North Valley Preps outstanding performers 10/12-10/16
Desert Mountain's Christian McComber and Davian Whitener get in on a tackle against Chaparral on Oct. 16, 2026.
SCOTT NEUHAUSEN
PHOENIX — It was a slower week of competition last week for teams across the North Valley as a number of schools were on fall break. Despite there being fewer games and events, here were some outstanding performers from last week's slate of competitions.
Football
Sam Klopfenstein, Junior, Horizon — Posted 10 total tackles, including two tackles for a loss, a quarterback hurry, a pass defended and a fumble recovery in a 17-10 victory over Highland.
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PHOENIX — It was a slower week of competition last week for teams across the North Valley as a number of schools were on fall break. Despite there being fewer games and events, here were some outstanding performers from last week's slate of competitions.
Football
Sam Klopfenstein, Junior, Horizon — Posted 10 total tackles, including two tackles for a loss, a quarterback hurry, a pass defended and a fumble recovery in a 17-10 victory over Highland.
Milo Marinick, Senior, Arcadia — Finished Friday’s game against Poston Butte with 10 tackles, including four tackles for a loss and two sacks, two quarterback hurries and a blocked field goal attempt.
Christian McComber, Senior, Desert Mountain — Helping Desert Mountain dominate Chaparral on Friday, McComber finished the game with 11 total tackles, a sack, four QB hurries and a forced fumble.
Noah Stewart, Junior, Brophy — In Friday’s 46-30 victory over Williams Field, Stewart completed 21 of his 26 pass attempts for 253 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions.
Flag Football
Lydia Gray, Junior, Notre Dame Prep — Had nine receptions for 133 yards as well as 16 flag pulls and two passes defended on Thursday in the tough loss to Chaparral.
Sydney Puma, Senior, Horizon — In Tuesday’s 60-0 shutout victory over McClintock, Puma completed 34 of her 42 attempts for 292 yards and seven touchdowns.
Nikki Slager, Senior, Horizon — Caught eight passes for 93 yards and two touchdowns while also picking up four sacks and a safety in the 60-0 victory over McClintock on Tuesday.
Kynsleigh Veldman, Freshman, Pinnacle — In Monday’s 17-0 victory over Millennium, Veldman completed 10 of her 18 passes for 141 yards and a touchdown
Girls Cross Country
Avaani Lallian, Soph, Xavier — At the John Gleeson Lancer Invitational, Lallian ran a personal best time of 19:41.5 to finish in 11th place overall and help Xavier to a first-place team finish.
Chantel Newman, Sr, Xavier — Took home a third place finish with a time of 19:19.7 at the John Gleeson Lancer Invitational over the weekend and helped Xavier to a first-place team finish.
Volleyball
Tessa Larkin, Senior, Xavier — In Thursday’s 3-1 victory over Millennium, Larkin finished the game with 20 kills, two aces, four blocks and 18 digs.
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