Wyatt Adams rushed for over 100 yards with 3 TDs. (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)

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The 5A Southern Region is one of the most difficult gauntlets in the state and only one team will survive to earn the automatic berth to the state playoffs. Cienega (4-0), Ironwood Ridge (4-0), Buena (3-1) and even a one-win Sahuaro (1-3) squad will make things difficult for Marana Mountain View (3-1) down the stretch. Wins will be hard to come by.

Knowing the difficulty of region play, the Mountain Lions need to win as many “freedom” games as possible in order to secure one of the nine at-large berths available in the 5A Conference and the program picked up a very important win Friday night at home against Tucson High, 42-20….

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Jesus Montano. (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)

TUCSON TOP TWENTY

1: Cienega (4-0)
2: Salpointe (4-0)
3: Ironwood Ridge (4-0)
4: Marana (2-2)
5: Canyon del Oro (3-1)
6: Catalina Foothills (4-1)
7: Sabino (3-1)
8: Mountain View (3-1)
9: Pusch Ridge (4-0)
10: Cholla (3-2)
11: Tucson (2-3)
12: Walden Grove (3-1)
13: Pueblo (3-1)
14: Santa Cruz (4-0)
15: Catalina (4-1)
16: Empire (2-2)
17: Buena (3-1)
18: Sahuaro (1-3)
19: Desert View (2-2)
20: San Manuel (4-1)

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Andy Morales was recognized by the AIA as the top high school reporter in 2014 and he was awarded the Ray McNally Award in 2017 and he has been a youth, high school and college coach for over 30 years. His own children have won multiple state high school championships and were named to all-state teams. Competing in hockey, basketball, baseball and track & field in high school, his unique perspective can only be found here and on AZPreps365.com. Andy was named a Local Hero by the Tucson Weekly for 2016. Contact Andy Morales at AMoralesMyTucson@yahoo.com