Number 5 Salpointe improved to 5-2 this year with a 56-5 victory at Mica Mountain on Thursday night. Built last year, Mica Mountain (2-2) is the third high school in the Vail School District to offer football, with Cienega and Empire being the two established programs, but the Thunderbolts appear to be the program of the future with plenty of questions. high in this, his inaugural college season.
Placed in Conference 4A, Mica Mountain is classified as an unranked independent program with no affiliation with the Gila area or the Kino area in southern Arizona and the program started the year with just four games scheduled, this which meant no possibility of making the playoffs under the qualifying rule for the playoffs of six games completed minimum. Mica Mountain staff turned to a creative schedule to hit that magic number and the addition of Salpointe and Bradshaw Mountain (3-3) made a playoff spot possible… ..
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21
5A No. 5 Salpointe 56, 4A NR Mica Mountain 5
FRIDAY 22 OCTOBER
6A CONFERENCE
No. 24 Cesar Chavez (4-2) vs. No. 37 Tucson (1-5)
5A CONFERENCE
No. 3 Desert View (5-1) to No. 26 Mountain View (2-4)
No. 10 Marana (5-1) to No. 42 Rincon / UHS (1-5)
No. 14 Sunnyside (4-2) to No. 24 Ironwood Ridge (2-4)
No. 33 Nogales (3-3) vs. No. 17 Cienega (3-3)
No. 28 Flowing Wells (3-4) to No. 30 Buena (1-4)
4A CONFERENCE
Amphitheater # 17 (4-1) to # 29 Catalina Foothills (2-4)
No. 18 Canyon del Oro (4-3) to No. 35 Pueblo (3-3)
No. 7 Casa Grande (6-0) to No. 31 Walden Grove (2-5)
No. 32 Empire (3-4) to No. 33 Douglas (1-4)
No. 10 Buckeye (4-2) vs. No. 41 Sahuaro (0-5)
3A CONFERENCE
No. 9 Thatcher (6-2) to No. 8 Pusch Ridge (6-2)
No. 11 Safford (6-2) vs. No. 10 Sabino (5-2)
N ° 32 Sahuarita (1-6) against N ° 23 Florence (3-5)
2A CONFERENCE
No. 3 Benson (5-2) to No. 29 Tombstone (2-5)
The n ° 5 Willcox (7-0) against the n ° 8 Morenci (6-1)
No. 21 Santa Cruz (4-4) to No. 17 Tanque Verde (4-3)
No. 6 Pima (5-2) vs. No. 26 Bisbee (3-5)
No. 15 Sequoia Pathway (5-3) to No. 37 Santa Rita (1-5)
No. 22 Trivium Prep (3-4) to No. 43 Catalina (0-7)
1A CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS (SEE BELOW)
BYES: 5A # 40 Cholla (1-4); 4A n ° 45 Rio Rico (0-5).
Fall Playoff CALENDAR
FRIDAY 22 OCTOBER
1A FOOTBALL FIRST ROUND
No. 12 Tempe Prep (7-1) to No. 5 San Manuel (7-1)
No. 11 Valley Union (4-4) vs. No. 6 Hayden (4-3)
MONDAY 25 OCTOBER
GIRLS D-II ROUND GOLF ONE
TUESDAY 26 OCTOBER
GIRLS D-II GOLF ROUND TWO
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 27
BOYS D-II GOLF ROUND ONE
THURSDAY 28 OCTOBER
BOYS D-II GOLF ROUND TWO
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29
1A FOOTBALL QUARTER-FINAL
No. 7 Baghdad or 10 Lincoln Prep at No. 2 St. David (8-1)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1
GIRLS DI GOLF ROUND ONE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2
VOLLEYBALL CONFERENCE PLAY-IN GAMES 2A-6A
2A FIRST ROUND OF FOOTBALL
GIRLS DI GOLF SECOND ROUND
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3
BOYS DI GOLF ROUND ONE
THURSDAY NOVEMBER
SECOND ROUND GOLF BOYS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
FIRST DAY SWIM FINAL
Add another TD for @SCLancerNation: A 10-yard run by Dailan Goodman after the Lancers recovered a fumble from Mica Mountain. The Lancers lead 56-5 with 3:04 to go. pic.twitter.com/t66SwHco2X
– Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) 22 October 2021
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