Sunnyside’s girls basketball team is off to a 15-1 start and has won two tournament championships, including the Flowing Wells Holiday Shootout that finished Dec. 28.
The Blue Devils also captured the title of their own Inferno Invitational in late November.
One player was selected to both all-tournament teams: leading scorer Janae Pritchett, a senior guard.
Pritchett, who is averaging 10.9 points per game, had 20 points in the Blue Devils’ 60-45 win over Douglas in the Flowing Wells Holiday Shooting championship game.
Pritchett also leads Sunnyside with 3.6 steals per game.
In the month of December, she had 22 points and nine steals in a win over Mountain Ridge, 12 points and seven steals in a victory over Tanque Verde and 11 points and six steals in a win over Sabino.
She averaged 11.4 points and 4.0 steals per game in the month of December, when the Blue Devils went 9-1. She also averaged 2.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in the month.
For her performances, leading Sunnyside to its 15-1 record, Pritchett is the Jet Sports Training Female Athlete of the Month for December.
2024 JET SPORTS TRAINING FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH HONORS
January 2024: Sunnyside basketball player Nayeli Nidez-Acuña
February 2024: Sunnyside wrestler Audrey Jimenez
March 2024: CDO hurdler Karsten Lewis
April 2024: CDO softball player Amelia Streuber
May 2024: Salpointe track and field athlete Madison Martinez
June 2024: Salpointe basketball player Taliyah Henderson
July 2024: Willcox Little League All-Star pitcher Hattie Macumber
August 2024: Marana/Thornydale Little League All-Star shortstop Sophia Silverstein
September 2024: Marana flag football player Malaysia Roebuck
October 2024: Rincon/University cross country runner Amelia North
November 2024: Mica Mountain volleyball player Soso Okpara
December 2024: Sunnyside basketball player Janae Pritchett
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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon. He became an educator five years ago and is presently a special education teacher at Gallego Fine Arts Intermediate in the Sunnyside Unified School District.
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