Eleven local teams landed in the top 25 of Division II.
See who else from around the area landed in the top 25 of each division.
The two baseball and softball tournaments open Wednesday afternoon.
The Dorados won 3-1 for their eighth title.
Three-time defending state champ Desert Christian is in the field.
Third-seeded San Carlos won 57-53 in overtime.
The fourth-seeded Pumas play No. 3 San Carlos on Saturday at noon.
There are 20 games Thursday, with the first scheduled for 2 p.m.
The 20-team tournament is being held at Kino Sports Complex South.
GLENDALE – As the final seconds ran off the clock in Tuesday's Division II state quarterfinal game, Sydney Harden could only sit and watch as her storied career came to a close.
Today's winners advance to next weeks quarterfinal rounds.
Play kicks off Tuesday night.
Danny Vega powered the Nighthawks, winning his third straight championship.
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Longtime Ravens punter Sam Koch retired Thursday and will join the Baltimore coaching staff as a special teams consultant. A 16-year veteran, Koch, 39, appeared in a franchise-record 256 regular-season games, 239 consecutively from 2006-20, also a team record. He was a member of Baltimore’s 2012 Super Bowl championship team, and appeared in 20 postseason games. A 2015 Pro Bowl selection who made the AP’s second-team All-Pro squad that season, Koch set franchise records in punts (1,168), punt yardage (52,868), career gross average (45.3), career net average (39.7) and punts inside the 20 (453). His 1,168 career punts are the most by a punter with a single team in NFL history.
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