The North Pointe Lady Falcons battled against the Anthem Prep Eagles in their home opener. Inconsistencies in serve receive and a few difficult rotations for side out led to the Falcons’ loss 0-3. “Even though we lost the match, it doesn’t feel like we were beat. The girls really battled and kept their energy up the whole match. The first one is always a little rocky rediscovering the rotations and getting back in the swing of things. I’m really proud of the way we passed tonight, we just weren’t able to convert good passes to points,” says Coach Wolfer about tonight’s contest. The Falcons have a busy week with an away game vs. Gilbert Christian and another home game against Flagstaff’s Northland Prep.
Varsity Boys Basketball vs Scottsdale Prep
The Falcons went back on the road tonight and faced a team that went to the Elite 8 in the postseason last year. The Spartans struggled to start but NEVER QUIT ONCE. The Falcons played great trap defense and forced over 15 turnovers tonight. Jay Brodeur led the Falcons tonight, scoring, defensively, and with intensity. Falcon Nation also traveled strong and made their presence felt tonight on the road in Scottsdale. “Scottsdale Prep is a heck of a team. They made the playoffs last year and we fought them hard. We made them work for every shot. Jay led the way making a spot start and brought the intensity. We narrowed a double digit deficit to a point difference, but ultimately they prevailed. Tough but fun game, we look forward to taking on Camp Verde Tuesday. We still LOVE BASKETBALL!!” – Coach Lalonde
Varsity Girls Soccer vs Tempe Prep
The North Pointe Falcons Girls Varsity Soccer team fell to the Knights of Tempe Prep by a final score of 13-0. The defense was under fire from the opening kick. Despite 10 saves from Sophomore goalkeeper Chloe Santini, the Falcons behind early. The offense struggled to find consistency in the midfield, however Sophomore Kim Aguilar managed to secure 12 steals on defense. “This season has been a challenge moving to a new region and being so young. We are yelling at the right time and moving towards our ultimate goals,” Coach Scott said after the game.
Varsity Boys Soccer at Tempe Prep
Boys Varsity Soccer played against Tempe Prep tonight. The guys played hard but lost 1-4. Chris Granados scored our goal. We had a couple nice build up plays but just couldn’t quite finish with goals. We have one more week of games and hope to finish the season strong
JH Soccer at Odyssey Institute
Tonight the Jr High Falcon soccer team played Odyssey Prep with an unfortunate final score of 4-2. Our offense was led by Devin Covarrubias scoring the first goal of the game and Mustafa Al-Taee scoring a late second half second goal. Our defense played very well with our goalie Nasser Sinnokrot saving an attempted 13 goals. Everyone on the team played very hard and with full heart. Coach Frank stated to the team that “although we did not come out victorious we are still going to work hard and look forward to our next match.”
Varsity Boys Basketball at Northland Prep
The Varsity Boys Basketball Falcons traveled up north to take on the Northland Prep Spartans. The Falcons came out of the gate strong, but runs by Northland Prep proved to be too much on this night. Dominick Vallelonga paced the Falcon offense hitting multiple first half 3s. In the end, the Spartans won 58-29.
“A tough night for our guys. We let their runs and bad officiating affect what we do. As much as we hate the loss, there were positives, and now in the words of champion Bill Belichick- We’re on the next opponent.” -Coach Lalonde
Varsity Boys Soccer at ASU Prep
Boys Varsity Soccer team played at ASU Prep tonight. The game was very exciting but we came up short 3-4. We struggled in the first half defensively and were down 2-4 at halftime. The second half was much better and we dominated possession but couldn’t quite come back. Leo Ibanez has 2 assists this game. Alex Ibanez scored a goal off a shot by Joel Pfister that bounced off the post. Center Back Ali Al Shiteawi had a nice goal from outside the box and Jameson Hernandez scored the other goal. The guys played some of our best soccer of the season during the second half. Hopefully we can carry the good play into the next game.
JV Boys Basketball at Northland Prep
The JV Boys Basketball team traveled up north to Flagstaff to take on Northland Prep Academy. Right out the gates Esteban Gonzales hits a three to put the Flacons up early. Early on the Spartans pressed which led to mental errors by the falcons. The second half came along and Erik Estrada the latest member to join the team attacked the basket to get to the line and hit two free throws. The final result of the game was Northland Spartans 46 and North Pointe Prep Falcons 9. “ Road games are a different monster compared to home games, the Flacons struggled. This game was the first step for the team to build themselves mentally, On to the next one!” Said Coach Ćeman.
Varsity Boys Basketball defeats Glendale Prep in overtime
Resilience: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. *See also North Pointe basketball*
The North Pointe Prep Falcons put on a show in the Nest tonight, when the Glendale Prep Griffins came to visit. Glendale Prep came in with a 3-1 region record, so the Falcons were in for a tough task. However, on this Friday night, the Griffins came to the wrong Nest. In a game that again showed North Pointe’s outstanding defense, the game was tight all throughout, with several lead changes along the way. The Griffins went up 5 with 40 seconds left. The odds were not great, but the Falcons managed to go on a 5-0 run to force overtime. Once in overtime, Seniors Joe Soriano and Felix Bedah carried the Falcons offensively leading to a 14 point scoring period. The Falcons would win this thriller in overtime 49-46 to send the Falcon Nation home happy.
“The character of this team was on display tonight. Down 5 with 40 seconds left, many teams will give up. We didn’t. We played high energy all night and refused to go down. Every single player contributed to this victory tonight. I am so proud to have the honor to coach this group of young men, who deserve this win. Now, we’re on to Northland Prep next week. WE LOVE BASKETBALL!” – Coach Lalonde
JV Boys Basketvall vs Glendale Prep
This was the fourth home game of the season for our JV Boys Basketball team. We had to go toe to toe with a tough opponent in Glendale Prep. At the beginning of the game the Flacons were very aggressive leading to Joshua Clark going to the free throw two times. Esteban Gonzales sparked a run for the falcons in the second quarter by hitting a huge three pointer. Throughout the season the JV boys have been faced with adversity, and coming out to compete for a whole 32minutes helped show the heart the team has. The Glendale Prep Griffins beat the Flacons 50-29. “In order to perform against the odds stacked against us we must give our full effort and play with heart, tonight we showed that and will continue to improve each game!” said Coach Ceman.
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