PHOENIX — The playoffs are almost here as we head into Week 10 of the 35th season of Friday Night Fever, Arizona's No. 1 and longest-running high school football show!
And as we do every week, we are letting you the fans have a huge role in our show by choosing which game will be first highlight on FNF, which is our Game of the Week.
Last week's Game of the Week took us west of the Valley to Tonopah, where Tonopah Valley closed out a perfect regular season by defeating Antelope Union, 58-12. You can watch highlights from that game by clicking here.
Now, here are the games that have been nominated to become the Game of the Week for Week 10!
ALA-West Foothills at Dysart
Game No. 1 takes us out to the West Valley, where there the 9-0 ALA-West Foothills Guardians will take on the 7-2 Dysart Demons in the 3A Metro West region championship.
ALA-West Foothills was ranked as the No. 2 team in 3A last week, and this year has beaten Odyssey Institute (70-0), Wickenburg (41-6), Mohave (1-0 by forfeit), Peoria (7-6), Heritage Academy Laveen (49-0), Paradise Honors (45-0), Yuma (37-7), Sabino (28-0) and Kofa (47-0). Not counting their victory by forfeit, the Guardians have outscored their opponents 324-19 this season. ALA-WF has region victories over Paradise Honors, Yuma, Odyssey Institute and Kofa.
Dysart, which was ranked as the No. 13 team in 3A last week, started their season with back-to-back losses to San Tan Foothills (29-14) and River Valley (41-32), but the Demons have not lost since. They have rolled off seven straight victories, which have come over Shadow Mountain (49-0), Paradise Honors (50-48 in OT), Greenway (42-35), Yuma (49-42), Kofa (48-7), Page (55-27) and Odyssey Institute (43-0). The Demons have region victories over Paradise Honors, Yuma, Kofa and Odyssey Institute.
This will be the third meeting all-time between these two schools, according to MaxPreps. ALA-West Foothills has won both of the previous two games, including last year's game (49-8).
Horizon at Cactus Shadows
Game No. 2 takes us to the northern reaches of the Valley, where the 6-3 Cactus Shadows Falcons will host the 7-1 Horizon Huskies in a 5A Northeast Valley region battle.
Cactus Shadows was ranked as the No. 13 team in 5A this past week. They started the season by winning four straight games over Camelback (62-19), West Point (65-10), Sunnyside (49-10) and Boulder Creek (55-28) before losing their first game of the season to Higley (56-50). Next came a win over Las Vegas from Nevada (48-34) before a double overtime loss to Desert Mountain (35-28) and a close loss to ALA-Gilbert North (49-42). The Falcons righted the ship last week by beating Notre Dame Prep (28-21). The win over NDP is the Falcons' lone region win so far this year.
Horizon is one of the hottest teams in the state. Last week, the Huskies were ranked as the No. 5 team in the Open Division and the No. 2 team 5A and will likely rise in the Open Divison after Red Mountain's loss last Friday. The Huskies started the season by beating Canyon View (48-8), Mountain View Marana (52-0) and Raymond S. Kellis (44-21) before their lone loss of the season so far, which came to rival Pinnacle (54-51). Since then, the Huskies have beaten Millennium (38-8), Notre Dame Prep (20-7), Desert Mountain (21-10) and Higley (27-24). Horizon has region wins over NDP, Desert Mountain and Higley.
This will be the eighth meeting all-time between these two schools, according to MaxPreps. Horizon has won all seven previous games, including last year's matchup (42-14).
Mountain View at Cesar Chavez
Game No. 3 will take us out to Laveen, where the 6-2 Cesar Chavez Champions will host the 7-1 Mountain View Toros in a game that will likely serve as the 6A Fiesta region championship.
Cesar Chavez was ranked as the No. 16 team in 6A this past week. The Champions started their season with a loss to Chandler (27-18) but then won three three straight games over Westview (46-6), Betty H. Fairfax (52-7) and Camelback (45-28) before a loss to Mountain Pointe (43-13). Since then Cesar Chavez has rolled off wins over Desert Ridge (25-12), Westwood (28-8) and Mesa (41-40). The Champions have region victories over Desert Ridge, Westwood and Mesa.
Mountain View was ranked as the No. 7 team in 6A last week. The Toros started the year with wins over El Camino from California (42-20) and Saguaro (57-27) before losing to Liberty (49-20). Since then, Mountain View has beaten Valley Vista (65-26), Desert Ridge (54-0), Westwood (50-6), Mesa (63-30) and Tolleson Union (57-6). The wins over Desert Ridge, Westwood, Mesa and Tolleson Union were all region games.
This will be the third meeting all-time between these two schools, according to MaxPreps. Mountain View has won the previous two games, including last year's game (41-0).
VOTE
Now that you know all about the games, it's time to you to vote for your favorite matchup! Vote in the poll below and if you can't see the poll, click here to vote.
You have until Thursday at 10 a.m. to vote. The winning matchup will be revealed in the Friday Night Fever Game of the Week Reveal Show, which you can stream on 12+ at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. You can find 12+ on Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV.
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