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The Chandler Hamilton flag football team is 4-0 after an undefeated championship season last year.

Hamilton's defense, while still elite, has not yet matched last season's record-setting performance.

Future challenges include an in-season tournament and potential playoff matchups with rivals Red Mountain and Highland.

The Arizona Republic is following along with the Chandler Hamilton flag football team this fall in a video documentary series, Beyond the Gridiron , featured on azcentral.com .

Four games into 2025, Hamilton — ranked No. 1 in the country by USA TODAY Sports — looks like its usual dominant self coming off the first undefeated flag football season in state history. But it got off to an uncharacteristically rough start.

In the season opener against

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