2025 High School Football

27 days to kickoff: Top returning Southern Arizona placekickers, punters & long snappers



Buena senior placekicker Alan Marturello is the top returning scorer among kickers in Southern Arizona with 64 points last year (55 PATs and three FGs) (Clea McCaa/AllSportsTucson.com)

ALLSPORTSTUCSON.COM CONTINUES ITS 50 POSTS FOR THE 50-DAY COUNTDOWN TO THE 2025 SEASON THAT STARTS AUG. 22 FOR SOME SCHOOLS WITH A LOOK AT THE TOP RETURNING PLACEKICKERS AND PUNTERS AS DETERMINED BY COACHES. CATCH UP WITH ALL THE POSTS BY CLICKING HERE.

Mica Mountain senior Riley Carson is one of the most versatile athletes in the state as a quality defensive back, receiver, punter and punt and kickoff returner. As a punter, he is the top returner in Southern Arizona with at least 20 punts last year, averaging 41 yards a punt with the longest punt at 63 yards (Mica Mountain photo).

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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon. He became an educator in 2016 and is presently a special education teacher at Sunnyside High School in the Sunnyside Unified School District.

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