These teams made Arizona high school football Open Division playoffs
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Peoria Liberty, a day after its 21-14 win over rival Peoria Centennial on Friday, Nov. 6, clinched the No. 1 seed in the Arizona Interscholastic Association high school football Open Division playoffs.
The AIA released its 12-team Open bracket and the additional eight teams for the 6A bracket on Saturday, Nov. 7
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The first round of the Open playoffs takes place Nov. 13.
Liberty is among the top four seeds who received byes next week and will have home field in the tournament's quarterfinals Nov. 20. The others are No. 2 Chandler, No. 3 Chandler Hamilton and No. 4 Centennial.
On Nov. 13, these 6A teams will battle it out in the opening round: No. 9 Mesa Mountain View at No. 8 Phoenix Brophy Prep; No. 12 ALA Queen Creek at No. 5 Chandler Basha; No. 11 Phoenix Sandra Day O'Connor at No. 6 Gilbert Perry; No. 10 Gilbert Higley at No. 7 Phoenix Pinnalce.
The first-round losing teams will fall back into the 6A Conference playoff bracket.
First-round 6A games featuring the No. 13-20 teams are: No. 20 Boulder Creek at No. 13 Williams Field; No. 19 Salpointe Catholic at No. 14 Red Mountain; No. 18 Highland at No. 15 Mesa; and No. 17 Casteel at No. 16 Queen Creek.
After next week, the eight remaining 6A teams -- four losing teams from the Open first round and the four winning teams from the 6A first round --- will be reseeded for the second round of the 6A playoffs.
Richard Obert has been covering high school sports since the 1980s for The Arizona Republic. He also covers Grand Canyon University athletics and the Arizona Rattlers. Please sign up for Azcentral Preps Now newsletter. To suggest human-interest story ideas and other news, reach Obert at [email protected] or 602-316-8827. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter:@azc_obert
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