No. 1 Mountain Pointe vs. No. 3 Hamilton

After Hamilton surprisingly started out the season 0-2, many people were ready to write off the Huskies. They proved all doubters wrong, rebounding to reel off five consecutive wins.

Week 1 football predictions:

The offense gets the majority of the headlines, but playmakers on a defense can affect games in a hurry. The ballhawks are plentiful this year, so quarterbacks must be careful when throwing passes. Here are five players set to make big impacts on Friday nights this fall:

Area football players were snubbed on the All-Arizona team voted on by the football coaches association.

Hamilton Huskies

The offense gets the majority of the headlines, but playmakers on a defense can affect games in a hurry. The ballhawks are plentiful this year, so quarterbacks must be careful when throwing passes. Here are five players set to make big impacts on Friday nights this fall:

Let’s do this again.

The beauty of high school football is the quick rise of previously anonymous players. Just ask former Dobson running back T.J. Thomas, an unknown at the start of 2011 who turned a monster senior campaign into a scholarship to Fresno State. Additionally, players like Marcos de Niza’s Priest Willis and Desert Mountain’s Mark Andrews were relative unknowns before announcing themselves in a big way in 2011.

A collection of some of the best East Valley high school football performances from the first round of the 2012 playoffs:

Are you ready for some football? It’s about that time, as Desert Vista kicks off the season in the Sollenberger Classic on Saturday, and almost everyone else begins on Aug. 24. Here are the Tribune’s preseason rankings for every division:

The wild, wacky, unpredictable start to the 2012 football season continued on Friday night, as two more of the preseason favorites in Division I went down. Fifth-ranked Red Mountain knocked off No. 1 Brophy behind a late, fourth-down touchdown pass, while No. 3 Mountain Pointe knocked off second-ranked and defending champion Desert Vista by holding the Thunder scoreless in the second half.

All-Tribune First Team Offense