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2008 CLASS 4A
SOFTBALL ALL-STATE
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May. 25, 2008 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic |
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FIRST TEAM |
| P |
Kenzie Fowler |
Canyon del Oro |
Jr. |
| P |
Paula Liebler |
Arcadia |
Sr. |
| P |
Kirstin Linert |
Sandra Day
O'Connor |
Sr. |
| P |
Kira White |
Sahuaro |
So. |
| C |
Sam Roskopf |
Bradshaw
Mountain |
Sr. |
| INF |
Katie Asher |
Canyon del Oro |
Jr. |
| INF |
Tessa Braga |
Chaparral |
Sr. |
| INF |
Logan Hall |
Sahuaro |
Sr. |
| INF |
Kelsey Rodriguez |
Seton Catholic |
So. |
| OF |
Nicole Beals |
Greenway |
Sr. |
| OF |
Karissa Buchanan |
Sabino |
Sr. |
| OF |
Brittany Keiser |
Cienega |
Jr. |
| UTILITY |
Mackenzie
Popescue |
Chaparral |
Jr. |
| DH |
Annie Lockwood |
Paradise Valley |
Sr. |
SECOND TEAM |
| P |
Sarah Byrne |
Cactus |
Sr. |
| P |
Janna Frandrup |
Greenway |
Jr. |
| P |
Cristin Martin |
Flagstaff |
Sr. |
| C |
Terah Blackwell |
Sandra Day
O'Connor |
Jr. |
| INF |
Kennedy Byxbee |
Chaparral |
Sr. |
| INF |
Stefanie
Carramosa |
Catalina
Foothills |
Jr. |
| INF |
Krista Rosiewicz |
Paradise Valley |
Jr. |
| INF |
Megan Smith |
Lake Havasu |
Jr. |
| OF |
Dani Bravo |
Amphitheater |
Sr. |
| OF |
Kaela Carriers |
Seton Catholic |
Sr. |
| OF |
Maranda Tapia |
Mingus |
Jr. |
| UTILITY |
Terra Ciesielski |
Apache Junction |
Sr. |
| DH |
Brittany Moore |
Paradise Valley |
Sr. |
HONORABLE MENTION |
Yvette Alvarez,
Sahuarita;
Breanna Beckel,
Sahuaro;
Vail Bradley,
Cactus;
Alexa Cash,
Cienega;
Kyla Christmas,
Sandra Day O'Connor;
Maddie Collura,
Sunnyslope;
Morghan Doughty,
Cienega;
Shannon Dukes,
Raymond S. Kellis;
Jennifer Eberhardt,
Peoria;
Tessa Fanning,
Mingus;
Ashley Gonzales,
Queen Creek;
Christina Hagberg,
Mingus;
Brandi Heimburg,
Arcadia;
Courtney James,
Mohave;
Cassie Jones,
Flagstaff;
Kristy Kellogg,
Paradise Valley;
Ashley Kennedy,
Arcadia;
Wendy Kuenning,
Paradise Valley;
Brittany Lewis,
Greenway;
Nora Maschue,
Sunnyslope;
Carrie Peters,
McClintock;
Angel Phillips,
Bradshaw Mountain;
Michelle Pluguez,
Raymond S. Kellis;
Carissa Reisinger,
Seton Catholic;
Samantha Rowe,
Mohave;
Lindsey Weldon,
Canyon del Oro.
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2008 DAILY STAR
SOUTHERN ARIZONA ALL-STARS
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Tucson, Arizona | Published: 05.25.2008 |
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CLASS 4A-5A – FIRST TEAM
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P - Kenzie Fowler, Jr., Canyon del Oro
P - Kira White, So., Sahuaro
P - Megan Ellsworth, Sr., Benson
P - Mari Contreras, Jr., Sunnyside
P - Alexa Cash, So., Cienega
C - Adriana DiMatteo, Sr.,
Ironwood Ridge
IF - Katie Asher, Jr., Canyon del Oro
IF - Lindsey Weldon, So., Canyon del Oro
IF - Shannell Blackshear, Jr.,
Sierra Vista Buena
IF - Torey Craddock, Sr.,
Salpointe
OF - Karissa Buchanan, Sr.,
Sabino
OF - Melissa Hardy, Sr., Sierra Vista
Buena
OF - Brittany Keiser, Jr.,
Cienega
DH - Morgan Long, Sr., Ironwood Ridge
Utility - Breanna Beckel, Sr.,
Sahuaro |
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CLASS 4A-5A – SECOND TEAM
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P - Meghan McIntosh, Jr., Sierra Vista
Buena
P - Kelsey Groff, Sr., Ironwood
Ridge
P - Yvette Alvarez, Fr.,
Sahuarita
P - Jillian Ware, Sr., Amphi
P - Ivy Campas, Sr., Sunnyside
C - Melina Trujillo, Sr., Sunnyside
IF -
Kayla Basye, Sr., Sahuaro
IF - Logan Hall, Sr., Sahuaro
IF - Sabeana Romero, Jr., Desert View
IF - Alicia Banks, Sr., Sierra Vista
Buena
OF - Dani Bravo, Sr., Amphi
OF - Morghan Doughty, So.,
Cienega
OF - Kayla Henry, Fr., Canyon del Oro
OF – Melissa Hardy, Sr., Sierra Vista
Buena
DH – Brittney Batten, Sr., Benson
Utility – Estela Piñon, So., Sunnyside |
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HONORABLE MENTION
Amphitheater: Megan Huerta, Marisa
Zuniga. Benson: Kayla Haro, Shalena
Solis, Brooke Tibbitts. Buena: Alexa
Straton,Jordan Trujillo,Jenna
Wright.Canyon del Oro: Mattie Fowler,
Megan Franklin,Rose Magaddino,Taylor
Watkins. Catalina: Christina
Blair,Alexis Vasquez. Catalina
Foothills: Stefanie Carramusa, Kaity
Ingram,Megan Morrison, Missy Rambow.
Cholla: Nicole Rosales, Bianca Haro.
Cienega:Ashlee Brawley,Emily Pohl.Desert
View: Pam Acedo, Lahneen Federico,Terese
Othon.Douglas: Katie Campbell, Lina
Campbell, Erika Tapia.Duncan: Kala
Castle,Amanda Lunt.Empire: Christina
Ashton,Katie Kelly. Flowing Wells:
Alissa Daniels, Mari Mata,Jennifer
Montaño. Ironwood Ridge: Laken Anway,
Rachel Chapman,Aletheia Swihart,Alyssa
Welch. Green Fields: Emily
Takeuchi-Miller. Marana: Jacqueline Deen,
Marlina Delisa, Courtney
Lacaillade.Morenci: Katie Connell,
Brieanna Martinez. Mountain View: Sarah
Alexander,Jessica Sipe.Palo
Verde:Victoria Chavez,Jenelle
Klassen.Pueblo: Maricela Borquez.Pusch
Ridge Christian: Jessica
Bergendorff,Erin Bleyl,Shawna
Bleyl,Morgan Van Stelle.
Rincon/University: Charissa Ballesteros,
Brooke Bohannon. Rio Rico: Jenna
Martinez,Erika Meza.Sabino: Molly
Brossart, Kaity Sitzman, Chelsea
Slama,Veronica Swanson. Safford: Kathi
Alvarado,Joslyn Russell. Sahuarita:
Abrie Bustamante, Monique Martinez,
Lyzette Creason. Sahuaro: Rebecca
Mullin, Hanna Parrish, Jessica Schneider.
Salpointe Catholic: Kristi Gragg,Tiffany
Havens, Nicole Rascon.San Manuel:
Heather Clinton, Laura Dwyer, Noelle
Medina.Santa Cruz: Desirea Gil,Tiffany
Ibarra,Traci Ibarra.Santa Rita: Michelle
Fatovich, Lianna Zamora.Sunnyside:
Domonique Marquez, Nicole Marquez,
Claudia Nuñez. St.Augustine Catholic:
Jessica Brink, Adi Encinas,Tiffany
Moore.Tombstone: Nikki Martinez Tucson:
Alisandra Arandules,Vanessa
Arandules,Alexis Gallego.Willcox:
Samantha Miller,Andrea Shields.
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2008 TUCSON
CITIZEN SOUTHERN AZ ALL-STARS
GEOFF GRAMMER
Tucson Citizen
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Class 4A-5A – FIRST TEAM
C - Adriana DiMatteo, Sr.,
Ironwood Ridge (.463 avg., IR
career record 142 hits)
C - Melina Trujillo, Sr.,
Sunnyside (.403 avg., 16 runners
picked off)
IF - Katie Asher, Jr., Canyon
del Oro (.476 avg., 14 HR, 39
RBI, 35 runs)
IF - Logan Hall, Sr., Sahuaro
(.311 avg., .486 slg., 3 HR)
IF - Shannell Blackshear, Jr.,
Sierra Vista Buena (.483 avg.,
56 hits, 43 RBI, 6 HR)
IF - Alicia Banks, Sr., Sierra
Vista Buena (.341 avg., 13
doubles, 25 RBIs, 14 BB)
OF - Karissa Buchanan, Sr.,
Sabino (.505 avg., 56 hits, 38
runs, 46 stolen bases)
OF - Dani Bravo, Sr., Amphi
(.491 avg., 41 runs, 52 hits, 24
stolen bases)
OF - Brittany Keiser, Jr.,
Cienega (.570, 9 doubles, 5
triples, 31 stolen bases)
UT/P - Mari Contreras, Jr.,
Sunnyside (12-2, 1.66 ERA, plays
1B when not pitching)
P - Kenzie Fowler, Jr., Canyon
del Oro (0.282 ERA, 24 wins, 309
Ks, 2.08 K/inn.)
P - Kira White, So., Sahuaro
(262 Ks, 17 wins, 1.90 K/inn.)
P - Alexa Cash, So., Cienega
(0.838 ERA, 268 Ks, 21 wins,
1.78 K/inn.)
P - Meghan McIntosh, Jr., Sierra
Vista Buena (0.800 ERA, 261 Ks,
18 wins, 1.76 K/inn.)
Class 4A-5A – SECOND TEAM
C - Alexa Straton, Sr., Sierra
Vista Buena
C - Rose Magaddino, Sr., Canyon
del Oro
IF - Megan Franklin, Sr., Canyon
del Oro
IF - Torey Craddock, Sr.,
Salpointe
IF - Ashlee Brawley, Sr.,
Cienega
IF - Lindsey Weldon, Jr., Canyon
del Oro
OF - Breanna Beckel, Sr.,
Sahuaro
OF - Rachel Chapman, Sr.,
Ironwood Ridge
OF - Morghan Doughty, So.,
Cienega
OF - Claudia Nuñez, Sr.,
Sunnyside
UT - Melissa Hardy, Sr., Sierra
Vista Buena
UT - Morgan Long, Sr., Ironwood
Ridge
P - Jillian Ware, Sr., Amphi
P - Yvette Alvarez, Fr.,
Sahuarita
P - Kelsey Groff, Sr., Ironwood
Ridge
P - Ivy Campas, Sr., Sunnyside
HONORABLE MENTION
AMPHI: Megan Huerta,
Marisa Zuniga.
BENSON: Gabi Cardenas,
Kayla Haro, Chelsey Layton.
BUENA: Ariel Morbeck,
Jordan Trujillo, Jenna Wright,
Carissa Youngblood.
CANYON DEL ORO: Matti
Fowler, Kayla Henry, Taylor
Watkins.
CASA GRANDE: Marissa
Gomez, Analycia Villar, Bailey
Wigness.
CATALINA: Christina
Blair, Alexis Vasquez.
CATALINA FOOTHILLS:
Stephanie Carramusa, Kaity
Ingram, Missy Rambow.
CHOLLA: Lori Lopez,
Nicole Rosales.
CIENEGA: Chelsea
Hendryk, Brandi Klein, Emily
Pohl.
DESERT VIEW: Teresa
Othon, Lahneen Federico.
DOUGLAS: Erika Tapia,
Stephanie Ybarra.
FLOWING WELLS: Danielle
Burnette, Allisa Daniels, Mari
Mata, Jenifer Montano.
IRONWOOD RIDGE: Laken
Anway, Alexandra Martinez,
Alyssa Welch.
MARANA: Shayna Binnion,
Jacqueline Deen, Marlina Delisa,
Sammie Merriman, Alex Steinmehl.
PALO VERDE: Janelle
Klassen, Chela Romero.
PUSCH RIDGE: Erin Bleyl.
RINCON/UNIVERSITY:
Brooke Bohannon, Karina Lopez.
SABINO: Molly Brossart,
Chelsea Slama, Kaity Sitzman,
Veronica Swanson.
SAHUARITA: Abrie
Bustamante, Lyzette Creason,
Monique Martinez.
SAHUARO:
Kayla Basye, Lauren Hostetler,
Rebecca Mullin, Hanna Parrish.
SALPOINTE: Tiffany
Havens, Nicole Rascon.
SUNNYSIDE: Domonique
Marquez, Nicole Marquez, Estela
Piñon.
TUCSON HIGH: Alisandra
Arandules, Vanessa Arandules,
Alexis Gallego. ....read
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TWO HOMERS PROPEL
SAHUARO INTO TITLE GAME
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RAYMOND SUAREZ
Tucson Citizen
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 The Sahuaro bats couldn't be silenced this time.
Two home runs in the fourth inning off the bats of Rebecca Mullin and Breanna Beckel propelled the No. 7 Cougars to a 5-3 semifinal win over No. 3 Cienega on Wednesday night at Amphi High School.
The win avenged Sahuaro's no-hit loss to Cienega in last week's 4A Kino Region tournament championship game. More importantly, it put the Cougars in Friday's Class 4A Division I state championship game in Phoenix against defending champion Canyon del Oro.
"This was the best swing of my life,"
Beckel said of her two-run shot in the fourth. "I hit it and I didn't even know it was gone. I thought it was hitting the fence. I put my head down and I ran as fast as I could."....read
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VIEW OF PITCHING
FOE AS EQUAL BOOST COUGARS
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 PHOENIX - The Sahuaro High softball team took batting practice at 10:30 a.m. Monday, and the main subject of discussion was Scottsdale Chaparral star pitcher Mackenzie Popescue.
The Cougars knew Popescue, the starting pitcher in Monday night's Class 4A division I quarterfinal game, was good, but Sahuaro coach
Steve Sanchez emphasized that she is human.
Seventh-seeded Sahuaro jumped on Popescue early, scoring three first-inning runs, and went on to eliminate No. 2 Chaparral (25-7) with a 6-0 victory at the Rose Mofford Sports Complex in Phoenix.
Sahuaro (25-7) advances to Wednesday's semifinal against Cienega, which defeated Peoria 3-2 on Monday. The Sahuaro-Cienega
game will be played at a
yet-to-be-determined Tucson-area
location....read
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SAHUARO SOFTBALL
STEALS CHAPARRAL'S THUNDER
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By Kyle Odegard,
Tribune
 The
Scottsdale Chaparral
softball team had to
battle through
injuries all year to
claim the No. 2 seed
in the 4A-I state
tournament. All
that hard work was
derailed in five
minutes.
Seventh-seeded
Tucson Sahuaro
sprung for three
first-inning runs
and Kira White
put the clamps
on Chaparral's
offense in Sahuaro's
6-0 win in the
second round of the
state tournament
Monday night at the
Rose Mofford Sports
Complex in Phoenix.
White
tossed a four-hitter
with 13 strikeouts.
She struck out the
side in the second,
third and fourth
innings and has
allowed just two
earned runs all
year.
"We came out and
we weren't as crisp
as we wanted to be,"
Chaparral coach
Wes Little said.
"They're a great
team. Solid ballclub
with a good pitcher,
she's only a
sophomore. They're
going to have a lot
of success."
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4A-I SOFTBALL
SAHUARO TOP CHAPARRAL
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by Don Ketchum - May.
5, 2008 09:20 PM
The Arizona Republic |
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Tucson Sahuaro's softball team took batting practice at 10:30 a.m. Monday, and the main subject of discussion was Scottsdale Chaparral star pitcher Mackenzie Popescue, the opponent Monday night in the Class 4A Division I state tournament.
The team knew Popescue was good, but Sahuaro coach
Steve Sanchez emphasized that she is human, like everyone else, and that it was possible to defeat her.
Seventh-seeded Sahuaro jumped on Popescue early, scoring three first inning runs, and went on to eliminate No. 2 seed Chaparral with a 6-0 victory at the Rose Mofford Sports Complex in Phoenix.
"We're playing the way we felt we
could at the beginning of the season,"
Sanchez said.....read
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SAHUARO BLANKS
SABINO IN KINO SEMIS
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By Michael J. Craven |
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Arizona Daily
Star |
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Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.29.2008 |
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 When Sahuaro second baseman
Kayla Basye stepped to the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning Monday, she did not feel too much pressure.
Her team already had a three-run lead in its 4A Kino Region semifinal game against arch-rival Sabino, one run coming earlier in the fifth.
Then, with a runner on base, Basye blasted a home run to give the Cougars a 5-0 lead that stood up for the rest of the game.
"It felt really good to hit it, but one home run doesn't make a game," Basye said. "That was just a happy ending."
A pitchers' duel for the first half of the game, it was anyone's guess which pitcher would be the first to falter: Sahuaro's
Kira White or Sabino's Kaity Sitzman.
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COUGAR'S WHITE
1-HITS SABERCATS IN SEMIS
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GEOFF GRAMMER
Tucson Citizen
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Sahuaro pitcher Kira White says
she's had better games than Monday's
one-hit shutout of Sabino in the Class
4A Kino Region semifinals. With a few
no-hitters under her belt, a
19-strikeout performance earlier this
season and some solid pitching in last
year's state tournament, maybe she's
right.
But you'd be hard-pressed trying to
convince the Sabino lineup White
can perform much better than she did
Monday in Sahuaro's 5-0 win over the
Sabercats at Amphi High School. Her
Cougar teammates were also impressed.
"This is one of the best games I've
ever seen her pitch," said Sahuaro
senior Kayla Basye, whose two-run
homer in the fifth helped close the door
on Sabino. "She didn't lose control or
get distracted if someone got on (base).
She kept her composure and said, 'All
right, I'm going to get this next girl.'
And you could just tell, when that
happened, there was no doubt she was
going to get her out."
White (11-3) did her best work when Sabino had runners on base. "I just
focused on getting the out at the plate
and not worrying about anything else,"
White said. "When the defense is playing
like that behind me, it's easier on me
to just worry about the hitter at the
plate." ....read
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
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Arizona
Daily Star
Tucson,
Arizona |
Published:
03.08.2008
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At Apache Junction, Kira White threw her second consecutive no-hitter and fourth of the season to lead Sahuaro to a nonregion victory.
White (6-1) struck out a career-high 18 and has now held teams hitless in her last 17 innings.
"My curveball and screwball were working really well," the sophomore ace said. "And I go out there with a strategy that everyone is equal to the team's (best) hitter."
Kayla Basye hit a home run for Sahuaro (11-4), which posted its eighth shutout of the season....read
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
HIGH
SCHOOL SOFTBALL SEASON PREVIEW |
By Tyler Hansen
Tucson, Arizona | Published:
03.01.2008
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 Mixture of Power,
Speed 0pens Up Many Doors for Sahuaro's Hall
Coaches are famous for the praise they sing about their players. Sometimes it is warranted; sometimes it is overboard.
So when Sahuaro softball coach Steve Sanchez filled out his season prospectus with the words "best player in Tucson" linked to senior
Logan Hall's name, we asked him if he really meant it.....read
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2008 WATCH LIST
HIGH
SCHOOL SOFTBALL SEASON PREVIEW
Tucson, Arizona | Published:
03.01.2008
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Alicia
Banks, Sr., Sierra Vista Buena
Shannel
Blackshear, Jr., Sierra Vista Buena
Karissa
Buchanan, Sr., Sabino
Ivy
Campas, Sr., Sunnyside
Katie
Campbell, Jr., Douglas
Mari
Contreras, Jr., Sunnyside
Torey
Craddock, Sr., Salpointe Catholic
Marlina
Delisa, Sr., Marana
Adriana
DiMatteo, Sr., Ironwood Ridge
Megan
Ellsworth, Sr., Benson
Kenzie
Fowler, Jr., Canyon del Oro
Megan
Franklin, Sr., Canyon del Oro
Brittany
Keiser, Jr., Cienega
Morgan
Long, Sr., Ironwood Ridge
Meghan
McIntosh, Jr., Sierra Vista Buena
Sabeana
Romero, Jr., Desert View
Jordan
Trujillo, Sr., Sierra Vista Buena
Marisa
Zuniga, Sr., Amphitheater
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SUNBLAST TOURNAMENT
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The Cougars went 4-1 in the Sunblast Tournament
in Anthem, AZ, losing to Mountain Ridge 2-1 in the
Championship Game. Game
scores are posted on the
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SAHUARO SENIORS
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Congratulations to our seniors who will move on to the
collegiate level next year:
- Logan Hall: Pima in Tucson,
AZ
- Kayla Basye: Signed with El Paso CC in
Texas
- Breanna Beckel: Signed with South Florida
CC
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