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Hello fans!

Last night we saw some really good games. We did our Danger Zone Talk Show from Benson, AZ where we gave you updates not only from the games being played at that site but also across the state of AZ.

Willcox vs Pima:

Wow what an exciting game! This game went down to the wire as every basket throughout the game was a new lead for the team who scored. These teams had met earlier in the year 2x where they split those games. Willcox won the game 48-46 and will move on to play Thatcher on Friday.

Desert Christian vs Horizon Honors

DC got behind 20-4 in the 1st period and it looked like the route was on but DC fough back and by the half was only down by 5 points. They would later take the lead and eventually win the game 48-46 to move on and play SanCarlos Friday night.

Oddity:

Both games played at Benson ended with 48-46 scores! Now I did not see a full moon last night but that is kind of strange as you will hardly ever see something like that at the same gym.

Many Farms:

Ahhhhhh my sleeper pick from the 2A division all season had some injuries and had fallen dramatically not only in our rankings but also in the power point seeding as well. before it was all said and done Many Farms took the last playoff spot and had to play #9 Phoenix Country Day School. Even though they had to travel all the way to Scottsdale for the game, PCDS was able to see why we were so high on this team when they are healthy. Many Farms took control of the game and defeated PCDS 71-55 and will play Benson, the hottest team around at this point in the season. It seems they may be healthy at Many Farms and that is not good news for teams standing in their way!

Williams:

There had been a lot of debate the last 2 weeks on our message boards where many fans from Williams really had questioned us as to why we would not rank them in the top 5 like Obert and a few other ranking sites. However, we stood our ground and they moved up into the top 10 but then lost to GreyHills and dropped to the top 15 to end the regular season. I then mentioned on our show on Monday that Canyon State was playing some good ball and would win that game. Well as fate would show last night CSA defeated Willaims in OT 68-63. This is nothing we are proud to announce but what we had been saying about the strength of schedule certainly came true as CSA, a #21 seed was playing a 12 seed in Williams and now moves on to play Northwest Christian.

Sites:

In this first round it was interesting as to how they chose the sites for these games. Some teams had to travel very far while others had home games. I am wondering what the criteria was for playing these games at certain sites as it seems traveling was not an issue. I am thinking it was availability of gyms. I am not complaining but in the end maybe it would have been better to just have the high seed as the home site like 3A. Just a thought.