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Final week of 4A,5A football includes intriguing match-ups
Doesn’t it seem like high school football just kicked off? So how did the final week get here so quickly? Actually, we’ve got another month before playoffs conclude and the season is officially in the books. But Arizona high school football wraps up regular-season play tonight, as the 4A and 5A teams get a last [...] -
Friday night lights flicker, as 3A, 2A football seasons end
Many of the small schools will wrap up their high school football seasons tonight, while some will begin preparing for the state playoffs. This is the final week of 3A and 2A regular-season play. The long-awaited and much-promoted match-up between the top teams in 3A, No. 1 Blue Ridge HS and No. 2 Show Low [...] -
3A football takes center stage in Blue Ridge v. Show Low
This game doesn’t have the glitz and glamor of the earlier match-up between 5A-I Hamilton High School and cross-town rival, Chandler High School. That one was billed as ‘THE Game‘ of the season, with somewhere near 9,000 fans at the game and a national television audience tuned in as well. But tomorrow’s game between Blue [...] -
Week 8 in high school football has great 4A, 5A match-ups
Now that we’ve hit Week 8 of the high school football season, the pretenders have been sorted out from the contenders and those left are beginning their push to the state playoffs. Four of those teams, all ranked sixth or higher in their divisions, meet tonight in what should be evenly-contested games, with lots of [...] -
Week 7 in HS football: a chance to settle some scores
A good grudge game is always a fun addition to any high school football schedule. And this week we’ve got a couple that should be interesting. In 5A, mighty Hamilton High School (7-0) travels down the interstate to Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson to take on the also-undefeated Lancers. Hamilton ran up a 45-2 [...] -
Lots of good HS football Friday… but ESPN is in Chandler
Believe it or not, there are other high school football games besides the super-hyped Hamilton vs. Chandler match-up scheduled for Friday night. It’s just that the brightest of the Friday night lights will be shining down on the game that matches the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in 5A-I competition. The Hamilton Huskies and [...] -
After setbacks, which HS football teams will bounce back?
One of the more interesting facets in high school football is observing how teenage players handle adversity. Tomorrow night, there are numerous opportunities for teams to step up following huge disappointments last week. Perhaps the most high-profile example of this will be Brophy Prep, a powerhouse in 5A-I football, attempting to come back following two [...] -
High school football picture coming into focus
The Arizona high school football season is moving into Week 5 and, at this point, the contenders start to separate themselves from the pretenders. Last week was the first week when there were no upsets throughout the big-school divisions. Those who were expected to win took care of business. But a number of those teams [...] -
Shake-up in 5A-I football continues as No. 2 thru No. 4 fall
The Arizona high school football season is only three weeks old and already three of the top five teams in 5A-I have fallen. And there were some great story lines in each of the upsets. Chandler High School was the first to fall, beaten in Week 2 by Centennial HS in Peoria, which is not [...] -
Another football recruit slips away as Hundley picks UCLA
Another fish in the local football talent pool has eluded the Arizona recruiting nets. This time, it was a really big one that got away. Brett Hundley, a four-star, dual-threat quarterback playing out his final year at Chandler High School, was the last of the top-10 QBs left in the recruiting wars for the class [...]
