RichRod packs 'em in at Hard Edge tournament
About 750 high school football players and their coaching staffs were on the UA campus Friday for the Rich Rodriguez Hard Edge tournament, a 7-on-7 passing competition that included 14 Tucson high schools and 58 total.
RichRod and his staff followed that by staging an elite Prospect Camp on Saturday and a Junior Wildcat Camp Sunday. In total, about 1,000 high school football players were on campus. Given the relatively mild June weather, it was a recruiting coup for the UA.
Phoenix-area powerhouses Chandler Hamilton and Scottsdale Chaparral reached the finals of the 7-on-7 tournament Friday night at Arizona Stadium. Perhaps the state’s two leading recruits, Scottsdale Saguaro cornerback Byron Murphy and Chandler receiver N’Keal Harry participated. Hamilton won the title; it also won ASU’s 7-on-7 championship two days earlier at Sun Devil Stadium.
Tucson’s top finisher was Catalina Foothills, which reached Friday’s semifinals. Jeff Scurran’s team was quarterbacked by Rhett Rodriguez, RichRod’s son, who is entering his junior season as a Falcon.
Rhett’s trademarks, accuracy and a minimum of mistakes, also helped Foothills to the finals of the Pima College 7-on-7 tournament a week earlier.
