Clare Merrigan with the goal to give Ironwood Ridge a 1-0 victory over Mountain View. (JIllian Watkins Photo)
Brandon Bean Soccer Invitational
The Brandon Bean Invitational is held every year to honor a former Salpointe player who passed away in 1992 after an on-field collision at a soccer scrimmage. In addition, the tournament also honors former Salpointe girl’s player Laura Kea who died in an auto accident on her way to a soccer tournament.
The boy’s side played true to form with No. 1 Sunnyside (5-0) and No. 2 Tucson (5-0) surviving bracket play on Friday to make it to the championship game set for Saturday night at 6 p.m.
Things were a bit different on the girl’s side with No. 2 Salpointe (5-0) making to the final where the Lancers will face No. 5 Ironwood Ridge (3-0-2) at 4 p.m. Saturday night. No. 8 Mountain View upset No. 1 Cienega in PKs (5-3) in the first match Friday morning and that set off a chain reaction with No. 6 Walden Grove beating No. 3 Sahuaro and Ironwood Ridge beating No. 4 Rincon/UHS.
Salpointe needed PKs to beat Walden Grove in the semifinals and Ironwood Ridge beat Mountain View in the other semifinal.
Monday, Nov. 26
GIRLS RESULTS
Cienega 4, Walden Grove 0
Tucson 8, Empire 0
Catalina Foothills 6, Flowing Wells 1
Salpointe 2, Mountain View Marana 0
Sunnyside 1, Vista Grande 0
Buena 1, Canyon del Oro 0
Pusch Ridge 0, Sahuaro 0
Ironwood Ridge 1, Rincon/UHS 1
BOYS RESULTS
Douglas 4, Buena 2
Sunnyside 7, Vista Grande 0
Tucson 3, Empire 1
Flowing Wells 1, Catalina Foothills 0
Rincon/UHS 2, Ironwood Ridge 0
Salpointe 2, Mountain View 1
Cienega 3, Walden Grove 1
Pusch Ridge 2, Sahuaro 0
Tuesday, Nov. 27
GIRLS RESULTS
Salpointe 9, Empire 0
Ironwood Ridge 0, Buena 0
Cienega 3, Flowing Wells 0
Tucson 0, Mountain View 0
Rincon/UHS 2, Canyon del Oro 0
Walden Grove 1, Catalina Foothills 0
Sunnyside 1, Pusch Ridge 0
Sahuaro 5, Vista Grande 0
BOYS RESULTS
Salpointe 1, Empire 0
Ironwood Ridge 2, Buena 1
Cienega 2, Flowing Wells 1
Tucson 6, Mountain View 0
Rincon/UHS 3, Douglas 1
Catalina Foothills 2, Walden Grove 1
Sunnyside 6, Pusch Ridge 0
Sahuaro 3, Vista Grande 0
Wednesday, Nov. 28
GIRLS SCHEDULE
Mountain View 10, Empire 0
Rincon/UHS 2, Buena 0
Ironwood Ridge 3, Canyon del Oro 1
Salpointe 3, Tucson 0
BOYS SCHEDULE
Mountain View 7, Empire 2
Rincon/UHS 7, Buena 2
Ironwood Ridge 3, Douglas 0
Tucson 3, Salpointe 1
Thursday, Nov. 29
GIRLS SCHEDULE
Pusch Ridge 3, Vista Grande 0
Walden Grove 1, Flowing Wells 0
Sahuaro 8, Sunnyside 0
Cienega 3, Catalina Foothills 0
BOYS SCHEDULE
Pusch Ridge 4, Vista Grande 3
Flowing Wells 2, Walden Grove 1
Sunnyside 5, Sahuaro 0
Cienega 2, Catalina Foothills 0
Friday, Nov. 30
GIRLS SCHEDULE
8 Mountain View over 1 Cienega, PK 5-3
2 Salpointe 6, 7 Sunnyside 0
6 Walden Grove over 3 Sahuaro
5 Ironwood Ridge 1, 4 Rincon/UHS 0
Semifinal 1, Salpointe over Walden Grove 1-1 (PKs)
Semifinal 2, Ironwood Ridge over Mountain View, 1-0
BOYS SCHEDULE
1 Sunnyside 3, 8 Salpointe 2
2 Tucson 2, 7 Ironwood Ridge 0
3 Rincon/UHS 5, 6 Flowing Wells 2
4 Cienega 2, 5 Pusch Ridge 1
Semifinal 1, Sunnyside over Cienega
Semifinal 2, Tucson over Rincon/UHS
Saturday, Dec. 1
GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP
No. 2 Salpointe vs. No. 5 Ironwood Ridge, 4 p.m.
BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP
No. 1 Sunnyside vs. No. 2 Tucson, 6 p.m.
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