Gavilan Peak basketball teams win state titles
Marc Buckhout ~ Managing Editor ~ 4/1/2010

Anthem’s Gavilan Peak Firebirds won both the girls and boys basketball state championships earlier this month at Isaac Middle School in Phoenix, site of the annual state middle school tournament.
The seventh and eighth graders from the school went a combined 31-1 on the girls and boys teams to earn a pair of state titles.
The girls completed a 16-0 season by turning the tables on Desert Arroyo in the championship game. A year ago Desert Arroyo defeated Gavilan Peak for the championship.
Hannah Nielsen, the high scorer for the tournament, earned Most Valuable Player (MVP) honors for the event. She and Madison Wichmann led the Firebirds in rebounding.
The boys team finished a 15-1 season by defeating Anthem Elementary in the title game, as the Firebirds avenged their only loss of the season in the finals.
Tyler Whiley led the way for Gavilan Peak, earning MVP honors. Other key contributors were Kennedy McGrath and Logan Zotovich.