J. Cole silences ‘Birds; Sahuaro wins, 4-1
By Pete Mohr | May 12, 2010
FALCON FIELD – The baseball gods did not smile on the Falcons last week. First, near the end of Wednesday’s practice, starting catcher and reliable hitter Connor Sabanosh suffered a freakish, potentially-serious injury that knocked him out of the Playoffs. Second, third baseman and often-designated hitter Brent Nurre’s sore back was not improving. Third, Head Coach Mike Baker was concerned about his team’s layoff since their wild 15-13 win at Apache Junction, April 29. More...
Lady Falcons win “Peoria Bowl,” 21-17
By Pete Mohr | May 12, 2010
PEORIA H.S. – You’ve heard this sports cliché more than once: “Make the (State) Playoffs and anything can happen.” Yeah, right. Like a #14 seed beating a #3 seed? Yep, check out the line score below for this wild-and-wooly game that sends the LadyBirds down to Tucson for a Quarterfinals match-up against Canyon del Oro’s #6-ranked Lady Dorados, Tuesday afternoon, May 11. More...
Track sending 25 to State; Four records set at D-Sky
By Pete Mohr | May 12, 2010
QUEEN CREEK - The final totals tell the story of Queen Creek’s dominant balance at Desert Sky Regionals. More...
CF “Other Falcons” beat CSHS, win state
(Tucson) Catalina Foothills, a/k/a “The Other Falcons,” beat the Tennis Falcons, 5-0, in State (Team) Semifinals at Paseo Racquet Center, Friday, May 7, then went on the next day to win their fifth straight State Championship by downing Prescott. “We played really, really well,” Coach Bob Dice told Sonoran News. “I believe we gave them their toughest match of the season.” Don’t forget that his Tennis Guys were undefeated Desert Sky champs.
May 6-7: Matt Schneider (2), 4x100m relay teams set CSHS records! May 8: Sahuaro, 4 - Falcons, 1; #14 Softball , 21 - #3 Peoria, 17! May 11: Brave LadyBirds after 2-1 heartbreaker at #6 CDO: (l-r) Gracie Goulder, Camille McIver, Elyssa Hartsock, Head Coach Danica Gianni.