Ironwood Ridge beat Marana 3-1 on the road Wednesday night behind the hitting of senior Anissa El-Ali and Mica Mountain beat Salpointe 3-1, also on the road, to establish themselves as the team to beat in the 4A Conference.
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Mica Mountain is 6-1 in power-ranking matches and 2-0 in conference play, with the loss coming at 5A power Catalina Foothills (5-1, 3-0) to start the season. Since that Aug. 28 setback, the Thunderbolts have only given up three sets including one to Salpointe in the 3-1 (25-20, 25-23, 25-20, 25-19) victory. The Thunderbolts went 6-0 at the TUSD Invitational and the team is headed to the Epic Tourneys Volleyball Invite, to be played in the Tempe and Chandler area, along with 111 other programs starting on Friday.
Salpointe (7-2, 3-2) has three matches set before heading off to the Mesa Nike TOC, slated for Sept. 29-30, and the Lancer Invitational is scheduled for Oct. 6-7.
The first set of AIA power rankings will be released next Tuesday.
SOUTHERN ARIZONA COACHING RECORDS
Bill Lang, Ironwood Ridge (Girls Active)
762-427 (1,189)
544: Girls (2 runner-up)
218: Boys
Amy Johnson, Salpointe/Sabino/Mica Mountain (Girls Active)
757-231-36 (1,024)
410: Girls
347: Boys (2 runner-up)
Heather Moore-Martin, Green Fields, Catalina & Salpointe (Girls Active)
696-189 (885)
482: Girls (3 championships & 2 runner-up)
214: Boys (2 championships)
Sandy Novak, Sahuaro
673-203 (876)
404: Girls (2 runner-up)
269: Boys (1 championship & 1 runner-up)
Juanita Kingston, Rincon/UHS
671-301 (972)
455: Girls (1 championship & 1 runner-up)
216: Boys (1 runner-up)
Melva Lundy, Canyon del Oro
592-234 (826)
(1 championship with the boys & 3 runner-up with the boys)
(unknown breakdown)
Heather Mott, Cienega (Boys Active)
513-203 (716)
280: Girls
233: Boys (2 championships)
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