Dennis Bene has his Lancers ready (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)
Week One is in the past and now we focus on Week Two. Still not a full slate from Southern Arizona with eight teams serving their bye week but there are 31 teams and 22 games scheduled for Friday night. The Frog & Firkin Tucson Top Ten returns next week after all teams have played.
Went 15-3 last week and here are the picks for this week with the favored teams in CAPS:
WEEK TWO
FRIDAY, AUG. 24
4A SALPOINTE (0-0) at 6A Mesa Dobson (0-1): Playoff loss to Dobson in 1994.
4A Pueblo (0-0) at 6A TUCSON (1-0): Artificial turf has been restored.
5A CIENEGA (0-0) at 5A Cholla (0-1): First Meeting.
4A Rio Rico (0-1) at 5A EMPIRE (0-1): The Ravens are 5-0 in the series.
4A Walden Grove (0-0) at 5A FLOWING WELLS (1-0): Flowing Wells is 2-1.
5A Laveen Fairfax (0-1) at 5A MARANA (1-0): First meeting.
5A Buena (0-1) at 4A SAHUARO (1-0): Sahuaro back in 4A.
5A Desert View at 5A SUNNYSIDE (0-1): Desert View has won two in a row.
4A Glendale CACTUS (0-0) at 4A Catalina Foothills (1-0): Cactus beat Foothills in 2005 playoffs.
4A Prescott (0-1) at 4A CANYON DEL ORO (0-1): The Dorados knocked Prescott out of the 2008 playoffs.
3A SABINO (0-0) at 4A Casa Grande (1-0): Sabino is 4-0 against Casa Grande.
4A Palo Verde (0-1) at 3A CATALINA (0-0): Teams are 4-4 in last eight meetings.
2A Bisbee (0-0) at 4A DOUGLAS (1-0): Douglas broke 10 game losing streak.
4A Amphitheater (0-1) at 4A VISTA GRANDE (0-1): Amphi is 1-0 in the series.
3A San Tan Foothills (0-1) at 2A SANTA CRUZ (0-1): First meeting since 2014.
2A Santa Rita (0-0) at 2A MORENCI (0-1): First meeting since 1977.
2A Tombstone (0-0) at 2A SAN CARLOS (0-0): San Carlos won 68-18 last year.
2A BENSON (0-0) at 2A San Manuel (0-1): San Manuel beat Benson 30-26 last year.
2A Lordsburg (NM) (0-0) at 2A WILLCOX (0-0): Willcox is 6-11 dating back to 1959.
1A SAN PASQUAL (CA) (0-0) at 1A Baboquivari (0-1): San Pasqual is near Yuma.
1A ST. DAVID (1-0) at 1A Mayer (0-1): St. David scored 69 points in 2016 and Mayer scored 80 last year.
1A SUPERIOR (1-0) at 1A Valley Union (0-1): Valley Union is located in Elfrida, east of Tombstone.
5A Ironwood Ridge (1-0) BYE
4A Nogales (1-0) BYE
5A Mountain View (0-1) BYE
5A Rincon/UHS (0-1) BYE
3A Pusch Ridge (1-0) BYE
3A Sahuarita (1-0) BYE
3A Tanque Verde (0-1) BYE
1A Bowie/San Simon (0-1) BYE
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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 is the Southern Arizona voting member of the Ed Doherty Award, recognizing the top football player in Arizona, and he was named a Local Hero by the Tucson Weekly for 2016. Contact Andy Morales at AMoralesMyTucson@yahoo.com
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