Chandler Extends Its Grip on Hamilton with 49-13 Rout
Arizona — November 3, 2023
Chandler made its case as the top team in the East Valley with a 49-13 rout of rival Hamilton on November 3, 2023, in the annual Battle for Arizona Avenue. The 36-point margin extended a stretch in which Chandler had won the large majority of recent meetings in a rivalry with a long, back-and-forth history between the two programs.
The rivalry between Chandler and Hamilton is one of the most storied in Arizona high school football, with the pendulum having swung both directions over the years — Hamilton once held a lengthy win streak of its own in the series before Chandler flipped the script. The 2023 meeting was firmly in Chandler's favor from the opening whistle, with the Wolves' offense finding little resistance against a Hamilton defense that couldn't slow the game down.
For a rivalry defined by its history of close, hard-fought games, the lopsided 2023 result stood out as one of the more decisive meetings between the two programs in recent memory, a reminder that even the most storied rivalries have years where one side simply has the answer for the other.