Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

Winter sports tournaments out in full force this week

November 26, 2012 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365


If you are worn out from Black (and Blue) Friday and are fighting off a case of carpal tunnel from Cyber Monday meanderings, take a load off and check out these winter sports tournaments this week in Scottsdale, Phoenix, the southwest, west and north Valley and northern Arizona . . .

Boys basketball

Tate’s Shootout. Thursday (Nov. 29) through Saturday (Dec. 1) at Winslow High.

Teams: Durango (Colo.), Ganado, Keams Canyon Hopi, Payson, Snowflake, Tuba City, Sanders Valley, Winslow.

Red Rocks Hoops Classic. Thursday through Saturday at Sedona Red Rock High.

Teams: Unavailable.

Phoenix Country Day School Desert Classic, Friday (Nov. 30) and Saturday at Phoenix Country Day School, Phoenix Bourgade Catholic and Scottsdale Salt River highs.

Teams: Phoenix Bourgade Catholic, Chandler Prep, Phoenix Horizon Honors, Mayer, Surprise Paradise Honors, Phoenix Country Day School, Scottsdale Rancho Solano, Salome, Scottsdale Salt River, Tonopah Valley, Wickenburg, Buckeye Youngker.

Girls basketball

Coca Cola Classic, Thursday through Saturday at Chinle High.

Teams: Chinle, El Mirage Dysart, Ganado, Keams Canyon Hopi, Many Farms, Pinon, Red Mesa, Rough Rock, Tuba City, Surprise Willow Canyon.

Navajo Generating Station Classic, Thursday through Saturday at Page High.

Teams: Bishop Gorman (Nev.), Chandler, Vail Cienega, Dixie (Utah), Kayenta Monument Valley, Pine View (Utah), Fort Defiance Window Rock.

Phoenix Christian Holiday Hoops, Thursday through Saturday at Phoenix Christian High.

Teams: Scottsdale Coronado, Phoenix Northwest Christian, Surprise Paradise Honors, Phoenix Christian, Pima, Kearny Ray, Tonopah Valley, Phoenix Veritas Prep.

River Valley Shootout, Friday and Saturday at River Valley High.

Teams: Kingman, Lake Havasu, Bullhead City Mohave, Needles (Calif.), Pahrump Valley (Nev.), Palo Verde (Calif.), Parker, River Valley, Wickenburg.

Phoenix Country Day School Desert Classic, Friday and Saturday at Phoenix Country Day School and Phoenix Horizon Honors and Phoenix Valley Lutheran highs.

Teams: Phoenix Bourgade Catholic, Chandler Prep, Goodyear Estrella Foothills, Fountain Hills, Gilbert Christian, Phoenix Horizon Honors, Mayer, Phoenix Country Day School, Scottsdale Rancho Solano, Salome, Scottsdale Prep, Phoenix Valley Lutheran.

Boys soccer

Deer Valley Invitational, Wednesday (Nov. 28) through Friday at Glendale Deer Valley High.

Teams: Phoenix Barry Goldwater, Buckeye, Peoria Centennial, Glendale Deer Valley, Goodyear Desert Edge, Peoria Liberty, Surprise Valley Vista, Surprise Willow Canyon.

10th Annual Alliance Tournament, Thursday through Saturday at Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain High.

Teams: Unavailable.

Girls soccer

Pride in Paradise Invitational, Monday (Nov. 26) through Friday at Phoenix Paradise Valley High.

Teams: Unavailable.

Wrestling

River Valley Meet, Wednesday at River Valley High.

Teams: Boulder City (Nev.), Laughlin (Nev.), Bullhead City Mohave, Pahrump Valley (Nev.), Parker, River Valley.

Southwest Showdown Invitational, Friday and Saturday at Grand Canyon University, Phoenix.

Teams: Anthem Boulder Creek, Phoenix Carl Hayden, Laveen Cesar Chavez, Chandler, Tempe Corona del Sol, Mesa Desert Ridge, Florence, Gilbert Highland, Tucson Ironwood Ridge, Tempe Marcos de Niza, Tempe McClintock, Cottonwood Mingus, Parker, Payson, Gilbert Perry, Queen Creek, Rio Rico, Tucson Salpointe Catholic, Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor, Mesa Skyline, Tempe, Surprise Valley Vista, Buckeye Verrado.

Are You Tough Enough Invitational, Friday and Saturday at Wickenburg High.

Teams: Cave Creek Cactus Shadows, Chino Valley, Scottsdale Coronado, Phoenix Cortez, El Mirage Dysart, Lake Havasu, Phoenix Northwest Christian, Scottsdale Salt River, Chandler Seton Catholic, Surprise Shadow Ridge, Phoenix South Mountain, Phoenix Valley Lutheran, Wickenburg, Surprise Willow Canyon.

Wade Hendershott-Peaks Tournament, Friday and Saturday at Flagstaff High.

Teams: Unavailable.

28th Annual Skyhawk Classic, Friday and Saturday at Glendale Deer Valley High.

Teams: Glendale Apollo, Phoenix Barry Goldwater, Phoenix Brophy Prep, Yuma Cibola, Glendale Deer Valley, Goodyear Desert Edge, Scottsdale Desert Mountain, El Mirage Dysart, Phoenix Horizon, Phoenix Moon Valley, Phoenix Pinnacle, Phoenix Shadow Mountain, Tucson Sunnyside, Phoenix Thunderbird.

Pat Kenny Invite, Friday and Saturday at Holbrook High.

Teams: Whiteriver Alchesay, Queen Creek Canyon State Academy, Chinle, Ganado, Tuba City Greyhills, Holbrook, Keams Canyon Hopi, Joseph City, Many Farms, Gilbert Mesquite, Glendale Mountain Ridge, Pinon, Red Mesa, Tolleson, Phoenix Trevor Browne, Tuba City, Sanders Valley, Fort Defiance Window Rock.