2021-22 Tournaments

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• Fall Sports

  • • Soccer

    • Volleyball

    • Cross Country

    • eSports

• Winter Sports

  • • Basketball

    • Flag Football

• Spring Sports

  • • Baseball

    • Softball

    • Track and Field

    • eSports

The inter-District Athletics and Collaboration team is committed to bringing together school districts in order to develop a strong sense of community. The current focus is to engage Phoenix area schools in this collaborative effort.

Our Mission is to develop athletic and educational opportunities to connect students, staff and community members of various school districts.

The iDAC team does not want to create leagues and curriculum, but wants to create opportunities to challenge individuals through additional resources that strengthen current school and district programs.

Our Vision is to provide high-quality programs that bring together individuals of various school districts to enhance the ability to succeed.

The mission and vision were created based off an experience between two schools in the Fall of 2016 when Mr. Tyson Kelly was invited to have Lowell students play a soccer match prior to an Arizona United (now, Phoenix Rising) USL match. The school within Phoenix Elementary School District that Lowell was to play canceled a week before the match so another team was needed quickly. Lowell reached out to Andalucía Middle School in the Alhambra Elementary School District, and they agreed to play a friendly match.

Both schools were looking forward to a good game, but it turned out to be so much more. First of all, the students and coaches had to get over the initial excitement of being on the professional field. Being in the stadium and the feel of the turf was something that was never experienced before. The match was played, and then the real fun began. Each student was provided with a ticket to the Arizona United Game along with a meal. The students from both teams never having met before came together during dinner and the game as though they were long lost friends. The coaches from the two teams spoke about how it was great that soccer brought the two communities together almost seamlessly.

Tyson asked himself, “What if more schools could come together through sports, curricular and extra-curricular activities to create a larger community of learners?” So, the idea was born and the collaboration efforts among districts began to be developed.

When conceptualizing the idea, the idea of a collaborative group needs to go beyond sports because not every student connects with sports. However, sports are a good place to start because so many other disciplines can be connected to sports, such as: reporting (writing), videography (commercials for events, filming games), photography, statistics, health and wellness… So, the long-term goals revolve around bringing in more opportunities than just the City Phoenix Tournaments.

The iDAC logo was created by to represent the mission and vision of the organization.

The volleyball and basketball represent the first two sports that brought the group of educators together.

The reading and math symbols represent the need to always remember the students are Scholar Athletes.

The chess crown and robot represent the future of the collaboration to include other extra-curricular activities.

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