[AZjonz]

Congrats!

"With a net draped around his neck and a smile plastered on his face, Ironwood Ridge forward Austin Smith leaned back and let out a long sigh of relief Friday night outside his team's locker room at Jobing.com Arena.
It was a sigh heard all the way to Tucson."

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/high_school/78408.php

[Sly Fox]

Thanks for the heads up, AZjonz.

And congrats to Austin as well.

But naming the joint Jobing.com Arena?

[olldflame]

Having a player who not only is talented individually, but has championship experience at the HS level, can't help but be a plus next year.

[Cider Jim]

Behind Smith's 19-point, 11-rebound performance, the Nighthawks erased an early 17-2 deficit to beat Tempe Marcos de Niza 61-51 for the Class 5A Division II boys basketball state championship. It was the first Class 5A boys title for a Tucson team since Dick McConnell's Sahuaro squad won it all in 1982. "This is amazing," said the 6-foot-8 Smith, a senior who shook off a sluggish start to pour in 13 second-half points and lead the Nighthawks.

Nice pic of him battling in the paint, too.

[Sly Fox]

[jcmanson]

Can't wait to see him at LU.