Utti and the Blazers win big in Arizona
Published 8:24 am Wednesday, July 27, 2016
- The Northwest Blazers' Orange team, following their recent championship win in Arizona. The team includes Abby Anderson of Glencoe (top row, center), N'dea Flye of Oregon City (front row, far left) and Seaside's Maddi Utti (front row, far right).
Led by a trio of players from Oregon, the Northwest Blazers’ Orange team won the Arizona Elite NCAA-certified high school girls basketball tournament, held July 23-25 in Phoenix.
An Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) 17U Top Division team, the Orange are led by Abby Anderson of Glencoe High School, N’Dea Flye from Oregon City, and Seaside High School’s Maddi Utti, a senior-to-be for the Gulls next season.
The tournament was played in front of college coaches from across the West, and represented the sixth-straight finals appearance for the Northwest Blazers in their sixth National NCAA-certified event this season.
The Blazers went 5-0 in the Arizona Elite tournament, scoring wins over Team Arizona Red Elite (47-33) and the AZ Sting-Slaga (40-28) in Saturday pool play, and victories over Team Bibby Girlz (57-23) and the Clutch Players-Red (33-32) Sunday.
In Monday’s championship game, the Blazers cruised past Arizona Elite Black, 57-44.
The Blazers conclude their season in the Adidas Nationals, this week in Atlanta, Ga.