Rez Basketball Update

Just a little tidbit for those of you who love basketball and want to know about Arizona teams.

According to a recent email from community member Anthony Kahn:

The 3A boys and girls state basketball tournament starts on Friday. Six rez girls team made the 16 team state tournament. The boys bracket will be released soon, pending an AIA investigation of Globe for using a suspected ineligible player.

Chinle boys won the 3A North tournament, in front of 8,000 screaming fans. Monument Valley girls snapped Winslow's 30-game winning streak and won the 3A North girls tournament. Another tourney highlight/low light (depending where you are from) was Winslow boys beating Window Rock, despite trailing by 24 in the 3rd quarter.

A change in the state tournament locations has the first two rounds being played at the high school of the higher seed team. In the past, the first 2 rounds were played in the NAU Skydome to accommodate the thousands of fans from the reservation. So look for rez teams to be playing here (in small high school gyms) in the Valley on Feb 20 and 28. Final Four will be played at Jobing.com Arena on March 6; and finals on March 7.

Boys Hoops: Chinle Wins North Region

Boys Hoops: Winslow Storms Back for Upset

Boys Hoops: Holbrook Hangs On for Third Place

Breaking away from AIA's Control?

Anyway, I thought this would be of interest to you and hope you get a chance to support our Navajo teams as they come to the Valley! For more information, you can go to the Arizona Interscholastic Association's website: AIA.org website.