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5A
BUENA COLTS
2021 RECORD: 2-7
- Buena remains in the 5A Southern, a region that looks much different than last year. The only schools that remain from last year are Buena, Mountain View and Desert View. Salpointe is gone to 6A while Tucson High, at the 6A level in recent years, is now in the 5A Southern. Flowing Wells is now in the 5A Sonoran and Cienega and Ironwood Ridge have shifted from the 5A Sonoran to the 5A Southern.
- Buena has scheduled Phoenix-area teams in recent years, including Goldwater and Mountain Pointe last season, but the Colts will play exclusively a Southern Arizona schedule in 2022.
- Joe Thomas, in his eighth season as the Colts’ coach, will not have to coach his team in back-to-back road games all year.
- Three of Buena’s region games are on the road — Cienega, Tucson High and Ironwood Ridge. Mountain View and Desert View will travel to Sierra Vista.
- Cienega, Ironwood Ridge and Desert View reached the 5A state playoffs last year. The Colts’ top non-region game is when Marana visits Sierra Vista on Sept. 9.
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