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RED ROCK NEWS, Sedona, Arizona Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 13A
SPORTS &
,ATION
The Arizona Interscholastic at a high school game is silly.
Association executive board In the end, this will eventu-
and its athletic directors ally hurt the AIA, not help.
continue to spin heads like Let's not forget that every
we're taking part in the 1973 penny of a regional or state
horror film "The Exorcist" game goes to the AIA -- not
with the new divisional and the schools themselves.
sectional alignments, making There's a reason why two
it understandable only toyears ago the AIA put every
those who possess a doctorate 1A conference state basketball
in athletic organizational tournament game at Prescott
mayhem. High School, asking teams to
One day, hopefully, we'll all play all four rounds in four
get used to what school and days time, and then turning
what sport is in what division around and allowing the 3A
and what section, conference state tournament to
Say that three times fast. be played at Jobing.com Arena
Perhaps the biggest mind inGlendale.
boggler of them all, however, What's the reason, you ask?
is the increase in ticket fees for Well, the 3A will bring
regional and state tournaments northem schools down from
this season in team sports, and the reservation, which happen
sectional and divisional tour- to travel well. A final four
naments for individual sports, basketball game between Tuba
I attended "the 3A West City and Monument Valley
Regional Volleyball high school's could bring
Championships this past 10,000people.
weekend in Sedona, and to my What does that equal? More
surprise, there were only two money for the AIA, not Tuba
that's right, two -- students City and Monument Valley.
in the stands at Sedona Red Isn't it supposed to be about
Rock High School for the West a special moment, a special
semifinals, memory for the kids, for the
For teams that absolutelyathletes who work hard all year
depend on a good student toward one common goal?
turnout to help them strive to be Getting 'to play at a lousy
their best, it's difficult playing high school for a state cham-
in an empty gymnasium. Make pionship isn't even close to
no mistake, teams feed off an playing on an NBA pro basket-
emotional crowd filled with a ball court like United Airlines
few hundred students. Arena for a title like high
The AIA is now charging schools did years ago.
a whopping $6 a head for When I attended SRRHS
students, with school identifi- and played basketball for the
cation of course, and $8 for any Scorpions, we made the state
parents or other adults looking semifinals in 2000 and played
to attend. For state tourna- on the same floor as great Suns
ments, which began this past players like Charles Barkley,
weekend in some sports and Kevin Johnson, Dan Majerle,
begin this week for others, the Amare Stoudemire and Steve
AIA is charging a monumental Nash. You can bet I'll never
$10 a head for adults, with no .forget that, and neither will
change to student rates any of my teammates.
I'm sorry, but, this seems to Yes, you could say, "If
h
be a bit much, wouldn't you we are to have those special
say? venues for everyone, we need
Major League Baseball fans to charge more." OK, well,
can pay less than $10 to get a how about the thousands of
seat to a pro baseball game, dollars schools pay in fees to
never mind the fact parents and be a part of the AIA in the first
other fans will have to pay the place?
same amount to watch a bunch What ever happened to
of pimply-faced kids kick the loading up a bus full of kids
ball around this spring, to go watch their team play at
For ateam like the Scorpions, state? You don't see much of
who wound up winning the that anymore either, thanks to
regional tournament by the everyone trying to cover their
way despite a lackluster crowd, butt with a generation of legal-
a student fan base is key to its ities not even Moses himself
success, could part.
Asking a team to work In the end, charging adults
hard all year so it can host a to attend high school games
tournament match or game at is one thing, but I call for a
the end of its season is more free pass for students. It's the
than enough, never mind the right thing to do and it gives
fact that many students who our student athletes a natural
attend regular season games high to be cheered by their
pay $1 and $2, or get in free peers.
altogether.
Asking a young teenager Brian Bergner dr. can be reached
who probably doesn'twork for at 282-7795, ext. 131, or e-mail
a living to pay $6 to get a seat bbergner@larsonnewspapers.com
SENIOR RACHEL COOK, left, and teammate Sarah Schlener almost Sedona Red Rock
collide Saturday, Oct. 30, in the 3A West Regional Championships. The High School for its
By Brian Bergner Jr."
LARSON NEWSPAPERS
The historic 2010 season
continued Saturday, Oct. 30, for
the Sedona Red Rock High School
volleyball
team, which Wranglers 1
claimed Scorpions 3
the 3A
West Regional Tournament
championship.
After smashing the previous
school record for wins
Oct. 21 with their 28th victory, the
Scorpions set out to get two more
over the weekend, and did so.
In the 3A West Regional
Tournament semifinals, Sedona
made quick work of visiting No. 5
Chino Valley High School, 3-0.
The victory advanced the
Scorpions to the West champion-
ship match where they, would play
No. 2 W]ckenburg High School,
a team they had beaten 3-0 both
times this season.
Sedona, which received a
No. 1 seed in the tournament for its
outstanding play this season, had
a little trouble with the Wranglers
in Saturday's finale, but in the end
came away with the victory, 3-1.
"There were a few odd things
that happened in game two for
them to get that win, but I was
never worried," Sedona Head
Coach John Parks said.
The Scorpions easily beat
Wickenburg in game one 25-7,
which saw junior Katie Furlong
hook up with sophomore Brenna
Barker five consecutive times for
a kill to take a 7-1 lead before a
Wranglers timeout.
Sedona struggled in game two
however, losing 25-17. The win
Photos by Tom Hood/Larson Newspapers
High School volleyball team defeated Wickenburg
fourth consecutive West title, 3-1.
3A Volleyball State Playoffs
i Friday, Nov. 5 [First Round]
No. :1.6 Parker vs. No. 1. Monument Valley, 2 p.m
No. 9 Fountain Hills vs. No. 8 Winslow, 2 p.m.
No. 12 Snowflake vs. Re. 5 Sedona, 2 p.m.
No. 1.3 Holbrook vs. No. 4 Safford. 2 p.m.
No. 14 Empire vs. No. 3 Window Rock, noon
No. 1.1 Wickenburg vs. No. 6 Payson, noon
No. 1.0 Florence vs. No. 7 Blue Ridge, noon
No. 15 Ganado vs, No. 2 Tuba City, noon ,
NOTE: All matches will take place at Tim s Toyota Center in
Prescott Valley.
/
for Wickenburg tied the best-of- excellent matches, each recording
five series. 1-1, and put a little six digs.
strain into the faces' of Sedona With the two victories Saturday,
players and their fans. the Scorpions are now an impres-
Intheend, the Scorpions turned sive 30-3 [14-1 power point
the tables on Wickenburg thanks match.es] overall this season and
to 17 ball-handling errors by the are ranked No. 5 in the Arizona
Wranglers, winning game three Interscholastic Association power SENIOR LILA RODRIGUEZ goes
25-18, and eventually taking the point polls, up for a block in the 3A West
match in game four, 25-15. Regional Championships on
Sedona found itself down State Toumament
Saturday, Oct. 30
14-12 in game three but tied it The AIA officially released
18-18 before the Wranglers took the 3A conference state tourna- Snowflake, they would more than
a break. After the timeout, the ment bracket Monday, Nov. 1, likely play No. 4 Safford High
Scorpions went on a 7-0 run to revealing No. 5 Sedona will take School at 8 p.m. Friday.
win game three, on No. 12 Snowflake High School Safford was 12-4 overall this
Wickenburg also had 20 attack in the first round Friday, Nov. 5, season in power point matches
errors and four serve errors to at 2 p.m. while Holbrook High School,
go along with its 21 kills in All state playoffmatches will Safford's first round opponent,
Saturday's championship, take place at Tim's Toyota Center was 8-10.
Sedona struggled with the in Prescott Valley. The toumament Holbrook does, however, play
attack errors as well, recording is scheduled to begin Friday, with in the daunting 3A North region
17 against the Wranglers on play running through Saturday, with volleyball powerhouses
Saturday. The Scorpions had Nov. 6. Monument Valley, Tuba City and
only five ball-handling errors, "Snowflake is a good team. Window Rock high schools.
~owever, and eight service errors. We will have to play well," Parks Monument Valley, Tuba City
Individually for the Scorpions, said. and Window Rock are ranked
Barker led all passers, with 30 The Scorpions claimed the No. No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 in the state
assists while Furlong had 15 kills. 5 seed in last year's state play- in power rankings. The three were
Senior Rachel Cook had 12 kills offs and we all remember how a combined 45-6 in power point
and sophomore Sierra Hatler had ~ell that turned out for Sedona, matches this season with the 3A
five kills, making it to the final four for the defending state champions in
Defensively, seniors Sarahfirst time in school history. Monument Valley going a perfect
Schlener and Chelsea Strong had If the Scorpions can get past 17-0.
Seresun and company claim
,first sectional title in Flagstaff
By Brian Bergner Jr. Scorpions runners who finished in Wednesday, Nov. 10, on the
LARSON NEWSPAPERS the top eight at BuffaloPark. Scorpion girls cross country team's
As a team, Sedona'scored 40quest for a title in the Sports and
points, or three less than its newest Recreation page of the Sedona Red
Three points. That was the rival Hopi, which had 43 and RockNews.
margin of victory for the Sedona finished in second.
Red Rock High School girls cross Northland Preparatory Academy
country team, which claimed its finished third overall with 66 points
first Division IV Section II champi- while Pinon High School was
onship Friday, Oct. 29. fourth with 111 and St. Michael
"We're the first to do it," Sedona High School wrapped up the top
Head Coach Harry Schneider said five with 127 points.
proudly to his girls while holding Coming in third overall was
the plaque engraved "Section II sophomore Taylor Gage who
Champions." finished her race with a 19:56
"Our girls ran really well-- what time. Sophomore Eva Wilson took
a job they did. We knew Hopi was seventh overall with a 20:32 time
going to be right there and we beat and senior Hope G0imarac was
them. We're hoping to start our own eighth with a 20:37 time.
dynasty here." "Each of these girls have won a
Hopi High School has claimed race this season; not many schools
18 cross country state champion- can say that," Schneider said.
ships in the last 20 years, but the In 23rd was sophomore Rachel
Scorpions hope to start their own Lillie who, in the end, finished just
tradition this season when the state well enough to earn the Scorpions a
meet begins Friday, Nov, 5.championship. Lillie finished with
The Scorpions have a long way to a 22:31 time.
go before claiming 18 cross country Although her score didn't count
state titles, but for now, they'd settle toward a team total, freshman
for just one. standout Tatiana Chionis finished in
At Buffalo Park in Flagstaff, soph- the top 30, taking 29th overall with
omore sensation Mykala Seresun a 23:38 time.
was impressive, taking first overall With the sectional championship
"% .
at the Section II Championships on in hand, the Scorpions will turn then"
Friday with a 19:36 time.
The first-place finish comes as no
surprise since Seresun is considered
one of the top cross country runners
in file state. Seresun was one of four
attention to the Division IV State
Championships, which are sched-
uled to take place Saturday, Nov. 6,
at the Cave Creek Golf Course.
Look for a full write-uP
Boys Miss State Qualification
Under new Arizona
Interscholastic Association bylaws,
the Scorpions boys cross country
team needed 'to finish in the top
four at Buffalo Park on Friday, but
wound up a distant fifth.
Hopi claimed the sectional cham-
pionship with 46 points while Many
Farms High School was second
with 65 points.
Northland Preparatory.took third
with 82 points while Pinon was
fourth with 88 points. The Scorpions
finished fifth with 106points.
"The boys fought sickness all year
and could just never get it together
at the same time," Schneider said.
Individually for the Scorpions,
junior Brandon Snickers finished
seventh overall with a 17:23 time.
Junior Alan Myers was next in line
for the Scorpions, finishing 16th
overall with a 17:52 time.
Taylor Webber finished 33rd
overall with an 18:48 time and:
freshman Travis Okie was 42nd
with a 19:53.
As a team, the Scorpions needed
to finish in the top four, but Snickers
and Myers qualified to run individu-
ally Friday at the Division IV State
Championships.
SOPHOMORE MYKALA SERESUN runs toward the finish line Friday,
Championships in Flagstaff. Seresun won the meet, finishing first
Brian Bergner Jr/Larson Newspapers
Oct. 29, at the Division IV Section II
overall with a $9:36 time.