My two cents: Tucson could be shut out of state title games here

My two cents: Tucson could be shut out of state title games here

The Arizona Interscholastic Association has scheduled the Division II and Division III state football championships for Saturday, Nov. 28 at Arizona Stadium.

It’s beginning to look more and more like there won’t be a Tucson team involved. Won’t that be a bit awkward?

In Division II, Ironwood Ridge is the lone Tucson team among the eight quarterfinalists. In Division III, Catalina Foothills is the only Tucson team in the bracket; Jeff Scurran’s team plays at No. 1 Paradise Valley this week.

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If the two championship games are all-Phoenix affairs, it won’t be anything new. As recently as May, Tucson and Canyon del Oro met in the state baseball title game in Phoenix, one of countless times an all-Tucson finale was played in Phoenix.

The AIA knows how it goes. In 2010, Santa Rita and Amphi played the state championship basketball game in Prescott, of all places. Attendance? About 300.

What goes around comes around.