Sabino coach Jay Campos and his daughter Lilly.

 Arizona Daily Star

Last Friday's October thunderstorms delayed games, washed out fields and scared off fans. But these nine tweets prove that high school football prevailed.

Sabino’s much-anticipated Division III showdown against Catalina Foothills – originally scheduled for 7 p.m. – started 90 minutes late on Friday night. 

One Pusch Ridge player declared that he had never played a game in the rain. Flowing Wells and Sahuarita players were unrecognizable, covered in mud by the end of their game.

Mom could not have been happy about this situation in her car on the way home.

Hope Damion knows how to do his own laundry.

These Pueblo cheerleaders escaped the rain in a school hallway...

... while Arizona Daily Star high school sports coordinator Daniel Gaona escaped the rain under the inflatable entrance tunnel on the field — forcing the players to run around him.

The Sabino-Catalina Foothills game — touted by our own Greg Hansen as the Game of the Year — was delayed 90 minutes by lightning.

Reporter Chuck Constantino was not delayed by poncho malfunction.

Sabino coach Jay Campos one-upped Chuck and his poncho with this adorable umbrella.

Catalina Foothills managed a rainy, windy field goal and held on.

Visiting Catalina Foothills fans stormed the field after handing Sabino its first lost of the season. 

Foothills hands Sabino first loss; Marana, Sunnyside win big; 14 other scores, stats

News, final scores and stat leaders from Friday's high school football games.

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