Notre Dame Prep Survives Horizon 42-41 in Triple Overtime
Scottsdale, Arizona — October 3, 2025
It took three overtimes to settle it, but Notre Dame Prep finally got the better of crosstown rival Horizon, winning 42-41 on October 3, 2025, in one of the wildest regular-season finishes of the Arizona high school football season.
Both Scottsdale programs traded scores deep into the night, with neither team able to find the separation needed to close it out in regulation or through the first two extra periods. It wasn't until the third overtime that Notre Dame Prep finally found the answer it needed, escaping with the one-point win in a game that felt more like a playoff classic than a regular-season league matchup.
For two programs that know each other well as crosstown rivals, the game added another chapter to a rivalry defined by close, hard-fought finishes. Eighty-three combined points and three overtime periods made it a game that fans on both sidelines will be talking about for years — the kind of finish that doesn't need a championship trophy attached to be considered one of the best games of the year.