Desert Christian faced Edwin Parr early Thursday morning in a match up between two schools of similar size.

It was the best performance of the week for the team from Canada and a good way for Desert Christian to end the holidays.

Myles Mayfield & Joel Kuzyk. Mayfield Was the Leader on the Floor for Desert Christian.

Myles Mayfield is just a sophomore for the Eagles but he displayed the leadership needed to pull out this win as Edwin Parr hung tough for the first half.

Mayfield finished with 17 points and senior Daniel Bays added 10. Other scores were pretty even as Iram Alday was able to play his bench for most of the fourth quarter. Junior Mitchell Pitney had 9, senior Daniel Boice had 8, senior Colton Cray had 7, senior Michael Jansen had 6 and senior David Hoffman had 3.

Edwin Parr (Canada) had a difficult tournament but they were never down and competed until the last whistle blew. Jon LeMessurier had a break-out game against Desert Christian with 21 points and Geoff Morey added 7 for the Pacers. Joel Kuzyk had 4, Matt Smith and Kyle Czwil each had a bucket and Ben Shopland scored a point.

“It was awesome (coming to Tucson). To play the big schools and level of players was a good experience for us,” said LeMessurier. “We also got to see our first NBA game.”

The Canadian team went to the Suns/Celtics game on Wednesday night and had their photos taken on the court.

The Amphitheater boys defeated Mountain View to take the championship and the Desert Ridge girls beat Pusch Ridge for their championship.

Amphi’s 32 minutes of pressure will take them far this year. Pusch Ridge went up against one of the bigger schools of the East Valley.

Top four boys:

Amphi (4A II)
Mountain View (5A II)
Sabino (4A I)
Westwood (5A I)

Top four girls:

Desert Ridge (5A I)
Pusch Ridge (2A)
Ironwood Ridge (5A II)
Mountain View (5A II)

Boys All-Tournament Team

Lester Medford (Amphi) – TOURNAMENT MVP
Tim Derksen (Amphi)
Merle Branch (Buena)
Juan Harris (East Thunderbird Alaska)
Rodney Clark (Flowing Wells)
Scott Volpe (Mt. View)
Trevor Cook (Pusch Ridge)
Matt Korcheck (Sabino)
Viko Noma’Aea (Sierra Vista, Nevada)
Frank Mgbolu (St. Gregory

Girls All-Tournament Team

Gabby Washington (Desert Ridge) – TOURNAMENT MVP
Brooke Violette (Desert Ridge)
Victoria Violette (Desert Ridge)
Abby Maas (Pusch Ridge)
Cheyenne Link (Pusch Ridge)
Kelsie Bingham (Mt. View)
Karina Walker (Mt. View)
Cari Natvig (Catalina Foothills)
Sara O’Keefe (Ironwood Ridge)
Mya Perron-Donovan (Ironwood Ridge)

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