Lady Mats edge Pumas, complete perfect regular season
AWC men secure No. 3 seed with win
The Arizona Western women’s soccer team completed a perfect regular season Saturday afternoon with a 1-0 win over Paradise Valley in Phoenix. Asare Vera scored the game’s only goal in the fifth minute off an assist from Christiana Boateng. It was the first 1-0 game of the season for the No. 2-ranked Matadors (20-0 overall), and their fifth onegoal victory overall. AWC had already secured the No. 1 seed in the Region I tournament as the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference regular-season champ, and will host a to-be-determined opponent in the Region I semifinals Wednesday night.
Third-seeded Paradise Valley (15-4-1) will host sixth-seeded ChandlerGilbert (7-9-3), and fourthseeded Scottsdale (11-6-2) will host fifth-seeded Pima (10-7-3) in the first round Monday.
Phoenix (16-2-1) is the No. 2 seed in Region I, and will also host a semifinal game Wednesday.
JUCO MEN’S SOCCER AWC 4, Paradise Valley 1
The Matadors (14-5-1 overall) secured the No. 3 seed in the Region I tournament with the victory in Phoenix.
AWC led 1-0 at the half thanks to a 22nd-minute goal by Yerry Mendez off an assist from Steven Mendoza.
In the second half, Nemanja Zivanovic scored in the 48th minute off an assist from Jorge Cayo Zelada, Leo Amaral scored in the 72nd minute off an assist from Michael Adeyeye, and Alex Avila scored in the 88th minute off an as-
sist from William Walshe.
Paradise Valley (6-13-1) scored its lone goal in the 89th minute.
AWC will host sixth-seeded Chandler-Gilbert (10-9-1) in the first round of the Region I tournament Tuesday at 6 p.m. The Matadors and Coyotes split their regularseason meetings.
Fourth-seeded Yavapai (14-6) will host fifth-seeded Mesa (10-8-2) in Tuesday’s other first-round matchup, while top-seeded Pima (182) and second-seeded Phoenix (16-4) both have byes to Thursday’s semifinal round.
PREP BOYS SOCCER Harvest Prep reaches championship
schedule? Is this wrong? No, just new and different.
Do you like to watch pro football or basketball? If the answer is yes, you have seen change come before your very eyes. The rules in basketball are very specific but we have had to ignore rules because fans like scoring and excitement. Do you think LeBron James travels with the ball a few times during the game? Do you think he runs over a few people getting to the basket? I’m picking on LeBron because he does what most NBA players do. We change or ignore the rules because people think it is more exciting and are willing to pay for it.
If you are the traditionalist and prefer college basketball, some rules may be enforced. But fans must realize many of the players you see in March Madness have been paid thousands
The Harvest Prep Academy boys soccer team advanced to the Canyon Athletic Association Division II state championship game with a 3-2 win over 91st Psalm Christian School on Saturday.
The second-seeded Eagles will face top-seeded Pan American next Saturday at Arizona State University for the title.
of dollars to play. The school that can buy players wins. The winners get on T.V. T.V. pays the school millions to appear. Wrong? No, just change that has come about.
Everybody is yelling about tackling the quarterback in the NFL. Nothing below the waist, nothing to the head, and please don’t hit him too hard in the mid-section or you’ll get a flag. Why, you ask? People don’t like to root for second-team quarterbacks. We have to protect them so people will fill the stands or turn on the T.V. Quarterback safety is a business proposition.
Very little is constant in life, and very little is constant in sports. You might sit back and think how baseball, golf, tennis and hockey have changed. You might like change or dislike it, but it’s sure going to happen.