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Hamilton girls basketball coach Jeff Kain was not lulled to sleep when seeing his Monday, opponent -- Kennedale, Texas -- with just seven players in uniform.
Kain had watched them over the weekend and knew his unbeaten Huskies were in for a battle.
Kain was right as Kennedale use a late third-quarter surge to pave the way to a 62-48 win over the Huskies in the Nike Tournament of Champions at Chandler High.
The defense that normally drives Xavier was not fully in force until the third quarter Monday of the Gators quarterfinal winner\'s bracket game with Edison High (Huntington Beach, Calif) at the Nike Tournament of Champions I at Perry High School.
Add in the fact that Edison features Stanford-bound guard Bonnie Samuelson and a solid supporting cast offensively and the sum was a 60-42 win for the Chargers over the Gators in the John Anderson Division of the tournament.
Mesa Mountain View knew it had a size advantage as it warmed up to play Harvard Westlake (North Hollywood, Calif.) on Sautrday afternoon. The Toros took their time often enough to seize that edge and it proved decisive in a 45-31 victory over the visiting Wolverines in the first round of the Nike Tournament of Champions I girls basketball tournament at Court One in Tempe.
Regis Jesuit coach Carl Mattei was pleased as his team prevailed shorthanded.
Chandler coach Zon Thompson felt sort of the same as his Wolves never gave up.
But better shooting and perhaps a little more poiseSaturday afternoon was the difference as Regis Jesuit (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) handed Chandler its first loss of the season with a wire-to-wire 45-38 victory in the first round of the Nike Tournament of Champions , John Anderson Division at Willis Junior High.
He hits eight three-point shots, six in the third quarter, as Huskies defeat Boulder Creek 81-75 in tourney semi.
Mingus, St. Johns, Joseph City among the top teams.
Two-day event features high school and college teams from the western U.S.
What happens when two of the best teams in 4A-II get together in a pre-Christmas showdown?
For the first 26 minutes, a blowout. But Thursday night a 4A-II girls basketball game between Seton Catholic and Flagstaff still had another six minutes to play. And fortunately for Seton, the game didn\'t last another minute.
Defending 4A-II champ Seton saw a 20-point lead with 6:10 remaining get sliced to three in the final 50 seconds, but the host Sentinels managed to hang on for a 60-57 win over the Eagles.
Skyhawks earn spot in Horizon tournament semifinals with 58-57 win, ending Scottsdale\'s 32-game winning streak.
That was fast.
A month after being fired after nine seasons as football coach at Mesa Mountain View, Tom Joseph has another head coaching gig.
Senior Mark Bayer finished in third place at last year\'s state meet.
Boulder Creek, Winslow lead boys\' basketball teams at Chinle High. Window Rock, Monument Valley are girls\' teams.
Horizon and Phoenix Union District host boys basketball and Moon Valley stages annual wrestling event.
Chaparral basketball team holds on to defeat Red Mountain despite missing final seven free throws.
It is not easy staying unbeaten in basketball. Playing close to 30 games or more in a season makes that extremely difficult.
But for now, Chaparral boys basketball coach Aaron Windler will take a 6-0 mark. His Firebirds notched that sixth win Tuesday night with a big fourth quarter to upend host Red Mountain, 71-64, in a 5A non-region game.
Comes up with a pair of safeties on the way to 32-17 win over Centennial.
Last year Mesa High believed its defense gave it a punchers chance of knocking off Hamilton for the 5A-I football title.
The Jackrabbits were worthy for a half and then fell by the wayside.
On Monday afternoon -- a year later -- Desert Ridge felt its offense gave it a shot to upend the Huskies. Good try. Very good try. Just not quite enough.
The overall winning streak rests at 39. Hamilton\'s goal Monday is first, a third consecutive 5A-I state title. That would mean win No. 40 in a row would come as a byproduct.
The team that stands in the Huskies\' way, Desert Ridge, has a modest streak of its own going with eight consective wins. The Jaguars pit their dynamic offense against the Huskies\' rock solid defense in the 2010 5A-I championship game. Kickoff is at 4:10 p.m. at University of Phoenix Stadium.
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