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| Sollenberger Classic | |
| 2011 Stadium: | University of Phoenix Stadium |
| 2011 Location: | Glendale, Arizona |
| Type of Game: | High school football game |
| Played Between: | Previous year's large school state champion of Arizona and Nevada |
| Years Active | 2006–present |
The Sollenberger Classic is an annual high school football game between the previous year's large school state champion of the state of Arizona and Nevada with the 2011 Classic being held the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The Arizona representative is the previous year's champion of Arizona Interscholastic Association's Class 5A Division I state tournament and the Nevada representative is the previous year's champion of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association's Class 4A state tournament.
The first two competitions were held between two invited schools in the AIA, before the AIA-NIAA agreement in 2008. The game has been held in Arizona five times and Nevade once. University of Phoenix Stadium has hosted the most Sollenberger Classics, with Las Vegas' Bishop Gorman High School making the most appearances in the Classic with three appearances (2008, 2010, 2011) and Phoenix's Brophy College Preparatory (2007, 2008) and Chandler's Hamilton High School (2006, 2010) have the most victories with two each.
Game results[edit]
2006: Hamilton 21, Red Mountain 7[edit]
2007: Brophy Prep 33, Salpointe Catholic 17[edit]
2008: Brophy Prep 16, Bishop Gorman 6[edit]
Prior to the 2008 competition, the AIA invited the NIAA to participate in the Classic, which was to be played at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, home of the National Football League's Arizona Cardinals. The NIAA accepted the invitation and sent defending Class 4A state champion Bishop Gorman High School of Las Vegas as its representative against AIA's representative, Brophy College Preparatory of Phoenix, returning to the Sollenberger Classic for the second consecutive year.[1]
The Brophy Broncos entered the competition after a 12–2 season, winning their second AIA Class 5A Division I title in three years by defeating Desert Vista High School of Tempe 34–21 the previous December.[2] The Bishop Gorman Gaels came off a perfect 14–0 season, defeating Robert McQueen High School of Reno 38–17 at Sam Boyd Stadium in the Whitney community of Las Vegas.[3]
2009: Centennial 51 McQueen 20[edit]
2010: Hamilton 24 Bishop Gorman 17[edit]
2011: Bishop Gorman 42 Chaparral 22 / Moapa Valley 28 Show Low 26[edit]
2012: Desert Vista 20 Palo Verde 10 / Blue Ridge 23 Moapa Valley 14[edit]
2013: Mountain Pointe 28 Bishop Gorman 21 / Salpointe Catholic 48 Liberty 7[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Sollenberger Classic News Release 2008" (PDF) (Press release). Arizona Interscholastic Association. July 29, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ^ Ketchum, Don (December 9, 2007). "Finishing on top; BROPHY PREP, SCOTTSDALE CLAIM STATE TITLES". The Arizona Republic. pp. C1.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Davis, Bart (December 2, 2007). "Gorman's defense spearheads victory". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved June 28, 2011.