Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

Another full weekend of fall sports tournaments

September 29, 2011 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365


NOTE: This fall sports schedule overview primarily covers the area from north Scottsdale west through Phoenix, the southwest and northwest Valley, northwest Arizona, northern Arizona and northeast Arizona, including Native American communities.

Fall sports meets/tournaments on the schedule for this weekend (Friday and Saturday) . . .

*The Phoenix Country Day School Swimming Invitational for boys and girls, Friday (Sept. 30) at Phoenix Country Day School.

Participating teams: Glendale Apollo, Phoenix Bourgade Catholic, Phoenix Christian, Phoenix Country Day School, Phoenix Scottsdale Christian, Sedona Red Rock and Wickenburg.

*The Page High School Golf Invitational for boys, practice round Friday and official round on Saturday (Oct. 1) at the Lake Powell National Golf Course.

Participating teams: Laveen Betty H. Fairfax, Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain, Canyon View, Utah, Flagstaff Coconino, Desert Hills, Utah, Hurricane, Utah, Phoenix Maryvale, Gilbert Mesquite, Bullhead City Mohave and Tempe.

*The Prescott Girls Golf Invitational, Friday and Saturday at Antelope Hills Golf Course.

Participating teams: Tempe Corona del Sol, Glendale Deer Valley, Mesa Dobson, Gilbert, Chandler Hamilton, Gilbert Highland, Tempe Marcos de Niza, Phoenix Mountain Pointe, Glendale Mountain Ridge, Mesa Mountain View, Mesa Red Mountain and Phoenix Shadow Mountain.

*The Camp Verde Invitational (boys and girls cross country), Saturday at Camp Verde High. Participants unavailable.

*The Glendale Showcase (boys and girls cross country), Saturday at Paseo Park in Glendale.

Participating teams: Avondale Agua Fria, Apache Junction, Glendale Apollo, Phoenix Arcadia, Laveen Betty H. Fairfax, Phoenix Bourgade Catholic, Buckeye, Phoenix Camelback, Phoenix Cortez, Goodyear Desert Edge, El Mirage Dysart, Yuma Gila Ridge, Glendale, Phoenix Greenway, Glendale Independence, Phoenix Moon Valley, Glendale Raymond S. Kellis, Phoenix Sunnyslope, Phoenix Thunderbird, Phoenix Washington.

*The Independence Badmintion Invitational, beginning on Saturday at 9 a.m. at Glendale Independence High.

Participating teams: Glendale Apollo, Chandler, Scottsdale Chaparral, Scottsdale Desert Mountain, Phoenix Desert Vista, Phoenix Greenway, Chandler Hamilton, Glendale Independence, Mesa, Goodyear Millennium, Phoenix Mountain Pointe, Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor, Phoenix Sunnyslope, Phoenix Thunderbird, Phoenix Trevor Browne and Phoenix Xavier Prep.

*The Chino Invitational for volleyball on Saturday at Chino Valley High.

Participating teams: Camp Verde, Chino Valley, Keams Canyon Hopi, Seligman and Williams.