INITIAL 2023 FOOTBALL PLACEMENTS
The initial football conference placements for the 2023 year have been posted and schools have until Jan. 5 to appeal. The conferences will be finalized on Jan. 17 and the initial region placements will be released on Jan. 24. Everything will be finalized by Feb. 21.
Cholla and Rincon/University moved from 5A to 4A under the new model and Sahuarita was moved from 4A to 3A. According to Desire Wheeler, the TUSD Athletic Director, there are talks of Santa Rita taking part in a developmental league but those talks are way too early in the planning stage.
The positions for Tucson High and Santa Rita head coaching positions have been posted.
See all the 2A-6A initial alignments HERE. The 1A alignments are HERE.
6A CONFERENCE
Salpointe (7-5)
5A CONFERENCE
Buena (7-3)
Cienega (5-5)
Desert View (6-3)
Flowing Wells (3-7)
Ironwood Ridge (1-9)
Marana (10-2)
Mountain View (4-6)
Nogales (3-7)
Sunnyside (7-3)
Tucson (3-7)
4A CONFERENCE
Amphitheater (2-8)
Canyon del Oro (10-3)
Catalina Foothills (6-4)
Cholla (2-8; Moved from 5A)
Douglas (4-6)
Empire (3-7)
Mica Mountain (6-4)
Pueblo (6-4)
Rincon/University (1-9; Moved from 5A)
Rio Rico (4-6)
Sahuaro (5-5)
Walden Grove (8-2)
3A CONFERENCE
Benson (5-6)
Palo Verde (2-8)
Pusch Ridge (11-2)
Sabino (8-4)
Sahuarita (0-10; Moved from 4A)
2A CONFERENCE
Bisbee (4-6)
Catalina (1-9)
Santa Rita (0-8)
Tanque Verde (5-6)
Tombstone (4-6)
Willcox (10-3)
1A CONFERENCE
Baboquivari (3-5)
San Manuel (8-3)
St. David (9-2)
Valley Union (1-7)
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