The Brandon Bean Soccer Invitational is held every year to honor Brandon Bean, a former Salpointe player who passed away in 1992 after an on-field collision at a soccer scrimmage.
It took five sets and over two hours for Salpointe to outlast Sunrise Mountain 3-2 in the 4A title match held at Mountain Point High School Thursday night but that’s just how the Lancers wanted it.
The semifinal round of the 4A state volleyball championship favored the lower seeds as No. 4 Sunrise Mountain swept No. 1 Cactus Shadows and No. 3 Salpointe beat No. 2 Cactus 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Four big schools from Southern Arizona will live to see another week thanks to a couple of thrilling finishes from the 5A ranks and a dominating performance from Cienega and Salpointe.