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    Watch: Mario Padilla set for final hurrah with Salpointe Catholic

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    The Star is counting down Southern Arizona's top 22 high school football players. Up today: No. 6, Salpointe's Mario Padilla. (Video by Justin Spears / Arizona Daily Star.)

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