Gilbert High and Phoenix Pinnacle played to a 3-3 tie in baseball on April 14, a game suspended due to darkness. The teams were discussing playing off the tie this week, but decided no date would work so they’ll just call it a tie.
Well that goes against a precedent set last year. Mesa Westwood and Phoenix St. Mary’s played a tie game and were told they needed to play off the tie. They did that on the Thursday afternoon less than two days before the 5A-I state tournament began. It wasn’t easy. They had to scramble, but got it done and protected the integrity of the 18-game power-point season.
Earlier in March this year Mesa High and Chandler Basha played to a tie in baseball. They finished the game on a Saturday in early April. Ditto Scottsdale Desert Mountain and Tempe Corona del Sol in softball. Gilbert and Pinnacle are intent on taking the tie and splitting the 90 points (45 apiece). That’s not fair to other teams, particularly those on the bubble in trying to qualify for state. The AIA is looking into the matter to determine if the teams can indeed call the game a tie when others have played off ties. Neither Gilbert or Pinnacle has a game Monday and neither has a game Thursday. There is still time to play off the tie. They just have to be willing to make the effort. The AIA should force them to.
Agreed!
Les, I agree with you. Also, regarding bad precedent. Forget talking to Gilbert”s District A.D. you should talk to current and last years teammates I bet you can uncover the truth. Players from other teams know also, but it may appear like they want to be vindictive. To make it right, hopefully DJ receives a monitored test.