This week's edition of Tidbit Tuesday takes us to high school football. Did you know that Carl Hayden has only been to the playoffs in one season in its 63 years of existence?
Carl Hayden Community High School opened up in 1957 in West Phoenix. The Falcons have had plenty of success in basketball, soccer, wrestling and softball and baseball. The school was always known for having a bad football team.
All of that changed in 1996 when head coach Stuart Goldstein had the team believing in themselves and led them to their only playoff berth in school history.The year was 1996 and team was led by senior QB Mark Mejia, who is now the head coach at North High School.
The Falcons finished the regular season 6-4 and just made it into the playoffs by beating Trevor Browne in the regular season finale. They played Brophy Prep in the first round of the state playoffs at Phoenix College. Brophy beat Carl Hayden soundly and ended the dream season.
Carl Hayden looks to get back in to the post-season for the first time in 24 years under second year coach Steven Arenas. The school is in a new conference and with a powerful run game looks to be more competitive this season
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