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Florence at Coolidge wins fan vote to become the Game of the Week on Week 3 of Friday Night Fever

It was a massive week of voting for the Game of the Week with more than 129k votes and the rivalry between the Gophers and Bears came out on top!

PHOENIX — There's something new on Friday Night Fever this year. 

We began a new way for you, the fans, to take part in the show by choosing which game would be the Game of the Week!  

Week 3 was a massive week for voting for Friday Night Fever's top game as we got more than 129,000 votes in this week's poll! 

The top two games, Desert Edge at Highland and Florence at Coolidge, were going back and forth, taking the lead from each other multiple times, but ultimately the rivalry matchup between Florence and Coolidge came out on top! 

Florence at Coolidge got 59.8% of the vote (77,208 votes), Desert Edge at Highland got 37.78% (48,787 votes) and Casa Grande at Central got 2.42% (3,124 votes). 

Congrats to Florence and Coolidge, 12Sports will be live on 12 News at 5 and 6 at your game and it will get top billing on Friday Night Fever as our Game of the Week. 

Be a believer and catch the Fever this Friday night at 11:35! 

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Week 2 of Arizona’s longest-running high school football show saw storms roll through and postpone many of our games, but not our Game of the Week!

O’Connor beat Red Mountain 28-14 in a great game, which won our poll that got more than 9,000 votes!

Be a believer and catch Fever every Friday night at 11:35 p.m.

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Arizona sports 

The city of Phoenix is home to five major professional sports league teams; The NFL's Arizona Cardinals, NBA's Phoenix Suns, WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks and NHL's Arizona Coyotes.  

The Cardinals have made the State Farm Stadium in Glendale their home turf and the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix is home to both the Suns and the Mercury. The Indoor Football League’s Arizona Rattlers also play at the Footprint. Phoenix has a soccer team with the USL's Phoenix Rising FC. 

The Valley hosts multiple major sporting events on a yearly basis, including college football's Fiesta Bowl and Cactus Bowl; the PGA Tour’s highest-attended event, the Waste Management Phoenix Open; NASCAR events each spring and fall; and Cactus League Spring Training. 

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