#2 Austin Williams Leaping for the extra yard
The Forces hit the road this week to face off against NW Christian. While the Crusaders put up a fight, the Forces came home victorious and extended their record to 6 – 1.
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ASC faced up against the AZ Thunder in Chandler where the Ref’s let these competitive 11u athletes play to the limit. Most of the thunder was coming from the coaches looking for fouls but what we saw was grit and toughness coming from some seriously talented young ladies. In the end, ASC walked away with a 6-2 W but I’m sure the Thunder want another crack at them sooner rather than later.
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#8 Tala Aunese trucks toward the goal line with 6 Cyclones in tow.
The Casa Grande Cyclones come out to Queen Creek this week to face off against the STYFL Special Forces. I’ll have to admit I was a bit worried that the Forces were in for a world of hurt when I saw the Cyclones offensive line, they had a real size advantage. But the SF Coaches rotated the defense often to keep the boys fresh and really kept the Cyclones from mounting any lasting momentum. In fact, the SF defense played one heck of a game, keeping the cyclones out of the end zone and helping their team extend their record to 4-1.
The Chandler Titans met up with Glendale Griffins at Gilbert Christian’s football field for some action packed JHS Football. Although CPA had a lopsided win having several high caliber players who scored almost at will, GPA kept the game exciting by never letting up and playing with big heart throughout the game.
With the Junior High game canceled this week, we headed over to Basha High School to watch the undefeated Basha Bears JV team take on the hard hitting Desert Vista. While Basha struck first capitalizing on an early turn over and blocking one of DV’s PATs to go into half time 14 -13, Desert Vista came on strong in the second half. With 4 min. left in the game Basha got the ball with a 17-28 hole to dig out of, and dig they did, driving the ball into the end-zone and making the 2 point conversion to get within three points of DV. With less than a minute left in the game, Basha saw their perfect record slip away as DV recovered the onside kick and finished the game in ‘victory formation’.
So as Desert Ice Fastpitch moves up in age groups, this Club team made up of mainly HS Varsity girls from different east valley schools test their skills against an 8 time NJCAA State Championship Program thats in the midst of rebuilding with 11 Freshmen. You’d never know it though as PC takes both games with solid defense and consistent deep fly balls with one of them finding its way over the wall. Desert Ice played solid ‘D’ but had a hard time finding the gaps against these PC pitchers.
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We’ve just finalized the portrait packages for this year’s Basha Volleyball teams and should be getting those delivered shortly. Remember, you can always order reprints here by clicking the image above to jump to the gallery. You’ll also find a wider selection of sizing options in our online gallery as well.
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All I could say after this game is ‘Wow’, this was one heck of a physical game, there’s going be a lot of sore young men Sunday morning. The glorious sounds of crunching, popping pads could be heard play after play from the sidelines. Unfortunately, for the Forces they came up short on points and were handed their first loss of the season by the Bears. Even though they were down on points, these young men never let up on their intensity and continued to make some excellent plays, including some monster sacks and an a interception (see video below).
Another thing that I really loved about this game is the level of CLASS exhibited by both these teams, as physical as this game got, once that whistle blew, they were helping each other up and patting each other on the back with real respect. Amazing to see someone who just got laid out with a big hit get up and tell the opponent ‘good hit’ – a real testament to the maturity of these young men and the principles their coaches and parents instilled in them. Excellent, excellent job guys.
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Here’s some of the action shots of Highland High taking on the Basha Bears on their home court. Enjoy.
Had a blast shooting the Highland High Volleyball team take on Basha. The last game was a real nail biter with each team trading points in a tied game. Here’s a couple seconds of Highland’s game winning point. Pictures should be posted soon.
