It will be a championship double-header for Desert Christian Saturday afternoon after the boys beat Payson 4-3 in overtime on Friday night.

The girls will play for the Division IV championship at noon against Blue Ridge and the boys will face Blue Ridge at 2:30 pm. Both matches will be played at Gilbert Campo Verde.

The Desert Christian boys are the top seed and they will face 2 seed Blue Ridge for the third time this year. Each team has a 1-0 victory in the series this year.

Blue Ridge has won the last three titles in a row and eight overall while Desert Christian has won two.

Payson scored first to go up 1-0 but Desert Christian tied it up on a cross from Ben Brandon to Allen Bradley about 15 minutes in. Desert Christian took a 2-1 lead after Ryan Barents headed in a flip throw-in from Luke Gleason.

Payson scored twice late in the second half to go up 3-2 but Brandon scored to tie it at 3-3 with about three minutes left in regulation.

Barents headed a ball off a Payson defender into the net four minutes into the first overtime to go up 4-3 but each team still had to finish that over time period and then another 10-minute period.

On the girls side, Blue Ridge comes in as the top seed and Desert Christian is the 2 seed. Blue Ridge is undefeated and this will be the first match between the two teams this year.

BOYS

SEMIFINALS
Friday, November 2
1 Desert Christian beat 5 Payson, 4-3 2OT

CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, November 3
1 Desert Christian vs. 2 Blue Ridge, 2:30 pm

GIRLS

CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, November 3
2 Desert Christian vs. 1 Blue Ridge, noon

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