First Team 

Brenalee Sakiestewa (Maya), Jessica Arias (Premier), Bianca Ramirez (Maya), Brittany Lewis (Maya) , Lindsey Reynolds (Westland)

Second Team 

Alison Hardy (Westland), Pricilla  Hansen (Westland), Samantha Chavez (Westland)

Coach Of The Year: Jon Kronstead (Maya high school)

First Team 

Ryan Nieto-Whitake (Premier), Ricardo Olguin (Jefferson), Tony Delarosa (Maya), Vernon McNeal (Jefferson), Thomas Martinez (Maya), Josh Taylor (Heritage)

Second Team

Julian Westmoreland (Westland), Tim Bellamy  (Jefferson),  Matt Schatzabel (Westland), Shannon Rogers (Westland), Stetson White (Premier), Miquel Morajara (Jefferson), Tevin Kyles (Jefferson)

Coach Of The Year: Andre Nillo (Premier high school)

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Bianca Ramirez scored  11 of Maya's 16 points as the Lady Jaguars win their first league championship.  Brenalee Sakiestewa and Shariel Davis combined for 15 rebounds, Monique Huerta added 4.  Maya's Adriana Deletorre had 4 steals.  Juliana Young had a game high 10 rebounds and 5 points for Premier.  Young and Deanna Brown had 4 steals each.

Premier 34, Thomas Jefferson 24

Jefferson jumped out early pressing Premier into costly errors.  The Titans recovered and outscored Jeferson 19-2 after being behind 5-1 and were up 20-9 at the 3 minute mark.  Premier led 22-12 at the half.  Premier refused to let the gap narow in the second half keeping a constant 10 point lead (28-18 with 3:44 remaining) as Jefferson continued to execute poorly, especially shooting and getting into their transition game.  They did however compete to the end of the game.

Until this year, Jefferson had never beaten Premier.  In fact, it was Premier that escorted Jefferson out of the playoffs last season enroute to the I-10 title.  This year was a little different.  Jefferson completed a two year climb from self imposed probation enroute to becoming a top seed in this year's title game.  Led by Super Bowl ring bearer Derek Kennard ('96 Cowboys), Jefferson had played with a passion, especially on defense.

Premier has won more games than any team in league history.  Returning with the leagues most experienced team and fresh from a championship run last year, is one of the league's top basketball programs.  Coached by Andre Nillo, Premier could be the AAC's first school to title sweep as they have have already won the football championship.  Premier seems to have all the advantages with size, speed and saavy, and led by player of the year canidate Ryan Nieto-Whitaker (2007's football player of the year) and fellow football all-stars Stetson White and Giles Austin.

HERITAGE 34, JEFFERSON 29

In a replay of last week's game in which Heritage stopped Jefferson's drive for the regular season title, the two meet again in the second round of the AAC championship tournament.   Jefferson was down early, but a Tim Bellamy 3 pointer made it 6-5 at the 8 minute mark.  Bellamy followed that up with a layup drive and free throw that gave the Patriots the lead 8-6.  Heritage countered and the score was tied at 8 at the 6 minute mark.  Jefferson led by 17-12 at the half as Bellamy hit a 3 pointer as the buzzer sounded. 

In the second half, Heritage came out flat while Jefferson applied a full court press as the Patriots took a 25-14 lead.  Heritage came alive late in the game closing the gap to 31-26 with 3 minutes left.   In the end it was too many turnovers and blown opportunities for Heritage, who at one time was down by only three.

Premier  45, Maya 42 

Premier's taller athletic athletes took on Maya's quick, physical Jaguars in the first playoff game of the evening.  In a battle of two vastly improved teams, the score was tied at 9 at the 5 minute mark in what was up to that time a defensive stalemate.  At the 1:20 Mark, Maya surged ahead scoring 9 unanswered points and led 18-9 at the half.

In the second Half, Premier came stormung back outscoring Maya 15-2 and led by 4 at the 12:24 mark.  Ryan Nieto-Whitaker led the surge and took control as Maya fought back, with a 3 point play followed by a layup as Premier led 29-22 with 9:42 left.   Antoinio Delarosa's 3 pointer at the 7 minute mark closed the gap tp within 4, but Nieto-Whitaker followed with another clutch layup. Premier was up 34-25 with 4:33 to go.  A younger, stubborn Maya closed to within 4 three times and with 15 seconds left were down 41-39.  Premier broke away for an easy layup, but a foul put Antonio Delarosa on the line with three shots.  Keeping the game interesting, he converted all three and the game was a tight one for the duration.

GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

HERITAGE 37, THOMAS JEFFERSON 28

Down by 26-20 at the 4:40 mark and most of the game Heritage 14 unanswered points and beat Jefferson to tie for a share of the regular season title.   Jefferson led most of the game, but a  back to back three pointers by Tariq McDonald and Tim Johnson aided by multiple Patriot turnovers fueled the vicious scoring run.  Jacob Aviola added two more from byond the arc to put the game put of reach.  Joshua Taylor led Heritage with 11 points,  McDonald aded 10, Wilmoth 7 and Johnson 6.  Vernon McNeal scored 9 points and added a game high 11 rebounds to lead Jefferson.  

PREMIER 33, WESTLAND 7 

Premier led 9-4 at the half, then went on a 14-2 scoring run to start the second half in a win over Westland.  With the victory, Premier clinched a a share of the league title and a first round bye as second seed. Premier's balanced scoring was led by Ryan Nieto-Whitaker's 8 points, Stetson White 6, Nathaniel Dorsey 6 and Juan Sanchez 5.

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Maya 32, Westland 8

Brenalee Sakeistwa scored 12 points and Bianca Ramirez 10 as Maya ran by Westland.  Maya led 11-3 at the half.  Maya had 18 steals.

Maya 31, Westland 29

Antonio DeLarosa scored 22 points and George Galaviz added 8 points and 5 rebounds, but Maya needed a second layup to get by Westland.  Matt Schatzabel led Westland with 11 points.  Julian Westmoreland had 7 points and 7 rebounds.

Jefferson 43, Mission Hills 16 

Thomas Jefferson, in the drivers seat for their first league regular season title, jumped out and didn't look back in a win over Mission Hills. 

GIRLS

MAYA 13, PREMIER 10

 Defending champion Maya got by it's closest competitor Premier 13-10.  Maya held off two Premier threats after a 7-5 halftime lead.  Premier charged  back and made it close at the end but Maya made a clutch free throw to clinch victory with 3 seconds left.  Maya's Brittany Lewis led all with 8 points and 6 rebounds.  She also had 3 steals.   Bianca Ramirez added 3 steals and 4 rebounds.  Premier was led by Jessica Arias' 5 points.  She also had 2 steals.  Deanna Brown had 4 steals and 3 rebounds.

BOYS 

HERITAGE  29, MAYA 25

A motivated Heritage led most of the game but a stubborn and revamped Maya fought back form deficits to keep it close.  2007 player of the year Joshua Taylor broke out of his season long slump with 13 points, 4 steals and 5 rebounds.  Team mate Jacob Aviola had a game-high 8 rebounds and 5 blocked shots. 

Heritage won and plays for a share the regular season title next week against Jefferson.  Down 29-25 with 32 seconds left Maya made one more run at the lead. but missed far too many layups and blew several op's at the free throw line.  Antonio Delarosa led Maya with 7 points.  Thomas Martinez added 6 points and 5 rebounds.

Friday at Royal Palm 

	6:30 PM   MAYA (G) vs. PREMIER (G)
	7:15 PM   Heritage Academy vs. Maya

 MAYA (G) vs. PREMIER (G)

Maya beat Premier in a low soring matchup before the break 9-6.  A Premier puts them up half a game.   Premier is fresh off a win over Westland.

Heritage Academy vs. Maya

Heritage is not playing up to their advanced billing, especially with 7 returning players not geting it done.  They will be playing with heavy hearts due to the loss of their school Patriarch and south Phoenix icon Mr. Tilford.  A win tonite and a win over Maya tonite and an upset of Jefferson could give them the league's regular season crown.

Maya is young and not was expected, but they are growing up in a hurry and get two talented players back from academic probation tonite, so this will be a different team, and a good game between two traditional rivals.  The looser win probably have to "play in" to get into the playoffs.

Premier Girls 16, Westland Girls 10

Margarita Avila scored 9 points and Jessica Aria added 5 and 4 assists as Premier jumped out front and held on for a over Westland.  Alison Hardy's 9 rebounds was the highlight for Westland.

 Westland Boys 34, Mission Academy 8

Westland's Matt Shatzabel scored a carrer high 15 points and Julian Westmoreland 7 as Westland beats Mission Hills.  Romeo Alvarado had 6 points and 6 rebounds and Shannon Rogers 4 points and 6 rebounds for Westland.

Jefferson 38, Premier 32

In what has become the leagues newest and hottest rivary, Thomas Jefferson jumped out to a 8-0 lead and led 14-5 at one point enroute to a 38-32 win over Premier.  Premier stormed back but Jefferson led 19-11 at the half.   Down by 6, Premier closed the gap to 33-27 (Jefferson) with under 5 minutes left in the game.  A late three point shoot by Premier made things interesting but Jefferson's Ethan Gilmore's jumper with 28 seconds left and clutch free throw shooting sealed the win.  Jefferson's Tim Bellamy led all scorers with 14 points.  Gilmore had 8 (4 steals) and Ricky Olguin & Miguel Morjaras had 6 each.  Vernon McNeal had 5 rebounds.  Ryan Nieto-Whitaker, the leagues top scorer and rebounder, had 10 points and 8 rebounds for Premier.  Isreal Chavarra had 8 points, and Jiles Austin had 6 rebounds

Athletes: Ryan Nieto-Whitaker (Premier), Luis Guerrerro (Maya), Jayce Welchel (Westland), Matt Schatzbel (Westland)

Running Backs: Stetson White (Premier), Nate Taylor (Maya), Antoine McCallom (Westland),

Wide Reciever: Jilles Austin (Premier), Nathaniel Dorsey (Premier), Omar Acosta (Maya) , Dausey De'Andrade (Maya)

Defensive backs:  Tommy Martinez (Maya), Chris Saldivaro (Premier), Julian Westmoreland (Westland), Felix Villalobos (Westland)

Defensive Linemen: Estaban Flores (Westland), Chris Colburn (Maya), Mikail Lopez (Premier), Zack Christian (Premier)

Offensive linemen: Ocsar Perez (Maya), Tony Meza (Premier), Danny Allendar (Westland), Jay Key (Westland), James Melton (Westland), Joseph Johnson (Premier), Jacob Pueblo (Premier)

Coach Of The Year:  Andre Nillo (Premier)

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DESERT HILLS JUNIOR VARSITY 29, HERITAGE 12

Ashton Guerrero scored 12 points and hauled down 6 rebounds and Justin Mortenson added 8 more rebounds as Gilbert Desert Hills junior varsity team beat a veteran Heritage Academy 29-12.  In what can be viewed as a major upset, Desert Hill's JV team led 9-1 midway though the first half and 13-4 at the 14 minute mark over Heritage in this non-league matchup.  Desert Hill out-rebounded Heritage & out shot them leading 15-7 at the half.  In the second half, Heritage continued their poor shooting from the field and from the line. 

Desert Hills kept applying the pressure, stealing passes and blocking shots at will.  In fact, Desert Hill's JV outshot Heritage 14-1 in the second half, giving up 4 points in the last minute. 

PREMIER 31, MAYA 12 

With Premier's girls loud and cheering from the stands, the game was emotionally charged from the start as both teams clamped down on defense.   Premier only led 4-2 at the 8 minute mark and 10-3 at the half.   In the second half, the Titans took firm control of the offensive flow of the game.  Up by as much as 18, led 23-9 with two minutes left and won 31-12. 

MAYA GIRLS 9, PREMIER GIRLS  6

Ariana Vega, Brittany Lewis, Brenalee Sakiestwa, and Antoinette Rivas scored baskets and controlled the boards in a win over Premier. 

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Thomas Jefferson 32,  Westland 10 

Jefferson took an 11-0 lead midway and led 19-4 at halftime.  In the second half the Patriots led by as much as 25 points, playing stellar press defense on their way to an easy win.  Westland did a good job on defense on the most part, but committed way too many turnovers.  Jefferson's Rickey Olguin led all scorers with 14 points.  Miguel Morjaras has 8 steals, Oulguin had 5.  Jefferson's Salvadon Garcia and Westland's Shannon Rogers both led all with 6 rebounds.

  MAYA (G) 20, WESTLAND (G) 12

Leading by at least 10 most of the way, Maya ran away from Westland 20-12.  Brenalee Sasquetch scored 14 points and blocked 3 shots for Maya, Brittany Lewis had 8 rebounds.  Alison Hardy led Westland with 6 points and 5 rebounds.

 Premier 37, Heritage Academy 23

Continuing a heated rivalry, Heritage (JWJ) and Premier played a very close first half.  Deadlocked at 6 each 8 minutes, Premier surged ahead, out running and out shooting during 17-0 scoring run.  Premier led 23-6 at the half and held off Heritage for a 37-23 win.   Jiles Austin (14 points) and Ryan Nieto-Whitaker (9 points & 7 rebounds) led Premier as the Titans overpowered Heritage on the boards.  Joshua Wilmoth had 9 points and 4 steals for Heritage.

HERITAGE 27, WESTLAND 17

Veteran heavy Heritage led out the blocks spreading the scoring evenly among players.  2007 player of the year Josh Taylor led all scorers with 7 points and added 6 rebounds.  Matt Schatzabel (Westland) and Darius Leopaul (Heritage) had 5 each.  Julian Westmoreland led all with 7 rebounds.

JEFFERSON 26, MAYA 15

Maya jumped out to an early 7-2 lead, but Thomas Jefferson, sparked by a steal and a dunk, came back and the score was tied at 11 at the half.  It was all Jefferson in the second half as they outshot Maya 15-4.  Jefferson's Vernon McNeil led all scorers with 6 points, Tevin Kyle added 6 rebounds.  2007 defensive standout Ricky Olguin had 3 steals.

GIRLS SCORES

PREMIER 13, WESTLAND  7

Jessica Arias scored 9 points and had 3 steals for Premier.

GAME ONE 

Westland 36, Maya 31

Westland and Maya traded baskets for most of the first half with the score tied at 14 with 4 minutes left in the half.   surged ahead behind Matt Schatzabel's 4 first half three pointers and Shannon Rogers 9 points to lead 22-14 at the half.

In the second half Westland cruised a 31-19 lead at the 8 minute mark and the game seemed over, but Maya went on a 10-0 scoring rin ro close the gap but lost 36-31.   Rogers led all scorers with 15 points and 10 rebounds.  Shatzabel had 12.  Thomas Martinez led led Maya with 13 points.

GAME TWO 

Desert Hills 29, Premier 26 

Ryan Nieto-Whitaker led Premier with 14 points.

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Desert Hills 48, Westland 18

Nogales Invite

10 December, 2007 

4pm:  Heritage Academy vs Nogales TBA

445:  Gilbert Desert Hills vs Nogales TBA

6pm:  Winners game

Friday's games

He's baaaaack:  Joshua Taylor was our 2006-07 Boys Player of The Year

Top returning players:  Joshua Taylor, Heritage (2007 player of the Year, leading scorer);  Stetson White, Premier (second team ALL AAC, first team football);  Omar Acosta, Maya (ALL AAC Football), Thomas Martinez (Maya), Alfonso Lowe, Premier (All conference last season); John Parker (Heritage), Jeremy Grant (Heritage), Tyrese Simpson (Heritage) , Julian Westmoreland (Westland), Matt Schatzebel (Westland), Antoine McCollum (Westland)

Premier 13, Maya 0

Premier overcame a slow start and disciplinary issues that plagued the offense in the first half  to beat Maya, who suffered from similar issues 13-0.  In the first half, both teams struggled to move the ball by ground and by air.  Both quarterbacks did fair jobs running the ball, but both teams struggled to get past mid field.

Both school benched key players.  Premier disciplined two of it's star players by sitting them in the first half.  Maya had to bench a star player for the game.  That would prove fatal to their quest.

In the second half, Coach Nillo asked star wideout Ryan Nieto Whitaker to stay in and block.  That was truly the turning point of the game.  This gave Saldivar the precious extra time. Also note that two of his horses that sat out the first half came out running in the second.

Stetson White took the first play after halftime, a short pass, 60 yards from Chris Saldivar, for a touchdown as Premier took a 6-0 lead.  Jiles Austin made it 7-0 with an extra point conversion.  The teams traded a couple of possesions highlighted by the scrambling of Maya quarterback Luis Guerrerro.  Saldivar did the same for Premier.  Both had mixed results as both defenses adjusted quickly to the run.   

Premier adjusted again.   Saldivar hit Austin on a short out, he turned upfield for a long run and Premier ended up on the Maya 2.  A few plays later, Austin leaped over Maya for his second TD reception from Saldivar to make it 13-0 .  Maya moved the ball well with time running out, actually making into the red zone.  Austin intercepted a deflected pass and it was pretty much over. 

Premier high takes on Maya high in the AAC championship game Wednesday night at the Ditch.  The winner will take home their first league championship trophy.  It would also be the first boys title for Premier coach Andre Nillo or Maya coach Jon Kronsted.

Premier earned their title shot by going unbeaten this seaso in regular season play.  Along the way, Premier set a new league scoring record (221 points) and had 3 shutouts while giving up only 26 points.  The team is loaded with All-AAC nominees and is led by multi-talented defensive-back/offfensive talents Ryan Nieto-Whitaker, Jiles Austin and Stetson White.  Ad quarterback Chris Saldivar  and tight end/running back Nathaniel Dorsey and it's easy to see while they averaged 31 points per game.  Linemen Mikail Lopez, Zack Christian, Tony Meza, Joseph Johnson and Jacob Pueblo are among the leagues best.

Maya is led by wideout/defensive back Thomas Martinez, one of the leagues best and most reliable defensive backs.  He's also a big play threat at reciever.  Omar Acosta has proven to be just as good, making big plays n both sides of the ball all season.  They have made life easier for quarterback Luis Guerrerro, who struggle att he beginning of the season, but has since shown signs that made him an all league selection last year.  Running back Nathan Thomas gives Maya an added punch as he can also catch the ball.  Linemen Oscar Perez and Chris Colburn lead a younger, smaller, but effective line.

Premier made it a clean sweep over Omega in a 25-0 win Thursday at "The Ditch".    Stetson White had two touchdown catches, one a spectacular pass-run combination, in a brilliant display on individual effort.   Quarterback Chris Saldivar scored on a 30 yard touchdown run and threw his third touchdown pass of the night to Nathaniel Dorsey.

Westland hung tough in the first half, but Maya proved too deep in the second as Maya beat Westland 24-6 to advance to the AAC championship game. 

Maya opened the scoring with a Luis Gurrerro to Thomas Martinez touchdown pass.  After the teams traded possesions, Maya got a break after a Felix Villalobos interception was returned deep into Maya territory.   Westland quarterback Jayce Whelchel ran in for a score two plays later to tie the score at 6 each.  Maya answered on the very next play with a 80 yard pass play with Gurrerro throwing to Thomas Martinez.  Maya led 13-6 with 40 seconds in the half.  Martinez intercepted a pass, nearly scoring to end the half.

In the second half marching right down the field.  Guerrerro threw his third TD pass of the night to Dausey De'Andrade.  Westlands offens was pretty stagnant in the second half, mostly because of a fierce Maya pass rush.  With two minutes left, Maya locked the game up with a Nate Taylor TD run. 

Martinez intercepted two passes for Maya, Acosta had a great day both ways.   Felix Villalobos and Jayce Whelchel had good games on offense and defense for Westland.

Maya beat Westland in both battles this season.  Westland was making a move in their last meeting, but miscues took them out of the game.  Maya has had a tough time winning a title in football, they will be focused.

Thursday, November 1   Premier vs. Omega Academy

St. Paul Lutheran Church "THE DITCH"

Premier is easily the leagues class act putting up 30 a game and giving up only 4 touchdowns this season.  They are loaded with talent top to bottom.  Omega may be the most dangerous team in the league right now.  They are definitely not the team that lost a combined 83-12 in the first two outings.

The leagues two best teams tangle again and it was pretty much a replay of the prior meeting.  Premier went up early as Ryan Nieto-Whitaker scored on a short touchdown pass from Chris Saldivaro.  Maya answered with a great drive, highlighted by a long run by quarterback Luis Guerrerro, who then threw a short TD pass of his own to Omar Acosta. After that, it was pretty much a standoff.  The score was tied until Premier scored on a Joseph Williams blocked pass intercepted and run in for a touchdown by Mijail Lopez making the score 12-6.  Maya continued to hang in but multiple miscues between the quarterback and center and a series of strategic blitzes by Premier left Maya visibly shaken.  Nieto-Whitaker picked off another pass and wideout Jiles Austin went to work on a couple of big pass-run plays leading to another Premier score a pass from Saldivaro to Nathaniel Dorsey (18-6).  In doing so, Premier set a new league scoring mark with 188 points.

Playoff matchups

Premier vs Omega:  Premier blew Omega away in previous meetings, but this will be a "different O-Dog" they will be facing.  Motivated and vastly approved.  We think.

Maya vs Westland:  The leagues oldest  rivary continues.  Both have been repeat bridesmaids before and are looking for a title.  The game will be at Maya on Wednesday.

Player of the year Candidates:  Ryan Nieto-Whitaker (Premier), Tommy Martinez (Maya),  Jiles Austin (Premier)

Premier jumped out to a 30-2 halftime lead and cruised to a 39-2 win over Westland.  Premier's secondary proved too talented to allow passed.  Premier coach Andre Nillo admitted that Westland's secondary stepped up in the second half to slow his offense and force him into a ground game.

 With the win, Premier set a league scoring record (170 for the season) set last year by Avondale Estrella (164) and they still have a game left. 

4pm 

Westland vs. Omega Academy  

Omega has improved by leaps and bounds the past two weeks, last week loosing a heartbreaker to Maya at Maya.  If the offense can catch up with the defense and they erase penaties (they lead the league), they will be tough in their probable playoff matchup vs Premier.  This Omega, Premier has not seen.  But Westland know how good Omega has become.  Westland had a very good secondary, so if Omega has any hope, they will have to keep the game close by running the ball.  The looser will get Premier at The Ditch in the first round.  The winner goes to Maya.

5pm

Premier vs. Maya

 Premier has pretty much locked up first place,but Maya can force a statistical tie with an upset.  Premier is looking to be the first team in league history to score 200 points in a season.  Thier 34ppg average says they will.  Though Maya lost 20-6 in their last meeting, they were only down 6-0 in the first half, but Premier did not start quarterback Chris Saldivaro.  Premier's Stetson White, Jiles Austin and Ryan Nieto-Whitaker are the best  Last season Maya shut out Premier twice including a 24-0 win in the semi finals.  This could be a good one.

Coaches and ref's, by position, especially with linemen.  I need your nominations for All-conference football players and supporting comments and stats.  Coaches  ref's  comments and stats weigh highly and will be posted on the website.

Nominated players:  QB Chris Saldivaro (Premier), Luis Guerrerro (Maya),  Matt Schatzbel (Westland)

 RB: Stetson White (Premier), Nathaniel Dorsey (Premier),  Nate Tate (Maya), Antoine McCallom (Westland),

WR/DB: Jilles Austin (Premier) Ryan Nieto-Whitaker (Premier), Nathaniel Dorsey (Premier), Tommy Martinez (Maya), Tommy Martinez (Maya), Julian Westmoreland (Westland), Jilles Austin (Premier) Ryan Nieto-Whitaker (Premier), Stetson White (Premier), Omar Acosta (Maya) , Felix Villalobos (Westland), Jayce Welchel (Westland), Julian Westmoreland (Westland)

Linemen: Estaban Flores (Westland), Danny Allendar (Westland), and Jay Key (Westland), James Melton (Westland)

Maya beats Omega 13-8, and the game was even closer than the score.  Maya's first toughdown was scored on a spectacular catch my Tommy Martinez, in the back of the endzone.  Martizez went on to make a couple of  more great catches but both Maya and Omega struggled on offense when in the other teams territory.  Add to that multiple penalties on both sides.  If not for the miscues, this would have been a high scoring affair.  Both teams will be tough to face in the playoffs.  Omega will probably draw Premier in the first round.

Premier vs. Westland

St. Paul Lutheran Church "THE DITCH"

 

game rescheduled for monday @ 430

Wednesday's games to be played on Thursday the next two weeks.

Game officials Kory and Derrick Parham, both accompliushed player themselves share observations of the game between Premier and Omega.

 Premier got off great start in making a statement that they are premier and belong in the discussion of who could win the championship of 07. Premier qb chris showcased his ability by distrubuting the football to his recievers dorsey, xavier, and ryan. also showed his "michael vick" ability by running and scrambling.

Chris threw several short and long passes to confuse omega defense. premier scored 14 by half, omega 0 .

In the second half omega came out moving the ball only to have ryan "no fly zone" pick it off, ending Omega 's strong drive.

Omega would not give up, their qb hit brandon on a bomb for omega first score and later hit for a second time, brandon danced through some tackle and broke for his second score....then Premier became Premier again.

Striking Omega defenders and offense with td after td ..dorsey 2, xavier 1 and ryan finish it off after omega tipped the football and it fell into ryan hands for the score. ryan again picked off omega to end the game.

Teams Notes

Premier:  Easily top of the heap.  Austin and Nieto-Whitatker are top canidates for playerof the year.  The line is huge and has played very well.  Only class conduct and grades could stop this team.  Well coached, it's strictly up to the players.  In football and basketball, Premier has always been a championship contender, but they have not won a title.  They face Omega next and could clinch the regular season title with a win. 

Maya: Small line and all, Maya, like Premier is an annual AAC contender.  Like Premier, well coached.  Like Premier no titles.  All AAC Quarterback Luis Guerrero seems to be figuring it all a=out and is balancing the run and pass.  The Jaguar's secondary is just as good as Premier's.  Runningback Nate Tate may be the key.  Wednesday's game vs Westland will be for second place in the AAC.

Westland:  Like Maya and Premier, this is a proud program that has tasted the title game, but no trophy to show.  Young, and with a good sized line, they could be a factor in the playoffs.  Coach Diane kows her stuff.  Her son and daughter were both top notch players in high school, so she knows what it takes.  It's pretty much up to the team to determine thier destiny.

Omega: Omega is still trying to cut their teeth in a league that is one of the states best for charter schools.  They have the talent, size and speed.  They also have one of the leagues more qualified coached.  Coach Basett played in the Big Ten, has experience in coaching and a resume to show for it.  Now all they need to do is win.  But they face Premier next week.

Highlights  Nate Taylor had over 100 all purpose yards.  Caught a 60 yard touchdown pass from Thomas Martinez. 

*Omar Acost also had a touchdown reception of 45 yards from Thomas Martinez. 

*Interceptions:  Thomas Martinez had 1 to give him 7 INT"S in 3 games. 

*Omar Acosta 1 to give him 6 total. 

*Justin Graham had an INT for a TD and Dausey D'Andrade had the last INT. 

MAYA 18, WESTLAND 6 :  Games was closer than the score indicated.  As usual, Maya got off to  as slow start and took a 6-0 lead into the half.  An interception return for a touchdown made it 12-0 at the 7 minute mark.  Westland struck back two plays later with a 60 yard pass play of their own.  Another costly turnover stopped an apparent rally and Maya held on for the win.

PREMIER 43, OMEGA 12: Premier turned it up in the second half in a win over a motivated Omega High school.  The running game was the difference as Nathaniel Dorsey scored on a 80 run,  quarterback Chris Saldivaro on runs of 40 and 60 yards.  Saldivaro also though scoring passes to Ryan Nieto-Whitaker (40 yards) and Xavier Trevino (30).

Premier Coach Andre Nillo gave kudo's to Omega.  He noticed they played more like a team and were tough to throw on.  Premier was leading 14-0 at the helf when the Omega offense woke up and scored on the opening drive of the second half.

4:30 PM   Premier vs. Omega Academy

Premier can pretty much wrap up the regular season title with another win over Omega.  In their season opening meeting, Premier shelled Omega 41-0 as Jiles Austin caught 3 bombs of over 40 yards and scored a total of 4 touchdowns.  Austin is creeping up on the league mark of  50 yard plus plays set last year by Estrella's Carl Crayton.  Ryan Nieto had four interceptions and a score at wide reciever.  He's tied for the league mark with 6 interceptions and tomake matters worse, he played a little QB against Maya. Offensively is where Omega can match up, as they have a pretty good line and are well coached.

 

4:30 PM   Maya vs. Westland

Maya dealt Westland a blow as they snuck away from "The Ditch" with a 6-0 win on a Luis Guerro to Nate Tate TD pass early in the second half.  Otherwise it was a close game and evenly matched.  Maya played Premier a lot closer than the final score indicated.  Westland is fresh off a 24-6 home win against Omega.  Maya had 5 INT's vs Premier, Thomas Martinez is tied for the league league with 6 interceptions.  Omar Acosta had two vs Premier.

PREMIER 30, WESTLAND 0 

Fielding their best team since joining the league, Premier high school scores its second straight shutout, beating nearby rival Westland 30-0.   Last week, Premier lit up Omega by air, this week the damage was done on the ground by Joseph Williams and Stetson White.  Williams scored on a 40 yard run.  White, who had well over 100 yards rushing, scored on 40 and 60 yard runs.  Quarterback Chris Saldivaro threw an 80 yard touchdown pass to Nathaniel Dorsey. 

Defensively, Ryan Nieto-Whitaker added to his interception with his league leading 5th pick of the season.  He also scored his 3rd two point conversion of the year.  Premier also scored on a safety.

Maya won by forfiet over Omega Academy.   Omega has never won a game in AAC league play.

Premier 41, Omega 0 

Phoenix Premier high school made a statement and rolled up the points in a 41-0 win over Peoria Omega Academy.  Returning all-AAC defensive back Stetson White intercepted Omega's first pass attempt and returned it 20 yards to open the scoring for Premier.  Chris Saldivaro threw four touchdown passes to Jiles Austin, three for over 50 yards as Premier made a great showing despite only a few days of practice.  Safety/Wideout Ryan Nieto had 4 interceptions and did a great job patrolling the secondary with White and Austin.

Maya 6, Westland 0

Maya runningback Nate Tate took a swing pass thrown by 2006 All-AAC quarterback Luis Gurrerro 20 yards for the games lone touchdown as Maya beat Westland in a game dominated by turnovers and offensive miscues.  Westland running back Antoine McCollins had a good night running the ball for Westland.  Westland quarterback Julian Westmoreland ralled his team in the closong seconds movong the ball deep into Maya territory, but the drive ended as Maya's Tomas Martinez intercepted his 3rd pass of the night.

Westland: 24 - Omega Academy: 6  

Omega and westland went into tonite's game winless and scoreless.  Westland got back on track with a win over an improving Omega high School.  Julian Westmoreland had 2 interceptions and Westland's quarterback had 2 touchdown runs.  Tailback Antonio McCollom rushed for over 100 yards. 

Maya: 6 - Premier : 20

Ryan Nieto-Whitaker, subbing at quarterback, threw a 20 yard touchdown pass to Jiles Austin as Premier took a 6-0 lead att he half and held on for a 20-6 win at Maya. Both teams came into the game unbeaten and tied for first with Premier a road favorite as they had outscored opponents 79-0.   

Brenalee Sakiestewa