Monsoon football broke through last season on one of two barriers the program had worked at for more than a decade.
Valley Vista can hang its region title banner. The second goal, a 6A playoff win, is exponentially tougher — in part because the Monsoon now play in a different region.
The most consistently successful high school football program in Surprise made its sixth playoff appearance in Arizona’s largest enrollment classification but ran into a familiar first round scenario, losing to eventual 6A runner up Phoenix Pinnacle 46-0.