by anointing him as the best football player produced exclusively from Arizona. Hamilton's dominance for the next 15 years would start in 2001 with their first appearance in the 5A State Championship game losing to Red Mountain 13–10. The first State Championship would come in 2003 going on to win 7 Big School State Championship, appear in an additional 8, and clinching 11 region titles. During this time period, Hamilton football has been ranked nationally several times peeking at #4 nationally by USA Today's Super25 poll when the state record 53-game win streak was broken in November 2011 by Desert Vista High School. National and International Play The team has also traveled nationally and internationally playing some of the best teams. Starting in September 2006, Hamilton traveled to Massillon, OH to play Washington High School for the McDonald's Kirk Herbstreit Football Challenge losing 35–26. The 2008 team traveled to Miami, FL playing Booker T. Washington High School, a 37–19 win. Hamilton would host Las Vegas's #11 Bishop Gorman High School at Northern Arizona University's Walkup Skydome in 2014 for a 24–17 win ranked #16 before the game. Hamilton's first hosting an out of state team playing was Santa Fe High School from Santa Fe Springs, CA during the 2009 season shutting out their opponents 52–0. The 2012 season featured an invitation from the Global Ireland Football Tournament setup by University of Notre Dame and the US Navy Academy. The tournament placed Hamilton against perennial powerhouse Notre Dame High School traveled from Sherman Oaks, CA defeating Hamilton 27–15 at Parnell Park, in Dublin. The following season had Eastlake High School from Chula Vista, CA was hosted in San Diego with the Huskies winning 28–17. Hamilton returned to out of state play in 2018 traveling to Las Vegas's Arbor View High School winning 23–17. Arbor View High School would visited Hamilton the next year losing 41–7. During the first 20 years of the varsity football playing against non-Arizona team, Hamilton has amassed a 5–5 record overall. Hazing case In 2017 an investigation into alleged hazing by members of the Hamilton football team became public. The investigation alleges several incidences starting in September 2015 that included sexual assault, assault, aggravated assault, molestation, kidnapping, and child abuse. Ultimately three students were charged, two as minors and one as an adult. CUSD reassigned the varsity football coach Steve Belles, the athletic director, and the principal