2, 14.7947) in the Quino region, 14.0294) is 3rd, Black Canyon Region Flagstaff (9-2, 13.7517) 4th, West Valley Region Phoenix Deer Valley (9-2, 10.9446) 5th, Keno Region Tucson Pueblo (11-2, 10.8108) 6 Desert Sky Region Scottsdale Saguaro (8-3, 10.2337) 7th.

West Valley Region Goodyear Estrella Foothills (9-2, 8.2149) 11th, East Sky Region Santan Valley Poston Butte (8-3, 7.6648) 12th, Skyline Region Phoenix Thunderbirds (10-2, 7.1316) 13th, West Valley Region Glendale Peoria (8-3, 6.0662) No. 14, Desert Sky Region Scottsdale Arcadia (7-3, 5.8037) No. 15, Black Canyon Region Flagstaff Coconino (7-2, 5.0097) No. 16, East Sky Region Chandler Arizona College Prep (8-4, 3.9533) ) No. 17 West Valley Area Avondale Agua Fria (7-4, 3.0258) No. 18 Gila Area Mica Mountain (8-5, 2.8566) No. 19 Black Canyon Area Cotton Wood Mingus Union (7-4, 2.1775) 20th.

Skyline Region Surprise Paradise Honors (5-6, 2.0714) is 21st, East Sky Region Mesa Eastmark (6-4, 2.0602) is 22nd, Gila Region Sahuarita (8-5, 1.4358) is 23rd, Desert Sky Region Phoenix St. Mary’s (4th) -7, 1.4339) 24th.