The Tucson Sugar Skulls clinched the No. 3 spot out of the Western Conference for the Indoor Football League playoffs thanks to a 50-41 win at last-place Bay Area on Saturday night in the regular-season finale.
Tucson (9-7) will visit the No. 2-seeded Northern Arizona Wranglers (12-4) for the first round of the postseason at 6:05 p.m. next Saturday.
No. 4 Duke City (8-8) will play at the No. 1 Arizona Rattlers (13-3) in the other Western Conference game next Sunday. In the Eastern Conference, it's No. 4 Iowa (9-7) at No. 1 Frisco (14-2) and No. 3 Quad City (9-7) at No. 2 Massachusetts (11-5). Both of those games will be held Friday.
Tucson and Northern Arizona met three times in a six-game span earlier this year, with the Wranglers winning two of three. Tucson won at home 72-62 on April 23, and Northern Arizona won on its home field 36-21 on May 14. The Wranglers then won 34-32 at Tucson Arena on May 28.
