Four teams from the six-team 3A South have qualified for the state playoffs with No. 1 Thatcher, No. 3 Pusch Ridge and No. 7 Sabino all hosting first round games Friday and No. 16 Benson traveling to play the top-seeded Eagles.
Thatcher (10-0) and Benson (5-5) will play each other for the second time. The Eagles beat the Bobcats 51-0 at home on Oct. 7.
Pusch Ridge (9-1), which lost only to Thatcher in the regular season, opens against No. 14 ALA – West Foothills (5-5). The Lions defeated the Guardians — in their first season at the varsity level — by a score of 37-7 in the season opener at Pusch Ridge.
Sabino (7-3) will host No. 10 San Tan Foothills (7-3).
AllSportsTucson.com will have more on the playoffs as the week progresses.
FOLLOW @JAVIERJMORALES ON TWITTER!
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 five years ago and is presently a special education teacher at Gallego Fine Arts Intermediate in the Sunnyside Unified School District.
Recommended for you
