HS Soccer (Women) Archive

  • Local HS soccer players finding opportunity at GCU

    Local HS soccer players finding opportunity at GCU

    Grand Canyon University continues to build its women’s soccer program by fishing in the local talent pool. The west Phoenix school recently announced the addition of six more signees for next year’s program, bringing the recruiting haul to 13.  Eight of that baker’s dozen hail from various parts of the state. Three of the recent signees are [...]

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  • A tale of 2 teams, 1 school…and 5 more hours of soccer

    A tale of 2 teams, 1 school…and 5 more hours of soccer

    One school.  Two great stories. Any way you look at it, Corona del Sol High School in Tempe essentially doubled its odds of bringing home a state title in soccer.  Its boys and girls teams have both advanced to today’s 5A-I championship games at Campo Verde HS. And they definitely took different paths to get there. The girls [...]

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  • Upsets & shoot-outs spice up girls state soccer tourney

    Upsets & shoot-outs spice up girls state soccer tourney

    Girls soccer at the 5A level is offering a large helping of  fan frenzy as the semi-finals of the high school state tournament play out tonight and tomorrow night. There are several games providing the most intriguing storylines. We begin with the match-up between Corona del Sol HS and Desert Vista HS in 5A-I.   Corona, the No. [...]

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  • Third time’s a charm for Mountain Pointe, but Saints stumble

    Third time’s a charm for Mountain Pointe, but Saints stumble

    First-round tournament play is generally pretty cut-and-dry.  The high seeds are expected to advance because they open play against the lowest seeded teams.  But once in a while, there are some unexpected developments. The high school state soccer playoffs had a couple of first-round games that caught our attention, one on the boys’ side, the other [...]

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