Per the AIA

Section 2 POY is Terrence Johnson
Section 2 COY is Matt Johnson

Section 6 POY is Jeorge "Bron" Carrasco
Section 6 COY is Masai Dean

Only 4 schools participated in Section 6- SAD!

Since we are on SoAZ a bit today an update on one of my favorites:

Marc just completed his RS sophomore season at Montana State University Billings with a 9.9 ppg average, and recently had three 20-point scoring games in a row, which earned him an Honorable Mention Great Northwest  Athletic Conference POW.
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I think most that follow D4 thought it was Scottsdale Prep all the way.

ALA proved otherwise. I still think ALA is a D3 level school for sports, but this was a huge win for them.

Snowflake was our preseason No. 1 and Combs had an unbelievable season.

Props to both.

Gonna catch the action tonight on the AIA broadcast.

What about you?

Any chance you guys could set up a playground grudge match between d1 and d2 champs???

Props to Arcadia for an incredible win.

And GC - wow.

Props to all the teams, win or lose.

What's the address for the Gile River Arena where the basketball championships will be played?
Thanks.

I want to welcome Ralph as our new Managing Editor.

Ralph publishes CTownRivals.com, which has a massive following in Chandler, and AZHSFootball.com.

We will be migrating his sites into ArizonaVarsity.com over the next week or so.

On the home page.

Wanted to announce that we are now publishing ASUDevils.com in the Rivals.com and Yahoo! Sports network.

Learn more at ASUDevils.com.

We have some big news coming here on AV that will take us to a higher level also.

Exciting stuff going on with a ton of people making it happen.

On the home page.

GC holding a small lead late in the first half over SM.



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With one week left in the season who's in the lead for Coach of the Year and Player of the Year honors by division?

Following is a joke that some may deem to be in poor taste......if you are overly sensitive, then stop reading now. If the board moderators find this joke to be inappropriate, then delete it......you won't hurt my feelings.

In sports, we often talk about having "guts" and "balls" and so I thought I'd post this funny (IMO it's funny) explanation about the distinction between the two - "guts and balls."

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There is a medical distinction between Guts and Balls.


We've all heard about people having Guts or Balls, but do you really know the difference between them?


In an effort to keep you informed, here are the definitions:


GUTS - Is arriving home late after a night out with the guys, being met by your wife with a broom, and having the Guts to ask: 'Are you still cleaning, or are you flying somewhere?'


BALLS - Is coming home late after a night out with the guys, smelling of perfume and beer, lipstick on your collar, slapping your wife on the butt and having the Balls to say: 'You're next, Chubby.'


I hope this clears up any confusion on the definitions. Medically speaking, there is NO difference in the outcome. Both result in death.


This post was edited on 2/27 11:28 AM by scott_az

Mike Humphrey is now in starting lineup for Stanford... had 14 and 11 last night in a big win over Cal.... 7/8fgs.

watch out ya'll...

link below.

espn.go link

Props to the teams that have been eliminated from State.

My apologies to the Knights for picking you yesterday, if it wasn't for that slow start...

Well I picked them but didn't expect that.
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They have only gone out to 75, unofficially, but Rivals listed Howard and Barcello in those rankings.



Rivals.com 2017 rankings

Nogales 57
Cienega 31

Nogales outplayed us and out coached us from the opening tip!

Nogales has outstanding guard play and beat us to every loose ball. We fell behind and just could not knock down shots tonight. Nogales is a team you can't fall behind on and unfortunately we did. They will be a handful for Arcadia! We wish we would have played better but Nogales deserved to move on.

We had an outstanding season! We finished at 25-4 and Section II champs in an extremely competitive section. My seniors were a lot of fun to coach and be around so as coach you can't ask for much more.

Tough way to end! But it was great year!

Good luck to Nogales!

Coach Johnson

We all expected this at the beginning of the season, but it's probably better for the entire D2 to see this go down in the semi's and not in the finals.

Twists and turns for both teams all season long - who prevails?

We know one SoAZ team will advance to the semi-finals. Will it be two?

Thursday's Playoff Schedule

Tons of it on the home page.

My, my pick'em took a huge hit, but I shouldn't doubt the Toros ever again. I think I say that every year.

And the Bobcats came to play again. A one-point game late.

As for D2, kind of as expected, but Flagstaff did surprise me.

https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1740811 (Recap)

https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1741061 (Analysis)