A lot of familiar faces dot the Arizona football championship weekend, including one of the state's highest-ranked recruits - Saguaro's Byron Murphy - facing his former teammates at Marcos de Niza in the Division II final.

Week 12 MaxPreps and USA Football Players of the Week winners have been announced.

Arizona high school football playoff games that you can watch live.

Lake Travis moves up to No. 10; Chandler falls to No. 9.

Week 12 nominees have been selected for the MaxPreps and USA Football Player of the Week program.

White Mountain team not in final for 1st time since 2006

Benson picks off six passes in 14-12 triumph

Southern Arizona teams competed in five divisions this year. And, of those five, only teams from the "smaller" three divisions have made it or will be playing in a state championship game. No. 2 Elfrida Valley Union made it to the D-VI championship where the Blue Devils lost to No. 1 Pima on November 14 and No.3 Pusch Ridge is in the D-IV final while No. 1 Benson is playing for the D-V championship.

Joy builds 35-7 lead in 1st half, wins 41-20

Locker room speeches from both teams included

A tight fourth quarter with a state championship berth on the line can be defined by one play by one player, and Arizona has plenty of candidates to be the player that comes through in the clutch.

Padres convert 3 miscues in to 20 points in 44-37 win

Former Red Mountain coach Jim Jones

Bishop Gorman looks to extend its streak of consecutive 11-man football titles.