A rivalry in name only, Ironwood Ridge has grown accustomed to beating Canyon del Oro during singles play but the Dorados forced the Nighthawks to doubles where the Nighthawks ultimately pulled out a slim 5-4 win on Thursday.
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The University of Arizona and Ironwood Ridge hosted the first high school “pairs” competition in Arizona. The CatBox Classic featured athletes from Xavier Prep, Salpointe, Chaparral, Ironwood Ridge, Corona del Sol and Notre Dame.
The Catalina Foothills boy's tennis team has won 10 state team titles dating back to 1997. It's an incredible run that includes a trip to the final every year since 2005 except for 2012 and 2013. Even then, the Falcons picked things back up and won the last two Division II team championships.
Canyon del Oro defeated Ironwood Ridge 7-4 Saturday afternoon to capture the 14th edition of the Dorado Classic. The field included 20 teams including reigning Division I state champion Sandra Day O'Connor.
Girl's Division II State Championship
Round 2: Friday, Feb. 19 at Tucson
No. 13 Sahuaro 65, No. 4 Tucson 60
Quarterfinals: Tuesday, Feb. 23 at Gila River Arena
No. 13 Sahuaro vs. No. 5 Mesa, 2:30 p.m.
Jackrabbits notch 1st playoff win in 14 years
No. 4 Ironwood Ridge defeated No. 5 Arcadia 1-0 Saturday to advance to the semifinal round of the Division II soccer playoffs. The Nighthawks (18-3-2) scored on an own goal in the 23rd minute and held on for the win despite a frantic comeback attempt by the Titans (15-4) down the stretch including a shot with a few seconds left.
Ironwood Ridge and Tucson played to a 1-1 tie Friday night in an important Division II, Section VI match. With the tie, both teams remain within striking distance of Salpointe for the section lead.
Ironwood Ridge coach Tim Berrier named NFHS National Coach of the Year
No. 8 Gilbert Christian held on for a 51-48 win at No. 7 Catalina Foothills in a rare Division II battle played on a Saturday night. Senior standout Mitch Lightfoot led all scorers with 29 points.
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.
Want a wrestling rivalry? Sunnyside and Ironwood ridge fits the bill.
The two powerhouses met up Wednesday night at Sunnyside and the Nighthawks came away with a 34-22 win
That's what the Marcos de Niza coaching staff told their players after they knocked off Ironwood Ridge 35-15 Friday night in an important Division II quarterfinal match. The win pushed the Padres' record to 11-2 heading into their semifinal game against Skyline (12-0) next Friday night.
3 teams dropped, three went up and 2 stayed the same
No. 4 Ironwood Ridge outlasted No. 13 Sunnyside 34-30 Friday night to advance to the quarterfinal round of the Division II state playoffs where the Nighthawks (9-2) will host No.5 Marcos de Niza (10-2).
Ironwood Ridge defeated Marcos de Niza 35-24 on the Padres' home field on Oct. 16. Prior to this season, Marcos de Niza knocked Ironwood Ridge out of the 2013 playoffs in the first round.
Salpointe was 2-4 at one point. A lot of experts offered to perform last rites for the Lancers, forgetting the first avenue to the playoffs comes through a section championship and the second option involves power points.
Division I, II and III showdown contests aplenty
Tucson Sahuaro senior Kathryn Ottman played almost flawless golf on Saturday to capture the individual championship of the Ironwood Ridge Nighthawk Invitational held at the OMNI Tucson National.
Oro Valley Ironwood Ridge took a gamble opening up the season against Division I power Chandler Hamilton. The Nighthawks may have lost that game 44-7 but they gained so much more. The Nighthawks learned how to adjust and grow together as a team and their learning curve was on display Friday night thanks to a 33-7 win over Tucson Salpointe.
Hamilton OF Cruz, Nogales' P I. Lopez earn MVP honors
The Bobcats defeated Salpointe 9-2 Tuesday night to capture the Division II championship and the win was the third over the Lancers this year. No, the third time may not have been difficult, but it was impressive.
Billed as a high-powered double header at Amphitheater High School, the third round of the Division II playoffs turned into a night of missed opportunities and errors. Plenty of errors.
No. 4 Vail Cienega run-ruled No. 12 Tucson High 14-0 in the first game on Thursday night and No. 2 Salpointe defeated No. 7 Canyon del Oro 12-4 in the nightcap.
Oro Valley Ironwood Ridge hosted Tucson Salpointe in the quarterfinal round of the Division II playoffs on Wednesday and came away with a 5-1 win to advance.
Verrado (25-7) hoped to avenge last year's playoff loss to Oro Valley Canyon del Oro (30-5) but they fell short, losing 7-2 on Tuesday.
Oro Valley Ironwood Ridge junior Josh Darang pitched his way out of a couple of jams and held No. 19 Phoenix Arcadia (20-11) scoreless in the first round of the Division II baseball playoffs Saturday afternoon.
Darang improved his record to 6-1 on the year while the No. 14 Nighthawks picked up their 21st of the season (21-8) thanks to their 3-0 win over the Titans.
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