WEEK 12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE AND PICKS
Here is the AIA Week 12 high school football schedule with Richard Obert's picks in capitals.
The 3A and 2A first round playoffs are Friday. The 1A semifinals are Friday and Saturday.
Thursday's games
Tucson at MESA DOBSON, 7 p.m.
MESA at Mesa Skyline, 7 p.m.
Friday's games
PHOENIX CAMELBACK at Phoenix Alhambra, 7 p.m.
Mesa Mountain View at CHANDLER BASHA, 7 p.m.
Buckeye Youngker at BUCKEYE, 7 p.m.
Yuma Gila Ridge at GLENDALE CACTUS, 7 p.m. SCOTTSDALE DESERT MOUNTAIN at Cave Creek Cactus Shadows, 7 p.m.
PHOENIX HORIZON at Gilbert Campo Verde, 7 p.m.
Glendale Raymond S Kellis WADDELL CANYON VIEW, 7 p.m.
Phoenix Arcadia at CASA GRANDE, 7 p.m. GLENDALE APOLLO at Phoenix Central, 7 p.m. PHOENIX DESERT VISTA at Laveen Cesar Chavez, 7 p.m.
Gilbert Highland at CHANDLER, 7 p.m. Peoria Centennial at SCOTTSDALE CHAPARRAL, 7 p.m.
PHOENIX NORTH at Yuma Cibola, 7 p.m. POSTON BUTTE at Combs, 7 p.m.
Avondale Westview at GLENDALE COPPER CANYON, 7 p.m.
Goodyear Estrella Foothills GLENDALE DEER VALLEY, 7 p.m.
Goodyear Millennium at GOODYEAR DESERT EDGE, 7 p.m.
QUEEN CREEK CASTEEL Mesa Desert Ridge, 7 p.m.
Sierra Vista Buena at TUCSON DESERT VIEW, 7 p.m.
RIO RICO at Douglas, 7 p.m.
TUCSON CATALINA FOOTHILLS Tucson Empire, 7 p.m.
Tucson Cholla at TUCSON FLOWING WELLS, 7 p.m.
Peoria at PHOENIX GREENWAY, 7 p.m. CHANDLER HAMILTON at Gilbert Higley, 7 p.m.
AVONDALE AGUA FRIA Glendale Independence, 7 p.m.
Laveen Betty Fairfax GLENDALE IRONWOOD, 7 p.m.
Nogales at ORO VALLEY IRONWOOD RIDGE, 7 p.m.
PHOENIX SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR Avondale La Joya, 7 p.m.
FLAGSTAFF COCONINO at Lake Havasu, 7 p.m. Flagstaff at KINGMAN LEE WILLIAMS, 7 p.m. Phoenix Brophy Prep at PEORIA LIBERTY, 7 p.m.
Vail Cienega at MARANA, 7 p.m.
GILBERT at Maricopa, 7 p.m.
Benjamin Franklin Queen Creek at GILBERT MESQUITE, 7 p.m.
Tucson Amphitheater at MICA MOUNTAIN, 7 p.m.
PHOENIX THUNDERBIRD Phoenix Moon Valley, 7 p.m.
QUEEN CREEK at Phoenix Mountain Pointe, 7 p.m.
Surprise Shadow Ridge GLENDALE MOUNTAIN RIDGE, 7 p.m.
Phoenix Maryvale at PHOENIX NORTH CANYON, 7 p.m.
SCOTTSDALE SAGUARO at Scottsdale Notre Dame, 7 p.m.
Gilbert Perry at PHOENIX PINNACLE, 7 p.m. Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain at PRESCOTT, 7 p.m.
Gilbert Williams Field MESA RED MOUNTAIN, 7 p.m.
Marana Mountain View TUCSON SALPOINTE CATHOLIC, 7 p.m.
Tempe Marcos de Niza at CHANDLER SETON CATHOLIC, 7 p.m.
Phoenix Carl Hayden at PHOENIX SIERRA LINDA, 7 p.m.
TEMPE MCCLINTOCK Phoenix South Mountain, 7 p.m.
Phoenix Shadow Mountain vs. PHOENIX ST. MARY'S, at Phoenix College, 7 p.m.
Phoenix Barry Goldwater at Phoenix Sunnyslope, 7 p.m.
APACHE JUNCTION at Tempe, 7 p.m. TOLLESON at Phoenix Trevor Browne, 7 p.m. ANTHEM BOULDER CREEK at Surprise Valley Vista, 7 p.m.
PEORIA SUNRISE MOUNTAIN Buckeye Verrado, 7 p.m.
TUCSON SAHUARO Sahuarita Walden Grove, 7 p.m.
TEMPE CORONA DEL SOL at Mesa Westwood, 7 p.m.
Avondale West Point at SURPRISE WILLOW
CANYON, 7 p.m.
3A first round
Phoenix Christian at American
Gilbert North, 7 p.m.
Thatcher at TUCSON PUSCH RIDGE, 7 p.m. Mesa Eastmark at MOHAVE VALLEY RIVER VALLEY, at Anderson Auto Group Fieldhouse, 7 p.m.
Wickenburg at EAGAR ROUND VALLEY, 7 p..m. TUCSON SABINO at Show Low, 7 p.m. Kayenta Monument Valley at SNOWFLAKE, 7 p.m.
Safford at CHANDLER VALLEY CHRISTIAN, 7 p.m.
Payson at YUMA CATHOLIC, 7 p.m.
2A first round
Goodyear Trivium Prep at PHOENIX ARIZONA LUTHERAN, 7 p.m.
Maricopa Sequoia Pathway at BENSON, p.m.
St. Johns at CAMP VERDE, 7 p.m.
Scottsdale Christian at GILBERT CHRISTIAN, 7 p.m.
Whiteriver Alchesay at MORENCI, 7 p.m.
Red Mesa at PARKER, 7 p.m.
Scottsdale Prep at PIMA, 7 p.m.
Holbrook at WILLCOX, 7 p.m.
1A Semifinal
Mohave Accelerated vs. HEBER MOGOLLON, 7 p.m., at Scottsdale Coronado
Saturday's game
1A semifinal, at Coronado, 6 p.m.
Williams vs. ST. DAVID