6A Championship Preview

<!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Overview </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Highland and Pinnacle were both teams that were in that open division conversation, but ultimately ended up in the 6A bracket. For Highland, this is their 3rd year in a row in the 6A Title game, as last year they defeated Chaparral and in 2020-lost to Chaparral. They're looking to repeat as 6A champs and have all the potential to do so. They finished the regular season 7-3 with losses to open division teams Saguaro and Hamilton, along with a 13-0 loss against Utah based Lone Peak HS. One of their regular season wins came at Pinnacle where they won 25-0, but I'm sure Pinnacle hasn't forgotten about that one. Pinnacle capped off the regular season 6-4 while going through a rough 3 game lose streak at the end of the season. However, they've gotten hot in the playoffs behind the impressive arm of 2025 QB [player_tooltip player_id='368975' first='Wyatt' last='Horton'] to put up 119 points in these 3 playoff games thus far. Despite their 4 losses, only one team has been able to shut down that loaded up Pinnacle offense, that being Highland. Job isn't finished for either side yet, as they both have that chip on their shoulder to bring back that title. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/PrepRedzoneAZ/status/1600907764825399297?s=20u0026amp;t=7g5Awx4oiA6-boJbfIp5rQ","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/PrepRedzoneAZ/status/1600907764825399297?s=20&amp;t=7g5Awx4oiA6-boJbfIp5rQ </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Highland Key Players </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='110118' first='Caleb' last='Lomu'], OL, 2023 <em>(Utah commit)</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='42945' first='Makua' last='Pule'], OL, 2023</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='165898' first='Joseph' last='Allen'], DB, 2023</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='169432' first='Kody' last='Cullimore'], ATH, 2024</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='110114' first='AJ' last='Dutchover'], OL, 2023 (Southern Utah commit)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='358519' first='Cooper' last='Scott'], DE, 2023</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Pinnacle Key Players </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='42949' first='Duce' last='Robinson'], TE, 2023 </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='42943' first='Elijah' last='Paige'], OL, 2023 <em>(USC commit)</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='165887' first='Myles' last='Libman'], ATH, 2023</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='368975' first='Wyatt' last='Horton'], QB, 2025</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Spencer Halvorson</strong>, LB, 2024</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='42950' first='Jacobi' last='Rucker'], RB, 2023</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->