Executive
Board meetings for the 5A and 4A conferences will hear appeals
for region placement this week regarding new alignments
for the 2007‑08 sports season.
Under
the plan, Cactus Shadows, a current member of 4A‑Division
II, will move up to Division I in 4A and join the Desert
Sky Region with Apache Junction, Chaparral, McClintock,
Paradise Valley, Saguaro and Shadow Mountain.
O’Connor
will move from 5A‑Division II to 4A‑Division
I in the Wells Fargo 1 Region. The Eagles will be placed
in a league with Apollo, Independence, Prescott, Sunnyslope
and Thunderbird.
Boulder
Creek and Goldwater would be part of a new Northwest Region,
which would be completely comprised of Division II teams
after being split between Division I and II teams the last
two years. The schools will be place in a region with Deer
Valley and Kingman as well as new Surprise schools Valley
Vista and Willow Canyon.
The
5A board will hear appeals on Oct. 25, while 4A board members
will hear them on Oct. 30. A final schedule for next school
year won’t be ready until the spring.
Here
is a roundup of other local prep sports news:
SWIMMING
Boulder
Creek’s boys team finished an undefeated regular season
(8‑0) last week when it defeated Mountain Ridge, a
team that also came into the meet unbeaten. Senior Avram
Estes swam a personal best in the anchor leg of the 4x100‑yard
freestyle relay, which was the final event, to give the
Jaguars the narrow team win in dramatic fashion.
Just
two years ago, Boulder Creek only had five members on the
team. Top contributors to this year’s unbeaten record were
Estes, senior Toby Birnbrich, senior Kyle Burdell, junior
Scott McFall and sophomore Zach Birnbrich.
The
4A‑Division II state meet is set for Oct. 27 and 28
at Arizona State University’s Mona Plummer Aquatic Complex.
GIRLS
GOLF
Cactus
Shadows finished the regular season with a 15‑1 record
last week as the Falcons beat Arcadia 164‑175 on Oct.
16. Lauren Weaver was the medalist with a round of 36. The
Falcons were scheduled to play in the East Sky Region tournament
on Oct. 24‑25 at Las Colinas Golf Course, the final
tournament before the 4A‑Division state tournament.
BOYS
GOLF
The
final round of the Wells Fargo 2 Region tournament is set
for 11 a.m. on Oct. 25 at the Dove Valley Golf Course.
CROSS
COUNTRY
The
Wells Fargo 2 Region cross country meet is set for Oct.
26 at the Thunderbird Regional Park in north Glendale. The
boys race begins at 3:40 p.m., followed by the girls race
at 4:10 p.m.
