Photo: 1 Uriah Tenette and 10 Zane Gaul have played at the varsity level all four years for the Badgers and are ready to win a 4A championship
Both Prescott Badgers basketball teams earned first round home games in the 4A Division playoffs beginning on Wednesday.
The Prescott boys are coming off a heartbreaking 70-68 overtime loss to Brophy Prep. Despite the loss, the Badgers were able to play in an intense playoff game against a quality opponent which has not happened since December.
The Badgers, seeded #2, will host Mesquite on Wednesday at 7 pm. Mesquite beat Cortez 61-38 in their play-in game to move into the round of 16. The Wildcats, seeded #15, are the only team with a losing record to make the 4A playoffs. The last time the two schools met was two years ago. Mesquite came to Prescott and beat the Badgers 78-61 in a quarterfinal game. But that was then and this is now.
Bradshaw Mountain earned themselves a berth into the round of sixteen with a 75-47 win over Coconino in Flagstaff. The Bears seeded at #16 will get to play the top seed Cougars of Sahuaro in Tucson. The Cougars are limping into the playoffs having lost their last two games.
BOYS 4A DIVISION PLAYOFFS-Wednesday at 7pm
#15 Mesquite (11-14) at #2 Prescott (20-6)
#16 Bradshaw Mountain (18-11) at #1 Sahuaro (21-4)
#9 Paradise Honors (19-6) at #8 Dysart (21-5)
#12 ALA-Queen Creek (17-9) at #5 Cactus Shadows (18-7)
#13 Cholla (19-3) at #4 Deer Valley (22-5)
#14 Arcadia (14-12) at #3 St. Mary’s (14-12)
#11 Mica Mountain (15-10) at #6 Salpointe Catholic (14-10)
#10 Saguaro (17-9) at #7 ALA-Gilbert North (19-7)
The Prescott Lady Badgers find themselves back in the 4A playoffs for the second year in a row. The Lady Badgers lost their first ever Open Division game at Gilbert 72-49 and will enter the next playoff round with a (21-7) record. Their best season since the 2015-16 season when Prescott went (22-6) and lost to Sierra Lind in the quarterfinal round.
Photo: The Lady Badgers get instruction form Coach Jami Johnson during a recent home game
Their opening round opponent is the Agua Fria Owls. Winners of seven straight, Agua Fria (17-10) finished second in the West Valley Region behind #1 Estrella Foothills.
A first round win by Prescott would most likely send them up north to face Grand Canyon Region foe Flagstaff.
GIRLS 4A DIVISION PLAYOFFS-Thursday at 7pm
#11 Agua Fria (17-10) at #6 Prescott (21-7)
#16 Rio Rico (12-12) at #1 Estrella Foothills (30-4)
#9 Sahuaro (20-9) at #8 Cactus Shadows (19-9)
#12 Peoria (14-6) at #5 Paradise Honors (22-5)
#13 Amphitheater (15-11) at #4 Eastmark (19-3)
#14 Walden Grove (14-13) at #3 Flagstaff (22-7)
#10 Mingus (19-7) at #7 Douglas (23-4)
#15 Ironwood Ridge (11-16) at #2 Mica Mountain (20-8)
