State playoffs are underway for girls’ and boys’ high school basketball, with 19 Speed School athletes across nine local teams playing for a title. The list is highlighted by five teams that have qualified for the coveted Open Division. Full list of teams and athletes playing in the postseason:
Boys’ Open Division
#13 – Sahuaro (Cisco Llamas, Jamaal McCraney, Jamal Ali, Ayumu Lara, Jackson Vernon, Teddy Simpson)
#27 – Salpointe (Matteo Horn)
#30 Catalina Foothills (Luke Schild, Josh Max)
Girls’ Open Division
#12 Catalina Foothills (Clara-Mae Hager, Jamie Meyer, Sofie Zeh-Plunkett)
#21 Mica Mountain (Taryn Wood)
Boys’ 2A-5A
#11 Pusch Ridge (Ben Lambe, Brody Bangert)
#9 Desert Christian (Tyson Dobbins)
#11 Mica Mountain (Cody Lorentzen)
Girls 5A
#20 Rincon/UHS (Leila O’Dowd, Sabrina Wexler)
(Photo credit: Andy Morales, AllSportsTucson; Gilbert Alcaraz, Arizona Daily Star)