Tyra Williams (30) and Sydni Callis wait for the call after a Sunnyslope player takes tumbles out of bounds. Photo by Raquel Hendrickson

The Maricopa High School girls’ basketball team has compiled a record of 14-3 with nine games left in the regular season. The Rams defeated Sunnyslope 68-40 Tuesday.

They are at the top of the 5A Metro region, tied with Apollo (11-5) at 2-0. With the exception of a game at Williams Field, the rest of the season is Metro competition for Maricopa. In the statewide 5A conference, Maricopa is ranked ninth.

In Tuesday’s game against the Vikings, the Rams ran off with a 25-7 run in the first quarter and were up 37-22 by halftime.

Senior Tyra Williams led the scoring with 22 points. Junior Sydni Callis had 17 points, and junior Natausha Hall 14.

Remaining Schedule
Raymond S. Kellis    Home    7 p.m.
McClintock                Away    7 p.m.
Ironwood                   Away    7 p.m.
Apollo                       Home    7 p.m.
Sunnyslope               Away    7 p.m.
Raymond S. Kellis    Away    7 p.m.
McClintock                Home    7 p.m.
Williams Field          Away    7 p.m.
Apollo                       Away    7 p.m.

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Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.