Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

Boys, girls soccer tournaments cover landscape this week

December 2, 2012 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365


There is more on the winter sports menu this week, and soccer appears to be the main course.

Here is a look at this week’s tournaments (listed alphabetically by sport) in Scottsdale, Phoenix, the southwest, west and north Valley and northern Arizona . . .

Basketball

Majerle’s Basketball Challenge (boys), Wednesday (Dec. 5) through Saturday (Dec. 8) at Goodyear Desert Edge and Buckeye Verrado highs.

Teams: Anthem Boulder Creek, Glendale Cactus, Goodyear Desert Edge, Goodyear Estrella Foothills, Kingman, Avondale La Joya, Tempe McClintock, Goodyear Millennium, Phoenix North Pointe Prep, Parker, Regis (Colo.), Phoenix Sierra Linda, Peoria Sunrise Mountain, Tolleson, Buckeye Verrado, Surprise Willow Canyon.

Pepsi Holiday Basketball (boys and girls), Thursday (Dec. 6) through Saturday at Flagstaff High.

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

Teams: Chinle, Kayenta Monument Valley, Pine View (Utah), Glendale Raymond S. Kellis, Surprise Shadow Ridge, Tuba City, Williams.

Soccer

Moon Valley Tournament (boys), Monday (Dec. 3) through Friday (Dec. 7) at Phoenix Moon Valley and Glendale Apollo highs.

Teams: Glendale Apollo, Phoenix Greenway, Tempe McClintock, Phoenix Moon Valley, Phoenix North, Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep, Phoenix Pinnacle, Prescott, Phoenix Sierra Linda, Tempe, Phoenix Thunderbird, Phoenix Washington.

Bulldog Invitational (boys), Monday through Saturday at Phoenix Barry Goldwater and Glendale Ironwood highs.

Teams: Phoenix Barry Goldwater, Peoria Centennial, Glendale Copper Canyon, Glendale Deer Valley, Phoenix Horizon, Glendale Ironwood, Goodyear Millennium, Glendale Mountain Ridge, Peoria, Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor, Phoenix Shadow Mountain, Phoenix South Mountain, Phoenix Sunnyslope, Peoria Sunrise Mountain, Tolleson, Avondale Westview.

Tournament of Champions (girls), Monday through Saturday at Phoenix Horizon High and Reach II Complex, north Phoenix.

Teams: Glendale Apollo, Phoenix Arcadia, Phoenix Barry Goldwater, Cave Creek Cactus Shadows, Tucson Catalina Foothills, Peoria Centennial, Scottsdale Chaparral, El Mirage Dysart, Gilbert Higley, Phoenix Horizon, Glendale Ironwood, Phoenix Moon Valley, Glendale Mountain Ridge, Phoenix Pinnacle, Glendale Raymond S. Kellis, Phoenix Shadow Mountain, Phoenix Sierra Linda, Phoenix South Mountain, Phoenix Sunnyslope, Peoria Sunrise Mountain, Tolleson, Gilbert Williams Field, Phoenix Xavier Prep, Buckeye Youngker.

Lady Eagles Invitational, Monday through Friday, at Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor High.

Teams: Avondale Agua Fria, Flagstaff Coconino, Flagstaff, Prescott, Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor, Surprise Shadow Ridge, Surprise Valley Vista, Avondale Westview.

Deer Valley Girls Tournament, Wednesday through Friday at Glendale Deer Valley High.

Teams: Glendale Cactus, Glendale Copper Canyon, Glendale Deer Valley, Goodyear Desert Edge, Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep, Page, Surprise Willow Canyon.

Coyotes Classic (boys), Friday and Saturday at Phoenix Arizona Lutheran Academy.

Teams: Phoenix Arizona Lutheran, Phoenix Bourgade Catholic, Goodyear Estrella Foothills, Phoenix Scottsdale Christian, Sedona Red Rock, Phoenix Valley Lutheran.

Wrestling

Verde Duals, Friday and Saturday, at Camp Verde High.

40th annual Jerry Benson Tournament, Friday and Saturday at Buckeye High.

Teams: Phoenix Alhambra, Laveen Betty H. Fairfax, Phoenix Brophy Prep, Buckeye, Phoenix Camelback, Phoenix Central, Goodyear Estrella Foothills, Fountain Hills, Lake Havasu, Tempe McClintock, Parker, San Luis, Surprise Shadow Ridge, Phoenix South Mountain, Phoenix Trevor Browne, Phoenix Washington, Avondale Westview, Surprise Willow Canyon, Buckeye Youngker.

Big Red Memorial, Friday and Saturday at Avondale Agua Fria High.

1st Liberty Classic, Friday and Saturday at Peoria Liberty High.

Teams: Phoenix Bourgade Catholic, Glendale Cactus, Gilbert Campo Verde, Scottsdale Coronado, Goodyear Desert Edge, Mesa Desert Ridge, El Mirage Dysart, Phoenix Greenway, Glendale Ironwood, Peoria Liberty, Goodyear Millennium, Phoenix North Canyon, Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep, Sahuarita, Surprise Shadow Ridge, Peoria Sunrise Mountain, Chandler Valley Christian, Gilbert Williams Field.