AZ Dolphins Sweep Day 1 Pool Play as Lone Arizona Team at Pylon Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nev. -- Multiple Arizona HSFB players balled out on day one of Pylon 7v7 Las Vegas. 

The Arizona Dolphins club team was firing on all cylinders as they went 3-0 in pool play, taking care of business in Sin City. 

The first game, the Arizona Dolphins faced off against the SoU Panthers (UT).

On the first play of the game, Queen Creek '28 QB Sawyer Hales connected with Arcadia '27 WR Konnor Kammes for a 40-yard touchdown. 

This would be a continual trend as Hales was on fire in all three games for the Arizona Dolphins. 

On the very next drive, Hales would find Horizon '27 WR James Klopfenstein for a touchdown in the back of the endzone. 

Piling onto the score, the Arizona Dolphins added two more touchdowns, both times it was Hales delivering strikes to Kammes, who caught his second and third touchdowns of the game. 

The game for the Arizona Dolphins versus the Panthers would round out with Hales connecting with McClintock '27 ATH Aidan Whitaker and Sunrise Mountain '27 WR Tanner Austin for touchdowns. 

Hales had a monster first game, finishing with six touchdown passes and leading his team to a 41-12 win over the SoU Panthers. 

The second game of pool play would prove to be more challenging for the Arizona Dolphins. 

They faced off against Triple Threat (Idaho) in game two. 

At the start of the second game, it was once again Hales who made a great throw as he connected with Whitaker for the first touchdown of the game. 

Triple Threat would eventually tie the game up, but not long after, the Dolphins reclaimed their lead. 

Being the dynamic duo of the day was Hales and Kammes, as once again, Hales found Kammes for a touchdown on a crucial third-down play. 

Triple Threat then struck back with 13 unanswered points to take a 19-13 lead with two minutes remaining in the game. 

Wasting little time, the Dolphins got down the field in a hurry.

Scoring the game-winning touchdown and two-point conversion for the Dolphins was 3-star '27 Perry WR Braylon Kasper. 

The scores by Kasper gave the Dolphins a 20-19 win over Triple Threat. 

In the third and final game of pool play on day one for the Dolphins, it once again came down to the wire. 

In the final game of day one, the Dolphins went against GATA (NV).

Just like the first two games, though, the Arizona Dolphins got out to a hot start. 

On defense, Pinnacle '27 DB Kaiden Connor came away with an interception during a tip drill scenario. 

The offense for the Dolphins followed suit by putting points on the board as Hales connected with Klopfenstein for a touchdown and Kammes for a one-point conversion to give themselves an early 9-0 lead. 

GATA then went on a tear for the next 10 minutes, and at one point they obtained a 24-15 lead over the Dolphins with less than four minutes remaining in the game. 

Even though they trailed by nine points, the Dolphins found a way to crawl back into the game. 

It started with Hales, who was on fire all day, finding Kasper for a touchdown. Then, on the three-point conversion from the 10-yard line, Hales went back to Kasper in the back of the end zone to convert the attempt and tie the game up at 24 points apiece. 

GATA (NV) then quickly drove down the field to the 10 yard line before snapping the ball with 3 seconds left and presumably the last play of the game. Mesa '27 ATH Kameron Williams appeared to have broken up the pass in the end zone to secure a 24-24 tie, but a holding penalty was called and it gave GATA (NV) one final untimed down at the 5 yard line.

A touchdown would secure a GATA win and an incomplete pass would result in a tie. Instead, they threw an interception to Whitaker, which gave the Arizona Dolphins two points and the walk-off win. 

Even though they had close games, the Dolphins played exceptionally. 

Hales looked unbothered the whole day as he was delivering dime after dime. Kammes and Kasper looked unguardable on the first day as well, while the defense delivered in clutch moments despite some struggles at times. 

For tomorrow's single-elimination bracket play, the Dolphins will be a 1 or 2 seed (1 seed if the Pool D winner tonight either has fewer than 3 wins or fewer than 86 total points) and have a good chance at leaving Sin City as the 2026 Pylon Las Vegas champions.