Salpointe went 4-1 to take second place at the Fiesta Bowl Copper State Invitational held on the ASU campus on Thursday and Saturday. The Lancers beat Scottsdale Christian 28-7 in the semifinal game Saturday morning but the Lancers fell to 5A power Campo Verde 42-14 in the championship game.
Salpointe (10-1) won the 4A state championship last year, Campo Verde (10-2) won the 5A title and Scottsdale Christian (8-2) won the 3A championship. Campo Verde beat 6A Highland 28-14 in the other semifinal game. Highland (7-2) was the top seed in the 6A playoffs last year and finished in the semifinal round.
Marana (7-3) went 2-2 at the tournament.
FLAG FOOTBALL: LAST WEEK
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13
Casa Grande 52, Rio Rico 0
Sunnyside 13, Mountain View 7
Desert View 12, Pueblo 0
Salpointe 35, Mesa Red Mountain 0
Cienega 30, Tanque Verde 0
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15
Salpointe 21, Tempe Corona del Sol 3 at ASU
Gilbert Campo Verde 40, Marana 0 at ASU
Salpointe 21, Anthem Boulder Creek 3 ASU
Scottsdale Christian 21, Marana 7 at ASU
Casa Grande 28, Nogales 7
Cienega 38, Sabino 0
Surprise Highland Prep 7, Palo Verde 0
Santa Rita at Avondale Highland Prep West
Flowing Wells 6, Mountain View 0
Phoenix Desert Vista 31, Sunnyside 14
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17
Mountain View 7, Phoenix Xavier 6
Salpointe 26, Gilbert Highland Hawks 13 at ASU
Marana 28, Peoria Liberty 0 at ASU
Salpointe 28, Scottsdale Christian 7 at ASU
Campo Verde 42, Salpointe 14 at ASU
FLAG FOOTBALL: NEXT WEEK
6 p.m. snap unless noted.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19
Florence ALA-Anthem South at ALA-Sierra Vista, 4 p.m.
Rio Rico at Salpointe
Mountain View at Tanque Verde
Desert View at Vista Grande
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
ALA-Sierra Vista at ALA-Mesa North, 4 p.m.
Nogales at Buena
Desert View at Casa Grande
Phoenix Moon Valley at Cienega
Marana at Tempe Corona del Sol
Santa Rita at Surprise Highland Prep
Sabino at Miami
Avondale St. John Paul II at Palo Verde
Goodyear Millennium at Sunnyside
Mountain View at Vista Grande
Tucson at Phoenix Xavier Prep
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20
Sahuaro at Palo Verde
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21
ALA-Mesa North at ALA-Sierra Vista, 4 p.m.
Vista Grande at Buena
Flowing Wells at Casa Grande
Tucson at Phoenix Desert Vista
Nogales at Mountain View
Rio Rico at Pueblo
Tanque Verde at Sabino
Marana at Salpointe
Phoenix Horizon Honors at Santa Rita
Tempe Corona del Sol at Sunnyside
Palo Verde at Chandler Valley Christian
