The Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) had announced the seeding for the 3A Conference State Championship Tournament. There are eight teams that have first round byes and 16 teams that must play in the first round to qualify to play one of the teams with a first-round bye.
In the girls’ tournament there are five teams from northern Arizona with first round byes. They include top seeded Ganado, second seeded Window Rock, third seeded Page, fifth seeded Holbrook and eighth seeded Chinle. Other teams in the group with a first-round bye are fourth seeded Valley Christian, sixth seeded Safford and seventh seeded Pusch Ridge.
Other teams from northern Arizona include Payson, which must meet Florence for the right to meet Ganado in the second round. Then Monument Valley, which must meet Yuma Catholic for the right to meet Holbrook in the second round. Snowflake and Tuba City must meet for the right to play Valley Christian in the second round. Winslow must meet Northwest Christian for the right to meet Page in the second round.
Other first round games include Wickenburg and Tanque Verde for the right to meet Safford in the second round, Kingman and Sabino for the right to meet Pusch Ridge in the second round and Fountain Hills and Casteel for the right to meet Window Rock in the second round.
In first round games, Winslow, Tuba City, Monument Valley and Payson will all host their contests. Snowflake is the only team from the area playing on the road at Tuba City.
The first-round games will be played today (Wednesday, Feb. 14) and the second-round games this Saturday, Feb. 17. The quarter finals will be played on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at Prescott Valley, the semi-finals on Friday, Feb. 23 at Gila River Arena and the championship game there on Monday, Feb. 26.
