No.2 Paradise Valley fought off a scrappy Tucson Catalina Foothills team to move on to the second round of the state playoffs by beating the No.14 Falcons 21-7 in a 4A-I matchup in Paradise Valley Friday night.

MARANA - It was close, but Tempe Marcos de Niza couldn’t break the stranglehold Tucson Catalina Foothills has on the Division II state volleyball world.

You kind of got the feeling that for 44 minutes Saturday night, Pinnacle’s girls soccer team was avoiding the inevitable.

February 10, 2005

The Tucson Catalina Foothills girls soccer team survived a sloppy, muddy game against Chaparral on Thursday night at Dobson High School to win 3-2.

Williams Field seemed to have everything going its way heading into its first-ever boys volleyball state semifinal appearance.

In a sport where momentum and confidence mean everything, host Tempe Marcos de Niza was a little worried entering Thursday’s quarterfinal match against Tucson Catalina in the 4A/5A-II state volleyball tournament.

It's not over yet.

TUCSON — Soccer can be a cruel, unrewarding game.

The 4A Division I All-State boys soccer team, as determined by the state's soccer coaches:

Class 4A-2A boys volleyball state tournament outlook

Here are the first two rounds of the boys volleyball state tournament, which begins Saturday and continues May 7 (quarterfinals), May 9 (semifinals) and May 11 (championship):

It wasn’t at all surprising that Cactus Shadows senior Andrea Weedman was named Most Valuable Player of the Cactus Shadows Volleyball Classic.

Cave Creek Cactus Shadows shot a 324 on the first day of the 4A state girls golf tournament at the Sundance Golf Course in Buckeye Monday to post a 12-stroke lead over Tucson Catalina Foothills.

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