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Salpointe Catholic beat Notre Dame Prep 4-1 Monday at the Tucson Racquet Club to improve to 2-1 on the year while the Saints moved to 3-2. The Lancers are coming off the program’s first Beach Volleyball state championship and Notre Dame is off to the best start in program history.
Salpointe went 15-0 last year to win the Division II title with the championship victory coming over Valley Christian by a score of 4-1 and the two teams were scheduled to meet again on March 1 but the Lancers had to forfeit another 4-1 victory due to an error in the substitution rule thus the one loss on the Salpointe ledger this spring. Forfeits count as victories and losses but they have no bearing on power rankings. The first set of AIA power-rankings for Beach Volleyball will be released on March 22…
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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, became a member of the Sunnyside Los Mezquites Cross Country Hall of Fame in 2021 and he was a member of the Amphi COVID-19 Blue Ribbon Committee and he earned a Distinguished Service Award from Amphitheater. Contact Andy Morales at amoralesmytucson@yahoo.com
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