Thirteen southern Arizona big school football teams got their tickets punched Friday night to postseason play. Nine area teams are ranked in the top eight of their respective playoff brackets and will host first-round games on Nov. 14.
Here are the playoff matchups with links to .pdf versions of the full tournament brackets (Southern Arizona teams in bold, all first-round games at higher-seeded school, times subject to change over the next week):
Class 5A Division I
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No. 16 Tucson High (5-5) at No. 1 Mesa Mountain View (10-0)
No. 9 Laveen Cesar Chavez (7-3) at No. 8 Tempe Corona del Sol (8-2)
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No. 12 Chandler Basha (6-4) at No. 5 Phoenix Brophy (8-3)
No. 13 Gilbert Highland (6-4) at No. 4 Phoenix Desert Vista (8-2)
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No. 14 Mesa (6-4) at No. 3 Salpointe (9-1)
No. 11 Mesa Red Mountain (5-5) at No. 6 Glendale Mountain Ridge (8-2)
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No. 10 Gilbert (7-3) at No. 7 Chandler (7-3)
No. 15 Phoenix North Canyon (8-2) at No. 2 Chandler Hamilton (9-1)
Class 5A Division II
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No. 16 Yuma Kofa (5-5) at No. 1 Peoria Centennial (10-0)
No. 9 Phoenix Pinnacle (5-5) at No. 8 Mesa Desert Ridge (7-3)
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No. 12 Phoenix South Mountain (8-2) at No. 5 Sunnyside (8-2)
No. 13 Phoenix North (6-4) at No. 4 Ironwood Ridge (8-2)
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No. 14 Glendale Deer Valley (5-5) at No. 3 Tempe Marcos de Niza (9-1)
No. 11 Mesa Skyline (7-3) at No. 6 Avondale La Joya (8-2)
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No. 10 Surprise Willow Canyon (7-3) at No. 7 Anthem Boulder Creek (8-2)
No. 15 Marana Mountain View (4-6) at No. 2 Avondale Westview (9-1)
Class 4A Division I
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No. 16 Lake Havasu (5-5) at No. 1 Scottsdale Saguaro (10-0)
No. 9 Glendale Cactus (7-3) at No. 8 Sabino (8-2)
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No. 12 Tempe McClintock (5-5) at No. 5 Goodyear Millennium (8-2)
No. 13 Phoenix Sunnyslope (7-3) at No. 4 Peoria (9-1)
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No. 14 Catalina Foothills (6-4) at No. 3 Phoenix Paradise Valley (8-2)
No. 11 Prescott (7-3) at No. 6 Canyon del Oro (9-1)
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No. 10 Apache Junction (8-3) at No. 7 Cienega (8-2)
No. 15 Avondale Agua Fria (4-6) at No. 2 Scottsdale Chaparral (9-1)
Class 4A Division II
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No. 16 Sahuarita (6-4) at No. 1 Scottsdale Notre Dame (10-0)
No. 9 Cottonwood Mingus (8-2) at No. 8 Amphi (6-4)
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No. 12 Tempe (5-5) at No. 5 Phoenix Greenway (8-2)
No. 13 Phoenix Moon Valley (5-5) at No. 4 Queen Creek (7-3)
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No. 14 Buckeye (5-5) at No. 3 Palo Verde (9-1)
No. 11 Phoenix Washington (5-5) at No. 6 Santa Rita (9-1)
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No. 10 Scottsdale Arcadia (8-3) at No. 8 Gilbert Higley (7-3)
No. 15 Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain (5-6) at No. 2 Scottsdale Coronado (9-1)
Just missed it
(Southern Arizona teams just outside the top 16 playoff spots)
4A-I: t18. Flowing Wells (5-5); t18. Marana (4-6); 20. Nogales (6-4)
4A-II: No. 19 Catalina (4-6)
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