Catalina Foothills beat Cholla 56-25 Friday night in a game fueled by basic motivation. The Falcons came in wondering why some considered them to be the underdog and the Chargers came in wondering where they really stood after an impressive 2-0 start. Some questions were answered.
Now, only a junior, Reyes broke the 1,000-point career mark and Loya reached 1,000 career points Friday night at Cholla and Galindo might match that total later this year. Things have changed.
No. 15 Pueblo and No. 17 Cholla came into the Division III, Section III tournament knowing an at-large state-playoff bid was practically in the bag. The only question would be what team they would play and where and that depended on how the sectional tournament played out.
Alexis Cortez has done what only a couple dozen others in the history of girl's basketball in Arizona have done. The Tucson guard/forward scored 35 points Thursday night against Cholla to put her in the 2,000-point club.
Sahuarita defeated Cholla 52-6 in a game a few pundits saw ending the other way. A Charger win may have been a safe and logical prediction considering the 3-0 record Cholla sported while the Mustangs came in winless at 0-3 but a closer look at the three losses was warranted.
No. 11 Nogales stunned No. 3 Vail Cienega 57-31 in the quarterfinal round of the boy's Division II state playoffs Thursday night to deny the Bobcats a return trip to the semifinal round.
Improving their record to 16-1, Cholla defeated Catalina Foothills 55-52 Thursday night. Senior Jorge Carrasco pumped in 25 points to lead the Chargers. Dakota Kordsiemon led the Falcons (11-7) with 17 points and Nik Nehls added 15.
Tucson Palo Verde went 4-0 at the Lady Titan Invitational held this past week including a 5-2 win in the championship match Saturday afternoon against Tucson Rincon/University High.