Tanque Verde finished rated the No. 16 team in 2A according to the AIA’s power ratings, but two region champions ranked below Jay Dobyns’ Hawks bumped them from the 16-team state playoff field.
No. 20 Trivium Prep (5-4) won the 2A Hassaympa title and No. 22 Red Mesa (4-2) captured the 2A San Juan championship.
Tanque Verde can take some pride in achieving the first winning season and most wins in program history (since 2007) with a 6-3 record. In his two seasons with the once-moribund program, Dobyns, a former Sahuaro and Arizona standout, is 9-3.
He took over the Hawks when they were on a 15-game losing streak.
Sequoia Pathway, the 2A Rillito champions with a 7-3 record, is the No. 14 seed and they will play No. 3 Benson (7-2) on Friday at 7 p.m. The Bobcats earned the 2A San Pedro championship.
Willcox (7-2) will represent Southern Arizona as the No. 9 seed opening at No. 8 Holbrook (7-2) on Friday.
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