PHOENIX — The 34th season of Friday Night Fever is ready for the playoffs! Already, the 1A (8-man football) playoffs have reached the quarterfinals and this week, history will be made in Arizona.
That’s because the first-ever playoffs for girls flag football will begin with the round of 16 and the quarterfinals in both 6A and 5A!
As a refresher, 55 teams played in the two conferences. The season began on Aug. 29 with teams playing 1-3 games per week since for a total of 10-13 games with most teams playing 12.
The regular season wrapped up on Thursday, Oct. 19 and the playoff brackets were released on Oct. 21.
Let’s take a look at the brackets, starting in 6A.
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The first-ever 6A girls flag football bracket has been released! Here’s a look at the matchups in the round of 16.
Here are the overall seeds. Teams in bold are region champions.
- Highland Hawks (11-1)
- Red Mountain Mountain Lions (12-0)
- Marana Tigers (12-0)
- Hamilton Huskies (10-2)
- Desert Ridge Jaguars (11-2)
- Chandler Wolves (11-1)
- Xavier Prep Gators (8-4)
- Desert Vista Thunder (9-3)
- Mountain View Toros (9-3)
- Mountain Pointe Pride (6-6)
- Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions (8-5)
- Gilbert Tigers (6-6)
- Queen Creek Bulldogs (4-8)
- Dobson Mustangs (6-6)
- Mesa Jackrabbits (5-7)
- Corona del Sol Aztecs (5-7)
Here are the matchups in the round of 16, which you can also see in the bracket above.
- #1 Highland vs. #16 Corona del Sol
- #2 Red Mountain vs. #15 Mesa
- #3 Marana vs. #14 Dobson
- #4 Hamilton vs. #13 Queen Creek
- #5 Desert Ridge vs. #12 Gilbert
- #6 Chandler vs. #11 Mountain Ridge
- #7 Xavier Prep vs. #10 Mountain Pointe
- #8 Desert Vista vs. #9 Mountain View
The round of 16 will be played on Tuesday, Oct. 24. All games will be played at the higher-seeded school and will start at 6 p.m.
Now, let’s look at the 5A playoffs.
Credit: 12Sports
The first-ever 5A girls flag football bracket has been released! Here’s a look at the matchups in the round of 16.
Here are the overall seeds. Teams in bold are region champions.
- Eastmark Firebirds (12-0)
- Millennium Tigers (10-2)
- Canyon View Jaguars (11-1)
- Campo Verde Coyotes (8-4)
- Flagstaff Eagles (10-2)
- Mesquite Wildcats (9-4)
- Casa Grande Cougars (8-3)
- Westview Knights (10-2)
- Higley Knights (6-5)
- Mountain View Marana Mountain Lions (8-2)
- Williams Field Black Hawks (7-5)
- Benjamin Franklin Chargers (8-4)
- Arizona College Prep Knights (6-6)
- Mohave Thunderbirds (6-3)
- Verrado Vipers (6-5)
- Desert Edge Scorpions (7-5)
Here are the matchups in the round of 16, which you can also see in the bracket above.
- #1 Eastmark vs. #16 Desert Edge
- #2 Millennium vs. #15 Verrado
- #3 Canyon View vs. #14 Mohave
- #4 Campo Verde vs. #13 Arizona College Prep
- #5 Flagstaff vs. #12 Benjamin Franklin
- #6 Mesquite vs. #11 Williams Field
- #7 Casa Grande vs. #10 Mountain View Marana
- #8 Westview vs. #9 Higley
The round of 16 will be played on Tuesday, Oct. 24. All games will be played at the higher-seeded school and will start at 6 p.m.
In both conferences, the girls flag football quarterfinals will be held on Thursday, Oct. 26. The semifinals will be held on Nov. 1 and the state championship games will be played on Nov. 4.
The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played at the higher-seeded schools and the state championships will be played at Mountain View High School in Mesa. The 5A game will be at 3 p.m. on Nov. 4 and the 6A game will be at 6 p.m.
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Travis Burnett
A pioneer in the flag football community, Travis helped co-found the Flag Football World Championship Tour, FlagSpin and USA Flag. Featuring 15+ years of content creation for the sport of flag football, creating and managing the largest flag football tournaments on the planet, coaching experience at the youth and adult level as well as an active player with National and World Championship level experience.
