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Mountain
View Soccer Coach Retires
Prep soccer star dies
Soccer player dies of meningitis
Bacterial Meningitis
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Final Girls NSCAA High School Rankings
Region IV Rankings
Catalina #2
Corona #3
Desert Vista #7
Xavier #10
National Rankings
Catalina #5
Corona #8
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Final Boys NSCAA High School Rankings
Region IV Rankings
Desert Vista #6
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The following brackets for the 5A tournaments were created for fun. Each team was seeded based upon their ranking
with us and where we would have seeded them if we had the honor of doing
so instead of a blind draw that the A.I.A. uses. Our goal was to
create a bracket in which the top teams have the best chance to advance
based upon how they would have been ranked. Overall record is not
as important as how each team did against the top teams in the state as
perceived by the coaches. If you are unhappy with where your team
is seeded, ask your coach if they ever vote in the weekly top 10 poll. |
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5A
What If Girls Bracket |
5A
What If Boys Bracket |
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5A Finals Review by Coach
Jaime |
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Girls: Desert Vista 1- Xavier 0
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The first 25 minutes was all Xavier. They controlled the run of play but
created only a few half chances. While controlling the tempo, they were never
dangerous. In the 26th minute, Desert Vista had a set piece about 25 yards
out. Lea Mackinnon chipped the ball over the wall to Katie Sheppard who
found the net. That was all Desert Vista needed. The remainder of the half was
played in the midfield with The Thunder going into the half time break up one.
During the second half everyone expected D.V. to come out in low pressure, but
that was not the case. They came out attacking and created a number of
opportunities but did not cash in. Xavier continued to sit back and only
attack with 2 or 3 players. The only danger they created was off of the long
throw or corners, but Thunder GK Amanda Maes was off her line, catching and
punching the ball out of harms way. With 5 minutes remaining Xavier finally
went to three strikers but with only 3 minutes left, a D.V. counter attack led
to a PK. The PK was missed and Xavier had life. With 8 seconds left and the
clock stopped, they had one last long throw to draw even but the throw sailed
over the goal and sealed their fate. Congrats to Coach Bill Bohach and The
Desert Vista Thunder for being The Class 5A Girls State Champions!
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Boys Final: Desert Vista 1- Red Mountain 0
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What a finish! The first few minutes Desert Vista created two great
chances, the first by Reid Schmitt, a ripper off of the post and a
sitter by Nick Auditore, which was saved by Ryan Vickery, but
things settled down. After 75 minutes of midfield battle the game
exploded. A
cleared ball by Red Mountain bounced out to Reid Schmitt who was 35
yards out. He wasted no time in blasting a volley over Vickery into the
upper corner of the goal to give The Thunder a lead with less than two
minutes remaining. What a goal, what a celebration. Desert Vista held on
to claim their second 5A Boys State Title in four years. These the
moments we all play for and which the players will remember for ever.
Thumbs up go to Vickery and Red Mountain for their run as well. They
deserved to be in this game and played well, but Head Coach Mike Rabasca
prepared his boys well and they came through. Great job!
Thank you for keeping up with me through out the state tournament and I
look forward to contributing more to this great service to our kids,
socceraz.com!
Coach Jaime
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Girl's 5A Teams and Coaches
All
5A sports to use power rankings East Valley
Tribune
Blame
lumped on Sereno
Article by AZ Republic
Pay very close attention to the total
scholarship amount awarded. $2,016,000 divided by the 23 players
comes out to $87652.17 per player. The article implies that each
player was awarded a four year scholarship but NCAA rules limit
scholarships to yearly amounts. There is no such thing as a
four-year athletic scholarship. Feel free to contact any state
university for more information.
Hawks’ Dobratz chooses high school team over club
East Valley
Tribune
Girls Tournaments
2002-2003
Dobson Mustang Invitational
Boys Tournaments
2002-2003
Dobson Mustang Invitational
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