A Great End to the Season

For the fourth time in the last five seasons, the Padres made the State tournament Play-In matches. Ranked 23rd in Conference 4A, we faced the 10th ranked Dysart Demons on May 5th. In the first two sets, our young squad struggled a bit and were down 0-2. But we've been increasingly resilient as we've learned a lot against tough opposition all year. We went on to win the 3rd and 4th sets to force a deciding 5th set to 15. Our seasoned opponents adapted and were able to pull out the fifth set victory. 

We were the only team in the bottom half of the draw to take our opponent to a fifth set. Only one other team in the bottom half managed to even take a single set from their opponent. We are proud of our accomplishments this year and look forward to next season when we move to the Black Canyon Region where Dysart will be one of our Region opponents. 

Great job this year!

Summer Open Gyms

We will be starting Summer Open Gyms on June 1. They will run from 6-8pm, Monday through Thursday until July 2. There is no charge and all players including incoming and prospective Marcos de Niza students are welcome to join. 

Summer Strength and Conditioning

Strength and Conditioning training is available from 5-6pm, Monday through Friday during June. 

Video Focus - Hitting Harder

Video Focus - Blocking

Improving Grades

Scorekeeping

Click the link for a video on libero tracking

Rotation, Base and Zones Basics