PHOENIX — It is time once again to reveal the games that you, the fans, will be voting on to become the Game of the Week on Friday Night Fever, Arizona's No. 1 and longest-running high school football show!
This continues our tradition of letting the fans pick the game that will be the first highlight on FNF each week.
Last week's Game of the Week was a battle between two teams ranked in the Open Division rankings, No. 4 ALA-Queen Creek and No. 7 Red Mountain. It was a close game that saw Red Mountain come out on top, 16-14, and become the last undefeated team in 6A. You can watch the highlights of that game by clicking here.
Now, here are the games that have been nominated to become the Game of the Week for Week 9 of FNF's 35th season!
Combs at Arcadia
Game No. 1 takes us to Phoenix where the undefeated Arcadia Titans will take on their 4A Desert Sky Region rival, the Combs Coyotes.
Arcadia is 7-0 this season and was ranked No. 4 in 4A last week. The Titans have beaten Glendale (41-0), Walden Grove (24-21), Benjamin Franklin (27-26), Coconino (19-17), Camelback (27-14), Desert Sunrise (41-12) and Mesquite (42-10) this season. The wins over Desert Sunrise and Mesquite were both regional matchups. Arcadia's game against Benjamin Franklin was our Week 3 Game of the Week. The Titans were our On the Road team in Week 1.
Combs is 5-2 this season and was ranked No. 15 in 4A last week. The Coyotes started the season with wins over Catalina Foothills (28-21), Eastmark (2-0), Coolidge (57-0) and Maryvale (55-8) before losing their first game of the year to Prescott (40-28). Combs bounced back from the loss by beating Mesquite (50-14), but lost to AZ College Prep (55-14) last week. The games against Mesquite and AZ College Prep were both regional matchups. Combs was the opposing team when 12Sports went On the Road with Coolidge in September.
This will be the fifth game all-time between these two schools, according to MaxPreps. Arcadia has won three of the previous four games, including last year's game, 19-0.
Paradise Valley at Raymond S. Kellis
Game No. 2 will take us out to Glendale for a 5A Central Valley region battle between the Paradise Valley Trojans and the Raymond S. Kellis Cougars.
Paradise Valley is 4-3 this season and was ranked No. 30 in 5A last week. The Trojans started the season by beating Central (9-7) before going through a three-game losing streak to Cienega (40-17), Casa Grande (48-10) and ALA-Gilbert North (56-7). However, PV has since righted the ship with a three-game winning streak where they have beaten La Joya Community (35-34), Westview (35-28) and Cibola (38-29). The games against Westview and Cibola were both region matchups.
Raymond S. Kellis is 6-1 this season and was ranked No. 13 in 5A last week. The Cougars started the year with wins over Independence (44-0) and Peoria (28-7) before their lone loss of the season so far, which came to Horizon (44-21). Since then, RSK has beaten Ironwood (40-12), Trevor G. Browne (42-3), North Canyon (61-0) and West Point (78-13). The games against North Canyon and West Point were both region matchups. 12Sports went On the Road with the Cougars in September when they beat Trevor G. Browne.
This will be the third game all-time between these two schools, according to MaxPreps. Paradise Valley won the first game in 2022, 36-21, and Kellis won last year's game, 42-14.
Antelope Union at Tonopah Valley
Game No. 3 takes us just west of the Valley to Tonopah, where the Tonopah Valley Phoenix will host the Antelope Union Rams, who will make the trip up from the town of Wellton, near Yuma, for a 2A Gila region game.
Tonopah Valley is 9-0 this season and was ranked No. 3 in 2A last week. The Phoenix have beaten Cortez (40-0), Willcox (65-20), Odyssey Institute (39-0), Scottsdale Christian (35-32), Trivium Prep (50-6), St. John Paul II (54-0), Parker (48-12), San Pasqual (60-0) and Arizona Lutheran (30-24). This will be Tonopah Valley's final regular season game. Their games against Trivium Prep, St. John Paul II, Parker, San Pasqual and Arizona Lutheran were all region matchups.
Antelope Union is 6-2 this season and was ranked No. 25 in 2A last week. The Rams started the year by beating Valley Lutheran (41-0), Palo Verde Magnet (35-6), Kofa (35-34 in OT) and ALA-Anthem South (34-0) before losing their first game of the season to Parker (55-7). Antelope Union bounced back from that loss by beating San Pasqual (45-0), but lost the next week to Arizona Lutheran (60-0). The Rams beat St. John Paul II (44-0) last week. Their games against Parker, San Pasqual, Arizona Lutheran and St. John Paul II were all region matchups.
This will be the 14th game all-time between these two schools, according to MaxPreps. Tonopah Valley currently leads the series 7-6 and won last year's game, 52-15.
VOTE
Now that you are familiar with the games, it is time for you, the fans, to vote for your favorite matchup to become the Week 9 Game of the Week! Vote in the poll below, and if you can't see it, click here to vote.
You have until Thursday at 10 a.m. to vote and the winning matchup will be revealed on the Friday Night Fever Game of the Week Reveal Show, which you can stream at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, exclusively on 12+! You can find 12+ on Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV.
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