Centennial’s 13th and most unlikely state football finalist berth in the last 20 seasons involved facing almost all of the best teams in 6A in its 3-7 regular season slog and 3-0 playoff rebirth.
To win the 6A title, however, the Coyotes have to knock off a team they haven’t played in 18 years, another fairly surprising 6A finalist.
Mesa Mountain View used to make state title games as regularly as Centennial winning eight of its 13 trips to the title game in Arizona’s big school classification between 1978 and 2006. The Toros haven’t been back since.
