Opening Week Recap

Southern Arizona Kicks Off The Hoops Season With Some Great Individual And Team Performances

SOAZ GIRLS

The Girls In Southern Arizona Had Some Great Performances To Open The 2018-19 Basketball Season.

Opening Week Saw Buena Freshman Alani Encinas Go Off For 31 points In Her Very First High School Game Versus Mountain View.

Makenzie Elkins Of Empire Joined Teammate Emily Shreves In The 1,000 Point Club. She Hit The Mark On Opening Night In A 46-41 Win Over Pusch Ridge.

Summer Fox Took The Warriors To Phoenix To Participate In The Miner Webster Classic That Featured Some Of The Top 6A Schools In The State. Fox Led Pueblo To A 4-1 Finish And She Was Named To The All Tournament Team.

Tucson High And Ironwood Ridge Both Performed Well In The Scorpion Shootout And Basaha Feast Mode Tournament. Tucson High Finished 3-1 While Ironwood Ridge Went 4-0. Ashlyn Bohn Was Named All Tournament For Tucson High.

Coach Botkin Of Sahuaro Secured His 500th Victory With A Win And A Championship Over Salpointe 46-39. Alyssa Brown Was Named Tournament MVP.

SOAZ BOYS

The Boys Kicked Off The Season With Some Exciting Individual Performances.

Khalid Whitaker Of Flowing Wells Exploded For 46 Points And Followed It With A 38 Point Performance Against Amphi.

Walden Groves Chase Verdugo Scored A Career High 45 Points And Broke The School Scoring Record On His Way To Breaking The 1000 Point Mark For His Career.

Cholla Got A Big Time Performance From Freshman Issac Garcia. He Made His High School Debut With 32 Points 7 Rebounds To Palo Verde.

Catalina Foothills Won The Inaugural Dick McConnell Classic. Carson James Paced Catalina With 24 Points In A 80-49 Win Over Cholla.

Salpointe Defeated Nogales 69-48 To Win The Salpointe Tip Off. Evan Nelson And Majok Deng Were Named Co-MVPs

Sabino Won The Valley Christian Tourney 63-49 Against Morenci. Cesar Saenz Led The Way With 20 Points.