6A girls’ volleyball state title is first-ever for Hamilton HS
Motivation can be a powerful force in sports. And it comes in many forms. Just ask the Hamilton High School girls’ volleyball team. As the Chandler school was waiting for its … Read More
Tag: girls volleyball
4A volleyball title is 3rd in 5 years for Salpointe Catholic
The Salpointe Catholic girls’ volleyball team lost to Notre Dame Prep during the regular season, getting swept 3-0 to close out October. But NDP coach Holly McLean admitted that she didn’t … Read More
Basha HS off to bad start in defense of 6A volleyball title
The high school volleyball season is just getting underway, but if early results are any indication of what’s to come, Basha High School has a long, grinding road back to … Read More
Same old faces back again in 6A state volleyball tourney
State volleyball tournaments start today for Arizona high schools. But in 6A, the state’s top conference, it already looks like another re-run from years past. Xavier Prep is seeded … Read More
Perry, Flagstaff HS claim final volleyball tourney titles
The final tournaments of the girls’ high school volleyball season played out over the weekend as teams from across the state got one last chance to tune up before … Read More
AZ volleyball teams building national stature at Nike TOC
Arizona high schools are still trying to return to the top of the Nike Tournament of Champions, the girls’ volleyball tournament generally regarded as the event to determine a … Read More
Hamilton volleyball wins Westwood TOC…prize or jinx?
Hamilton High School just won the Gold bracket title at this year’s Westwood Tournament of Champions girls’ volleyball tournament, a major early-season event that draws many of the top-ranked … Read More
Corona vs. Mountain Pte. offers state volleyball preview
With apologies to Xavier Prep, tomorrow could provide one final preview of what the 6A volleyball high school state championship match could look like. It’s the final match on … Read More
Top AZ team: Xavier Prep volleyball takes 3rd at Nike TOC
Xavier volleyball is back. And no team in the state’s top high school conference is more painfully aware of that than Corona del Sol High School, the 6A defending … Read More
Corona del Sol’s win at Westwood TOC may be prophetic
When the Corona del Sol High School girls’ volleyball team won last year’s 6A state championship it ended a long title drought that began back in 1991 when the … Read More
Perry volleyball wins House of Payne…good omen or jinx?
To quote Yogi Berra, it’s ‘deja vu all over again’ for the Perry High School girls’ volleyball team. The Pumas won this year’s House of Payne Volleyball Invite over … Read More
Corona del Sol is 6A volleyball champ, Centennial wins 5A
It has been a down-to-the-wire horse race all season long in 6A volleyball as a handful of teams have been juggling positions among the top five rankings in the conference, without … Read More
Perry HS, Corona del Sol move to the top of 6A volleyball
Like ships passing in the night, the Corona del Sol High School and Desert Vista High girls’ volleyball teams have quietly slipped past each other as they continue to … Read More
Centennial HS was right to listen to parents upset with hire
Don’t misunderstand. As a general rule, parents need to stay out of the business of running high school sports programs. It almost always turns out badly when they don’t. … Read More
Desert Vista holds off Xavier for repeat D-I volleyball title
The gymnasium at Mesquite High School in Gilbert was packed for Tuesday’s state girls’ volleyball championship match between Xavier Prep and Desert Vista High as fans awaited the much-anticipated … Read More
Desert Vista volleyball begins quest to repeat state title
The Division I state tournament for girls volleyball began Tuesday, but today is when it gets serious. In Tuesday’s first round in Division I, top-seeded Desert Vista High School … Read More
Desert Vista HS takes 3rd at Nike TOC; Xavier’s reign ends
Arizona high schools picked up more than their share of titles from the prestigious Nike Tournament of Champions girls’ volleyball tourney over the weekend. But the big prize eluded … Read More
Prep volleyball: season’s big tourneys fast approaching
Since the 21-team Payson Invitational Tournament kicked off girls’ high school volleyball in Arizona a week ago, there have been smaller tournaments sprouting up like mushrooms on almost a … Read More
2015 could be pivotal year for GCU women’s volleyball
As Grand Canyon University prepares to begin its third year in a four-year transition period to move from Division II to full accreditation as a D-I program athletics program, some … Read More
Gilbert HS wins House of Payne; Westwood TOC is next
The Gilbert High girls’ volleyball team once again was able to use the House of Payne Invitational to get ready for the most challenging early-season tournament in the state, … Read More