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Vote for The Arizona Republic's HS athletes of the week, May 6-May 11
Here are this week's nominees for The Arizona Republic's boy’s and girl’s athletes of the week, sponsored by Diamond Kitchen & Bath. Nominees are based on performances in AIA-sanctioned sports. Vote for the top selection in each of our polls included with the story on azcentral.com. Voting will close at 6 p.m. on Wednesday and winners will be announced the next day on azcentral.com and in The Arizona Republic on Friday. Submit a weekly nominee at static.azcentral.com/sports/high-schools/nominations/).
Naranja ready for play
Matt Jankowski stood above the half-pipe at Naranja Park’s new skate park. Though it is fenced off before the official opening Saturday, May 18, there are already scuff marks from skaters sneaking in for first rides on the half- and quarter-pipes, the “vert” wall, street elements, and steeply pitched bowl.
Salpointe Catholic wins 6th straight softball championship
Apparently, the only thing that can stop the Salpointe Catholic High School softball team from winning a state championship tournament year after year: not having the tournament altogether. Salpointe won its state-record sixth consecutive championship Saturday night at the University of Arizona’s Hillenbrand Stadium — an 11-0 victory over Canyon...
U of A Athletics hold hygiene kit drive
TUCSON, Ariz. — University of Arizona Athletics held a hygiene kit drive on Monday with the donations benefiting the Opportunity Youth Program. Opportunity Youth is for 16 to 24-year-olds who are disconnected from school or work. People were asked to donate hygiene products like shampoo, toothbrushes and much more.
Cam Caminiti leads Saguaro to first baseball state title since 2011
Saguaro senior Cam Caminiti felt he didn’t bring his best stuff to the mound Monday night against Canyon Del Oro for the 4A state title. The scoreboard said otherwise. Caminiti, who reclassified this year to graduate early and enter the MLB Draft where he will likely be a top 10 pick this summer, allowed just two hits and one run against the two-time defending champion Dorados. Even with good pitching on the CDO side, Saguaro found a way to outlast the team they lost to in the same game a year ago.
Softball Game Preview: Spanish Springs Will Face Palo Verde
The Spanish Springs Cougars are on the road again on Thursday to play the Palo Verde Panthers at 2:00 p.m. Spanish Springs is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.7 runs per game this season. Spanish Springs heads in on the heels of a playoff match on...
Athlete of the Week: Grant Young
OK, just imagine that you’re a high school senior and it’s a Sunday, a couple days before your graduation day. Pretty exciting, right? After all these years, it’s right in front of you, in 48 hours or so, one of the biggest days of your life. You look back at all the highlights and the lowlights and the in-between-lights. Heck, you could spend an hour just on the ones that start with the letter P — preschool, P.E., puberty, pandemic, prom.
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