Ironwood Ridge had a difficult time shaking Basha last night but the Nighthawks pulled away with a 51-46 win to improve to 7-1 in power ranking games. Oh, and along the way, senior standout Lexy Ram set an important scoring milestone.
No. 9 Oro Valley Ironwood Ridge defeated No. 24 Yuma Gila Ridge 64-45 Wednesday night in the first round of the Division II state playoffs, sending the Nighthawks to the second round for the first time since 2011. Coincidentally, that year was also the last time the Gila Ridge Hawks qualified for the playoffs.
Marana High School hosted the 13th Annual Valerie McGregor Rattler Invitational on Saturday morning. The Rattler was run on the same course that will host the sectionals for Division II/Section 2, Division III/Section 2 and Division IV/Section 3 on November 1.