SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Salpointe boys to play for state championship

The Salpointe boys beat No. Saguaro 2-1 in overtime Tuesday night to advance to the 4A championship game set for Saturday at 11:30 a.m. against top-seeded Coronado.

 

Ranked third, the Lancers missed the state playoffs last year after the team dropped to 25th in the old Division II conference. The Lancers won back-to-back state championships in 2012 and 2013 and have won six overall under head coach Wolfgang Weber.

Boys’ soccer championships began in 1983.

Salpointe (6)
1985: 5A (Wolfgang Weber)
1986: 5A (Wolfgang Weber)
1996: 5A (Wolfgang Weber)
2004: 5A (Wolfgang Weber)
2012: D-II (Wolfgang Weber)
2013: D-II (Wolfgang Weber)

Catalina Foothills (4)
2001: 4A (Julie Walters)
2006: 4A-I (Julie Walters)
2008: 4A-I (Julie Walters)
2011: 4A-I (Julie Walters)

Rincon/UHS (3)
1997: 4A (Roxanne Taylor)
1998: 4A (Roxanne Taylor)
2007: 4A-I (Roxanne Taylor)

Canyon del Oro (2)
2009: 4A-I (Josh Marshall)
2010: 4A-I (Josh Marshall)

Desert Christian (2)
1996: 1A-3A (Dave Defer)
1997: 1A-3A (John O’Hair)

Douglas (2)
2006: 4A-II (Ken Cormier)
2009: 4A-II (Ken Cormier)

Sabino (2)
1995: 4A (Ron Fox)
2005: 4A (Jon Pearlman)

Benson (1)
2006: 1A-3A (Jim Howe)

Mountain View (1)
2007: 5A-II (Mike Corbus)

Pueblo (1)
2016: D-IV (Francisco Urtuzuastegui)

Rio Rico (1)
2007: 4A-II (Dagoberto Lopez)

Sahuaro (1)
1988: 5A (James Bishop)

Tucson High (1)
2014: D-II (Ismael Arce)

4A BOYS SEMIFINALS at Williams Field
No. 3 Salpointe 2, No. 2 Saguaro 1 (OT)

4A GIRLS SEMIFINALS at Williams Field
No. 4 Salpointe vs. No. 1 Flagstaff, 5 p.m.

3A BOYS SEMIFINALS at Williams Field
No. 15 Sahuarita vs. No. 11 NFL Yet, 7 p.m.

5A GIRLS SEMIFINALS at Campo Verde
No. 4 Ironwood Ridge vs. No. 1 Chaparral, 5 p.m.

4A BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP at Williams Field
No. 3 Salpointe vs. No. 1 Coronado, 11:30 a.m.
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