VIDEO: High school football: Sabino receives the 3A championship trophy, poses for team photo
VIDEO: The Sabino High School football team receives the Arizona Class 3A State Championship trophy before posing for a postgame team photo after the Sabercats’ 68-46 win over Surprise Paradise Honors to secure the Arizona Class 3A state championship in Phoenix on Nov. 25, 2023. (Brett Fera/Arizona Daily Star)
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High school football: Sabino's wins 3A state crown, the 1st for any Tucson-area school in 8 yearsMason Cade ran for 371 yards and five touchdowns Saturday to help propel Sabino to a 68-46 win over Surprise Paradise Honors for its first high school football state championship since 1998. It is the first football title for any Tucson-area school since 2015.
The Arizona high school football season comes to a close this weekend, and for teams from Southern Arizona, just one game remains — Canyon del Oro in the Class 4A state championship, a week after Sabino won the 3A crown.
The Tucson region ended up with two high school football state champions — ending an eight-year title drought — two more state semifinalists and tons of feel good stories including smashed individual records, Tanque Verde’s first playoff win and turnarounds at Ironwood Ridge, Buena, Catalina and elsewhere.
