The No. 3 Catalina Foothills girls defeated No. 6 Canyon View (5-0) to win the 16th championship in program history and the No. 7 Catalina Foothills boys defeated No. 5 Paradise Valley 5-0 to win the 15th title in program history.
Daniel Root replaced longtime girls coach Kristie Stevens and he brought home a championship in his first year with the program. Jeffry Bloomberg coached his fifth straight title with the boys dating back to 2016. There were no playoffs last year.
Emily Flowers won her second state singles championship on May 3 and Jared Perry won his first singles title on the same day and Annabelle Mulick and Abbigail Mulick took second in doubles competition.
SATURDAY, MAY 8
GIRLS D-II TEAM TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP AT PASEO
No. 3 Catalina Foothills over No. 9 Canyon View (5-0).
CATALINA FOOTHILLS CHAMPIONS
1: Emily Flowers Jr
2: Annabelle Mulick Sr
3: Abbigail Mulick So
4: Sophia Silverman Jr
5: Serena Hsu Jr
6: Morgan Filer Fr
BOYS D-II TEAM TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP AT PASEO
No. 7 Catalina Foothills over No. 5 Paradise Valley (5-0).
CATALINA FOOTHILLS CHAMPIONS
1 Jared Perry So
2 Jeevaj Bondalapati Sr
3 Alex Pivniouk Jr
4 Hugh Ganem Sr
5 Jack Clements Jr
6 Santiago Lietzaw Fr
Catalina Foothills boys and girls tennis teams (left and right) are Arizona’s Big Blue, keeping their high school tennis dynasties intact at the 2021 state championships. The CF boys have won seven straight Division II team titles, and the CF girls has a three-peat. pic.twitter.com/l3vowWamCZ
— Dana Scott (@iam_DanaScott) May 8, 2021
SOUTHERN ARIZONA GIRLS CHAMPIONS
Tucson (23)
1915: 5A (unknown)
1916: 5A (unknown)
1929: 5A (Nelda Taffe)
1936: 5A (Kathryn Young)
1937: 5A (Kathryn Young)
1938: 5A (Kathryn Young)
1945: 5A (Kathryn Young)
1946: 5A (Kathryn Young)
1947: 5A (Kathryn Young)
1948: 5A (Romaine Bower)
1949: 5A (Romaine Bower)
1950: 5A (Sally Henry)
1956: 5A (June Holcombe)
1959: 5A (Sue Clark)
1960: 5A (Sue Clark)
1961: 5A (Sue Clark)
1962: 5A (Sue Clark)
1964: 5A (Sue Clark)
1966: 5A (Sue Clark)
1967: 5A (Sue Clark)
1968: 5A (Sue Clark)
1971: 5A (Sue Clark)
1972: 5A (Sue Clark)
Catalina Foothills (16)
2000: 4A (Kristie Stevens)
2001: 4A (Kristie Stevens)
2002: 4A (Kristie Stevens)
2003: 4A (Kristie Stevens)
2004: 4A (Kristie Stevens)
2005: 4A (Kristie Stevens)
2006: 4A-I (Kristie Stevens)
2007: 4A-I (Kristie Stevens)
2009: 4A-I (Kristie Stevens)
2010: 4A-I (Kristie Stevens)
2011: 4A-I (Kristie Stevens)
2013: D-II (Kristie Stevens)
2014: D-II (Kristie Stevens)
2018: D-II (Kristie Stevens)
2019: D-II (Kristie Stevens)
2021: D-II (Daniel Root)
Bisbee (10)
1921: 5A (unknown)
1959: 4A (Fred Corrin)
1961: 4A (Fred Corrin)
1964: 4A (Fred Corrin)
1965: 4A (Fred Corrin)
1966: 4A (Fred Corrin)
1967: 4A (Fred Corrin)
1968: 4A (Fred Corrin)
1969: 4A (Fred Corrin)
1970: 4A (Curtis McKale)
Salpointe (9)
1993: 5A (Jim Reffkin)
1994: 5A (John Condes)
1996: 5A (John Condes)
2004: 5A (Perri Touche)
2006: 5A-I (Perri Touche)
2007: 5A-I (Perri Touche)
2009: 5A-I (Perri Touche)
2010: 5A-I (Perri Touche)
2011: 5A-I (Perri Touche)
Willcox (7)
1936: 3A (Dorothy Sawyer)
1955: 1A.2A (Cecil Miller)
1965: 1A/2A (Cecil Miller)
1965: 1A/2A (Doug Wagner)
1976: 1A/2A (Connie Truelove)
1992: 1A/2A (Anthony Prowell)
1993: 1A/2A (Bob Nelson)
Canyon del Oro (6)
1976: 4A (Ina Leffler)
1976: 4A (Ina Leffler)
1977: 4A (Bucky Hazon)
1978: 4A (Bucky Hazon)
1979: 4A (Bucky Hazon)
1980: 4A (Pam Reavis)
Pusch Ridge (6)
2007: 1A/2A (David Towne)
2008: 1A (David Towne)
2010: 1A (David Towne)
2017: D-III (Andy Fetsis)
2018: D-III (Andy Fetsis)
2019: D-III (Andy Fetsis)
Tombstone (6)
1970: 1A/2A (Bill Symms)
1981: 1A/2A (Charlie Smith)
1983: 1A/2A (Charlie Smith)
1984: 1A/2A (Charlie Smith)
1987: 1A/2A (Charlie Smith)
1991: 1A/2A (Charlie Smith)
The Gregory School (5)
1999: 1A (Dale Long)
2000: 1A (Dale Long)
2001: 1A (Faith Hisey)
2008: 1A (Mark Swenson)
2011: 1A (Mark Swenson)
Benson (4)
1942: 1A-2A (unknown)
1956: 1A/2A (Bill Marquardt)
1990: 1A/2A (Annetta Follmer)
2016: D-III (JT Merrill)
Sahuaro (4)
1973: 5A (Betty Johnson)
1975: 5A (Betty Johnson)
1978: 5A (Karen Oliver)
1979: 5A (George Yuhas)
Nogales (3)
1981: 4A (Jody Moreno)
1984: 4A (Ron Guglielmo)
1985: 4A (Ron Guglielmo)
Sabino (3)
1992: 4A (Chuck Leggett)
1993: 4A (Chuck Leggett)
1995: 4A (Eric Anderson)
Sahuarita (2)
1983: 3A (Pat Paterson)
1998: 3A (Dee Christofers)
Amphitheater (1)
1985: 5A (Glenn Steimling)
Flowing Wells (1)
1989: 4A (Paul Grissom)
Ironwood Ridge (1)
2012: D-II (William Little)
Rincon/UHS (1)
1994: 4A (Roland Kotwica)
Santa Rita (1)
1972: 4A (Maxine Tovrea)
SOUTHERN ARIZONA BOYS CHAMPIONS
Tucson (16)
1916: 5A (Unknown)
1928: 5A (CL McFarland)
1938: 5A (Jason Greer)
1945: 5A (Jason Greer)
1946: 5A (Jason Greer)
1447: 5A (Jason Greer)
1948: 5A (Jason Greer)
1949: 5A (Bill Duffen)
1953: 5A (Si Ganem)
1954: 5A (Si Ganem)
1955: 5A (Si Ganem)
1959: 5A (Si Ganem)
1959: 5A (Si Ganem)
1959: 5A (Si Ganem)
1978: 5A (Ken Kissell)
1980: 5A (Ted Kissell)
Catalina Foothills (15)
1997: 4A (Robb Salant)
2005: 4A (Robb Salant)
2006: 4A-I (Robb Salant)
2007: 4A-I (Robb Salant)
2008: 4A-I (Robb Salant)
2009: 4A-I (Robb Salant)
2010: 4A-I (Robb Salant)
2011: 4A-I (Robb Salant)
2014: D-II (Bill Wright)
2015: D-II (Bill Wright)
2016: D-II (Jeffrey Bloomberg)
2017: D-II (Jeffrey Bloomberg)
2018: D-II (Jeffrey Bloomberg)
2019: D-II (Jeffrey Bloomberg)
2021: D-II (Jeffrey Bloomberg)
Gregory School (12)
1987: 1A/2A (Vinton Geistfeld)
1988: 1A/2A (Vinton Geistfeld)
1990: 1A/2A (David Blackwell)
1991: 1A/2A (Matt Moreno)
1993: 1A/2A (Trim Brown)
1997: 1A/2A (Tom Redman)
1998: 1A/2A (Dale Long)
2000: 1A/2A (Dale Long)
2008: 1A (Mark Swenson)
2009: 1A (Mark Swenson)
2010: 1A (Mark Swenson)
2011: 1A (Mark Swenson)
Canyon del Oro (10)
1967: 3A (Jose Sanchez)
1968: 3A (Jose Sanchez)
1969: 4A (Jose Sanchez)
1972: 4A (Jose Sanchez)
1973: 4A (Jose Sanchez)
1974: 4A (Jose Sanchez)
1975: 4A (Jose Sanchez)
1976: 4A (Jose Sanchez)
1977: 4A (Jose Sanchez)
1986: 5A (Mike Rowe)
Catalina (8)
1962: 5A (Keith Meenan)
1963: 5A (Keith Meenan)
1964: 5A (Keith Meenan)
1965: 5A (Ken Fones)
1966: 5A (Ken Fones)
1968: 5A (Ken Fones)
1969: 5A (Ken Fones)
1989: 5A (Gene Dineen)
Willcox (8)
1942: 1A/2A (Unknown)
1963: 1A/2A (Cecil Miller)
1964: 1A/2A (Cecil Miller)
1965: 1A/2A (Don Wagner)
1966: 1A/2A (Odis Williams)
1972: 3A (Richard Dullum)
1973: 3A (Richard Dullum)
1989: 1A/2A (Tom Davis)
Salpointe (7)
1972: 5A (Roland Kotwica)
2004: 5A (John Condes)
2005: 5A (John Condes)
2006: 5A-I (John Condes)
2007: 5A-I (John Condes)
2008: 5A-I (John Condes)
2011: 5A-I (John Condes)
Rincon (6)
1989: 4A (Robb Salant)
1996: 4A (Roland Kotwica)
1998: 4A (Roland Kotwica)
2002: 4A (Roland Kotwica)
2003: 4A (Roland Kotwica)
2004: 4A (Roland Kotwica)
Sahuarita (7)
1988: 3A (Pat Boyter)
1994: 3A (Paul Riley)
1997: 3A (Dee Christofers)
1998: 3A (Dee Christofers)
2002: 3A (Tina Cueto)
2006: 3A (Tina Cueto)
2007: 3A (Tina Cueto)
Ajo (5)
1938: 3A (Bill Olsen)
1939: 3A (Bill Olsen)
1940: 3A (Bill Olsen)
1941: 3A (Bill Olsen)
1942: 3A (Bill Olsen)
Bisbee (4)
1963: 3A (Fred Corrin)
1965: 3A (Fred Corrin)
1966: 3A (Fred Corrin)
1999: 3A (Bill Dennis)
Ironwood Ridge (4)
2008: 5A-II (Ryan Bais)
2009: 5A-II (Ryan Bais)
2012: D-II (Ryan Bais)
2013: D-II (Ryan Bais)
Nogales (4)
1939: 3A (Lon Bellman)
1941: 3A (Lon Bellman)
1978: 4A (Wayne Shelton)
1981: 4A (Unknown)
Pusch Ridge (3)
2011: 2A/3A (David Towne)
2013: D-III (David Towne)
2018: D-III (Andy Fetsis)
Tombstone (3)
1975: 1A/2A (Mike Roane)
1977: 1A/2A (Charles Smith)
1980: 1A/2A (Charles Smith)
Amphitheater
1945: 3A (Unknown)
Douglas
1925: 5A (Unknown)
Flowing Wells
1970: 4A (Walter Milligan)
Palo Verde
2009: 4A-II (Dan Ireland)
Sabino
1979: 5A (Cliff Jewsbury)
Santa Cruz
2001: 3A (Paul Riley)
Santa Rita
1971: 4A (Kent Fisher)
Tanque Verde
2017: D-III (Collin Alexander)
FOLLOW @ANDYMORALES8 ON TWITTER
Andy Morales was recognized by the AIA as the top high school reporter in 2014, he was awarded the Ray McNally Award in 2017, a 2019 AZ Education News award winner and he has been a youth, high school and college coach for over 30 years. He was the first in Arizona to write about high school beach volleyball and high school girls wrestling. His own children have won multiple state high school championships and were named to all-state teams. Competing in hockey, basketball, baseball and track & field in high school, his unique perspective can only be found here and on AZPreps365.com. Andy is the Southern Arizona voting member of the Ed Doherty Award, recognizing the top football player in Arizona, and he was named a Local Hero by the Tucson Weekly for 2016. Andy was named an Honorary Flowing Wells Caballero in 2019 and he is a member of the Amphi COVID-19 Blue Ribbon Committee. Contact Andy Morales at amoralesmytucson@yahoo.com
Recommended for you
