PHOENIX – Salpointe beat Flagstaff 65-48 Monday night at Arizona Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum to win the first championship in program history.
.@SalpointeB senior @Kylee_Callahan3 goes out a state champion. pic.twitter.com/UqaZOPn7Sa
— Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) March 1, 2022
OVERTIME:
Jermaine Watts helped lead Sunnyside to a state championship in 1993 and his daughter, Jordan Watts, picked up her trophy with Salpointe.
Salpointe assistant, former Grand Canyon standout Wayne Harrison, helped lead the Lancers this year. His daughter, Natalie (Harrison) Kollasch was part of the Pusch Ridge dynasty in the mid 2000s.
Taliyah Henderson’s mother, Danica (Boyce) Henderson, was a standout basketball player at Idaho State.
LANCER GIRLS ARE CHAMPIONS: Salpointe beats Flagstaff 65-48 to win its first state championship in program history. The early recap – https://t.co/uD1qmXvipH
— Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) March 1, 2022
SOUTHERN ARIZONA GIRLS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Marana
1982: 4A (Mike Dyer)
1985: 4A (Mike Dyer)
1988: 4A (Mike Dyer)
1989: 4A (Mike Dyer)
Pusch Ridge
2005: 2A (Lonnie Tvrdy)
2006: 2A (Lonnie Tvrdy)
2007: 2A (Lonnie Tvrdy)
2008: 2A (Lonnie Tvrdy)
St. David
1980: 1A (Barry Judd)
1981: 1A (Barry Judd)
1983: 1A (Barry Judd)
1992: 1A (Barry Judd)
Canyon del Oro
1987: 5A (Dan Huff)
2009: 4A-I (Kerri Brown)
Desert Christian
1998: 1A (Dennis O’Reilly)
1999: 1A (Dennis O’Reilly)
Sabino
1990: 4A (John Bart)
2020: 4A (Jaamal Rhodes)
Sahuaro
1993: 4A (Jim Scott)
1998: 4A (Jim Scott)
Tombstone
1986: 2A (John Escarcega)
1994: 2A (Robert Bristow)
Willcox
1981: 3A (Bob Nelson)
1990: 2A (Rodolfo Rivera)
Buena
1977: 5A (Larry Neidich)
Catalina Foothills
1997: 4A (Patty Patton Shearer)
Flowing Wells
2008: 4A-I (Michael Perkins)
Salpointe
2022: 4A (Joe Luevano)
Santa Rita
1984: 5A (Dave Lynch)
Valley Union
1975: All (Dale Mortenson)
Unloading my phone @SalpointeB https://t.co/MaNH0wsmTA pic.twitter.com/aMXy6m2d6F
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) March 1, 2022
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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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