“Who is the toughest high school football player you’ve seen on tape or in person this season?”
Over the past week I asked this question to over a dozen high school football coaches and respected observers of the game. More than a couple blurted out the same name without 
hesitation. “Noah Pittenger, at Brophy” or “that running back at Brophy, he’s the toughest I’ve seen”. One athletic director said “I want that guy protecting my country, he’s a darn good, tough nosed football player.”
Brophy head coach Scooter Molander summed up his Pittenger this way to the Arizona Republic earlier this season. “He’s lightning in a bottle, he’s worth the price of admission.” Well put.
Noah Pittinger is seriously one of the hardest guys to tackle I've ever seen on an AZ HS football field. #FridayNight360AZ
— Jared Cohen (@JaredCohen_) November 5, 2016
Friday night the Broncos had to hold off Pinnacle to advance to round two of the playoffs. Pittenger was right in the middle of the action rushing for 270 yards and 3 scores, the last of which sealed the game for the Broncos.
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Media personality Brad Cesmat first rose to fame in Southern California with the launching of "The Mighty 690" all-sports radio station in the late 1980's and early 90's. Brad came to Arizona in 1993 to begin a 10-year run at KTAR Radio followed by nine years at KTVK-TV in Phoenix. Brad is the Founder/ CEO of Sports360AZ.com. His vision of multi platform content marketing through sports began in September of 2011. Cesmat has served on the Advisory Board for the Salvation Army for the last 18 years. He and his wife Chris have four children.