Seton Catholic was playing Friday night without starting quarterback Ryan Bresnahan, who broke a bone in his hand last week, but it seemed to have little impact on the outcome. The Sentinels took down San Tan Foothills 63-7, carrying a shutout late in to the fourth quarter.

For the second week in a row, Seton Catholic suffered little drop-off with backup quarterback David Gesicki commanding the Sentinels’ offense.

All the extra effort Seton Catholic made this season to play one more football game means this.

Matt Haggerty has been like a caged animal on defense recently.

Heather Heild and Anne Marie Holter led host Seton Catholic past Williams Field, 60-42, on Wednesday night.

This was not your typical Seton Catholic football game.

No. 1 Blue Ridge vs. No. 3 Seton Catholic

Basha at Hamilton

Once worse for the wear, Seton Catholic’s football team now feels stronger for enduring the proverbial spanking.

FLAGSTAFF — No matter what the Seton Catholic defense accomplished this season, the memory of last year’s semifinal loss to Blue Ridge shined brightest.

Lessons learned? Let’s find out.

A collections of the top individual performances from Week 5 in the East Valley:

As the saying goes, Jimmies and Joes trump X’s and O’s.

A Division IV football coach who saw Seton Catholic and Blue Ridge both in person and on film breaks down Friday night's state championship game at NAU Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff.

Nico Bayless’ two-yard rushing touchdown with under a minute to go in the game propelled No. 6 Apollo to a 24-20 win over No. 11 Horizon, Friday, in the first round of the Division II football playoffs.

Seton Catholic Sentinels

Poston Butte quarterback Robert Herrera rushed for two touchdowns and defensive back Cameron Owens had an interception return for a touchdown as the Broncos capitalized on a slew of Higley turnovers and penalties to defeat the visiting Knights, 31-23, on Friday.

Hamilton vs. Desert Ridge

A collection of some of the best East Valley high school football performances from the first round of the 2012 playoffs:

Each year, more innocence gets sapped from high school football.

Let’s review what’s happened, shall we?

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