This fall’s TV games are shaping up to be an interesting string of Thursdays (and a couple Fridays).
Chandler Hamilton and Booker T. Washington (Miami, Fla.) is likely to be aired on Cox Ch. 7. Phoenix Desert Vista and Chandler are eyeing a possible FSNAZ tilt on Sept. 19.
Those three, plus Scottsdale Chaparral, Paradise Valley, Basha and Scottsdale Notre Dame, don’t raise an eyebrow.
It’s the others. Scottsdale Desert Mountain against Mesa Desert Ridge? Mesa vs. Tempe Corona del Sol? Laveen Cesar Chavez at Phoenix Trevor Browne?
Desert Mountain should be an improved team, and Cesar Chavez has new coach Jim Rattay and his controversial past as TV fodder.
This variety of schools would be a welcome sight to see, but when it come to those coveted TV ratings, a few of these are head-scratchers.
Not all coaches want to move their games to Thursday nights. That is why some of the matchups