No. 6 Mica Mountain beat No. 7 Saguaro 3-1 at home Thursday night to advance to the 4A state championship match for the second time in three years. The Thunderbolts will face top-seeded Ironwood Ridge Saturday afternoon at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum with the Nighthawks taking out No. 4 Cactus 3-1 in the other semifinal match.
This will be the first championship for either program regardless of which team comes out on top with Ironwood Ridge taking second place in 20024 and 2014 under longtime head coach Bill Lang. Lang started the program at Ironwood Ridge and he has 834 career victories while Amy Johnson started the program at Mica Mountain and she has 850 career victories in the state of Arizona with prior stops at Salpointe and Sabino. Johnson led the boys of Salpointe to second place finishes in 2001 and 2011…
Ironwood Ridge to face Mica Mountain for the 4A state championship #azpreps365 https://t.co/i9Ybm1G0mb
— AZPreps365 (@AZPreps365) November 13, 2026
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
4A VOLLEYBALL SEMIFINALS
No. 1 Ironwood Ridge over No. 4 Glendale Cactus, 3-1 (25-16, 14-25, 25-12, 25-21)
No. 6 Mica Mountain over No. 7 Scottsdale Saguaro, 3-1 (25-11, 25-20, 23-25, 25-21)
Aubrey Necas 9 kills in the final set. Mica Mountain over Saguaro 3-1 https://t.co/TnPSt9bOMd
— Andy Morales (@AZPreps365Andy) November 13, 2026
Mica Mountain senior Aubrey Necas had an unofficial 25 kills to help the Thunderbolts beat Saguaro 3-1 to advance to the 4A state championship game. Necas had 9 kills in the deciding set including 6 down the stretch to break an 18-18 tie. #azpreps365 https://t.co/tJDndFqWg1
— Andy Morales (@AZPreps365Andy) November 13, 2026
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13
6A TACKLE FOOTBALL FIRST ROUND
No. 19 Salpointe at No. 14 Mesa Red Mountain, 7 p.m.
4A/5A TACKLE FOOTBALL SECOND ROUND (7 P.M.)
5A No. 11 Glendale Cactus at No. 6 Desert View
5A No. 16 Marana at No. 1 Scottsdale Desert Mountain
4A No. 15 Phoenix Thunderbird at No. 2 Mica Mountain
4A No. 11 Mesa Eastmark at No. 6 Walden Grove
2A/3A TACKLE FOOTBALL QUARTERFINALS (7 P.M.)
3A No. 6 Chandler Valley Christian at No. 3 Thatcher
3A No. 5 Pusch Ridge at No. 4 Show Low
3A No. 9 Florence at No. 1 Queen Creek Franklin
2A No. 6 Benson at No. 3 Willcox
2A No. 5 Eloy Santa Cruz at No. 4 Chandler Prep
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14
CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS AT CAVE CREEK GOLF COURSE
4A VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AT VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM
No. 1 Ironwood Ridge vs. No. 6 Mica Mountain, 2:30 p.m.
3A/4A/6A FLAG FOOTBALL QUARTERFINALS (2 P.M.)
6A No. 6 Marana at No. 3 Anthem Boulder Creek
4A No. 6 Gilbert Mesquite at No. 3 Salpointe
3A No. 7 Palo Verde at No. 2 Queen Creek Franklin
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