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Dylan Raiola, nation's No. 1 quarterback, intercepted late as Basha (Arizona) deals nationally ranked Chandler first loss

ESPN-televised Arizona high school football showdown features the two best quarterbacks in Arizona

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

ESPN's national high school game of the week took place in Arizona, and a nationally ranked team was upset in epic fashion.

Basha (Arizona) dealt Chandler, No. 10 in the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25, a 14-7 loss on Friday night at Chandler High School in a game that went down to the wire.  

Dylan Raiola, the nation's No. 1 quarterback in the 2024 class, was picked with fewer than two minutes left to seal the game for the Bears (6-1).

Wyatt Milkovic, a three-star Boise State commit, deflected a pass on 4th and 2 in Chandler territory and DJ Jaiman snagged a tipped pass from Raiola to help secure the win with 1:30 left in the fourth quarter. 

The matchup received top billing as a matchup between two of the country's best quarterback prospects — and the top two in Arizona — in four-star Demond Williams Jr. (Basha) and Raiola, an Ohio State commit, and two Oregon Ducks commits, Basha's cornerback Cole Martin and Chandler's A'mauri Washington.

Chandler was the Arizona Interscholastic Association Open Division favorite going into Friday's contest. 

It's the first time the Bears have beat their cross-town rivals since 2011.

Lead photo by Steven Davis

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Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports
ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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