Coronado wide receiver Tysson Poots tries to elude a tackle attempt from Foothill's Brandon Baker during Friday's high school football action. Foothill earned a 41-38 victory over Coronado. Foothill moved to a perfect 7-0 with the win. Photo by Jane Kalinowsky.

Foothill coach Marty Redmond doesn't ask his players for perfection, but he does expect them to win.

The top-ranked Falcons were far from perfect on Friday, but they fulfilled their coach's expectation by managing a 41-38 road victory over Coronado.

D'Angelo Jones rushed 29 times for 153 yards and four touchdowns to lead Foothill, but the Falcons' defense gave up 537 yards to make it interesting.

"We had a little confusion on our end in the first half," said Redmond, whose squad allowed Cougars quarterback Brady McManus to complete 23 of 40 passes for 476 yards. "We have some things we've got to work on. But we've put ourselves in a hole before and we've always been able to battle back."

Foothill (7-0, 3-0 Southeast) never trailed after taking a 14-0 lead on touchdowns by Jones and Zacarias Espejo, but Coronado (3-4, 2-2) got first-half TDs from Tysson Poots, McManus and Jacob Bodine to make the score 21-18 at halftime.

Though the Falcons' defense struggled against the pass throughout the night, they managed to squelch two Coronado drives inside their 5-yard line -- one in the first half and one in the second. Foothill also intercepted McManus three times in the second half.

Jones' 2-yard and 14-yard runs in the second half gave Foothill a 33-24 lead, and Danny Osorio fell on a Cougars' fumble in the end zone late in the fourth quarter to make it 41-24.

The Falcons allowed two late scores, the last on a 20-yard reception by Eric Nimmer with 2 seconds left to play.

Poots caught 11 passes for 220 yards to help Coronado, and Nimmer logged 140 yards on 7 receptions.

n Centennial 21, Cimarron-Memorial 14 -- At Centennial, junior wideout Austin Hill caught a 38-yard TD pass from Jared Noa with 37 seconds remaining to lift the Bulldogs (5-2, 1-1 Northwest) to the upset over fourth-ranked Cimarron (6-1, 1-1).

The Bulldogs started their winning march after Cimarron's Justin Naya-Valencia scored on a 41-yard run tying the game at 14-14 with 4:16 remaining in the game.

Aided by a key fourth-down offsides penalty, Centennial moved the ball to the Cimarron 33 in seven plays.

Noa, who completed 20 of 33 passes for 286 yards, threw two straight incompletions and it appeared the game was going into overtime.

After a delay of game infraction, Noa made his best throw of the night, a perfect strike to a streaking Hill, who had ran past two Spartan defenders.

"The game was on the line, and I had to make a play," said Hill, who caught 10 passes for 163 yards. "It was now or never for us, so we had to step things up. My legs were cramping most of the game, but I knew I couldn't come out of the game."

Naya-Valencia returned the ensuing kickoff 35 yards to the Spartan 45, and Cimarron had one final chance. Quarterback Davion Mauldin had a 13-yard run, then completed a 10-yard pass to Eric Brinkley, and the Spartans moved to the Bulldog 32. However, Mauldin's final two shots to the end zone fell incomplete, and the Bulldogs had pulled off the stunner.

Noa threw three touchdowns, two in the second quarter to Zack McCoy, as the Bulldogs took a 14-0 advantage at halftime. Mauldin scored on a two-yard run late in the third, as Cimarron got within seven.

-- Sam Leeper

n Green Valley 13, Basic 9 -- At Green Valley, the Gators rolled up 233 yards on the ground, but needed some trickery from the passing game to defeat the Wolves (3-4, 1-2 Southeast).

Green Valley (3-4, 1-2 Southeast Division) got 135 yards rushing from Brian Wiltshire and 107 more from Jeff Garcia, but several key turnovers and a Basic goal-line stand prevented the Gators from getting any points out of their ground game.

The game-winning score was a 35-yard pass from Aaron Bagsby to Xavier Kimbrough late in the third quarter. Bagsby took an end-around from quarterback Robert Reynolds and found a streaking Kimbrough down the right sideline for the only score of the second half.

Green Valley's first touchdown also came unconventionally. After a 24-yard field goal by L.J. Marquez gave the Wolves the lead, the Gators drove and set up for a 26-yard kick. Instead, holder Kalin Beal pitched the ball to kicker Wayne Hope, who rolled left and found Cody Aughney wide open in the end zone to give Green Valley a 6-3 lead.

-- Adam Hill

n Silverado 27, Del Sol 12 -- At Silverado, sophomore Kolton Villa rushed for two second-half touchdowns to help the Skyhawks rally past the Dragons.

Villa scored on a 1-yard run to cap a 10-play, 80-yard drive in the third quarter, and Kevin Rath caught a 2-point conversion pass from Tyyler McNeace to give the ninth-raked Skyhawks (5-2, 4-0 Southeast) a 14-12 lead.

Benjamin Jacobs picked off a Del Sol pass on the ensuing drive, and Villa went on to score on another 1-yard plunge. Villa had 51 yards rushing, all in the second half. Andrew Deleon rushed for 77 yards and Peter Hyun 70 for the Skyhawks.

Del Sol (2-5, 0-3) scored both of its touchdowns in a 16-second span in the third quarter. After Tim Johnson's 26-yard touchdown run, Matt Burge recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff. One play later, Ryan Klorman caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Brandon Makridis.

Johnson led the Dragons with 119 yards on 26 rushes.

-- Tim Guesman

n Durango 21, Clark 6-- At Clark, the defensive play of Victor Matthews sparked the Trailblazers (3-4, 2-2 Southwest) to the victory over the Chargers (0-7, 0-4 Southwest).

Trailing 7-6 with a little over five minutes left in the fourth quarter, Clark drove into Durango territory, only to be forced to punt thanks to one of Matthews' three sacks.

The Trailblazers' Louis Kimble then turned the change of possession into points, rushing for one of his two touchdowns to make it 14-6.

With less than three minutes to go, the Chargers' last promising drive ended when Matthews recovered a fumble.

Clark's Deshawn Ashley ran for 140 yards.

-- Collin McLaughlin

n Valley 33, Rancho 0 -- At Valley, JaCory Hawkins rushed for 188 yards and four touchdowns on 17 carries to lead the seventh-ranked Vikings (6-0, 4-0) past the Rams (2-5, 0-3).

Hawkins had touchdown runs of 82, 18, and 38 yards in the first quarter, and added a 13-yard score in the second.

Vikings senior Ricky White intercepted a Jerome Hansell pass and returned it 45 yards for a touchdown to cap the scoring for the Vikings.

Valley held the Rams to 10 yards of total offense. The Rams also lost four fumbles.

-- Jim Godfrey

n Sierra Vista 30, Bonanza 16 -- At Bonanza, Sierra Vista's Bradley Blankenship ran for 184 yards and a touchdown before going down with an injury early in the fourth quarter to carry the Lions (2-5, 2-1 Southwest) to the road win.

Bonanza (0-6, 0-3) struck early in the game when senior quarterback Aaron Holly hooked up with senior back Brian Ladeira for a 69-yard touchdown strike on the Bengals' first play of the game. Bonanza also got a touchdown on a short quarterback keeper by Holly and a field goal from senior kicker Ben Jaekle, both in the second quarter. Holly threw for 119 yards.

However, it was not enough to overcome Blankenship's efforts. The junior set up his own 2-yard touchdown in the third quarter with a 34-yard run, and bulldozed the Lions close enough for a short run by senior quarterback Jake Whittaker in the first.

-- Jeff Hoskin

n Bishop Gorman 76, Spring Valley 6 -- At Spring Valley, Gorman scored on its first play from scrimmage when C.J. Sedoris connected with DeMarco Murray on a 65-yard TD pass, and the third-ranked Gaels (5-1, 3-0 Southwest) rolled over the Grizzlies (3-4, 2-2).

Murray scored four touchdowns and had 197 total yards to lead the Gaels.

Sedoris finished with 229 passing yards and four touchdowns.

The Gorman defense also played a big role in the win, highlighted by DeAngelo Wilkinson's 82-yard interception return for a touchdown.

Spring Valley's lone score came on a 15-yard run by Nick White in the third quarter.

-- Brady Andrus

n Canyon Springs 34, Desert Pines 14 -- At Desert Pines, quarterback Dennis Parker threw for three touchdowns to lead the Pioneers past the Jaguars.

After a scoreless first quarter, 10th-ranked Canyon Springs (5-2, 3-1 Northeast) scored five consecutive touchdowns.

Parker connected on touchdown passes to Chris Rosemond, Tre Douglas and Mack Brady, and fullback Wilburt Chaney added two rushing scores.

Desert Pines (0-7, 0-3) avoided a shutout with late touchdown runs from Travis Buechler and Michael Ball.

-- Mike Sloan

n Las Vegas 54, Chaparral 21 -- At Las Vegas, Chaparral got off to an early 14-3 lead and trailed 24-21 at the half before the second-ranked Wildcats (6-1, 3-0 Northeast) pulled away.

Senior Jamal Lomax had 220 yards on 18 carries; senior Jashaad Gaines touched the ball three times for only 12 yards, but he was able to score twice, and O'Ryan Bradley threw 16 times for 110 yards and two touchdowns.

Tyler Morris had 19 carries for 84 yards to lead the Cowboys (1-6, 1-3).

-- Jeff Neubert

n Western 39, Eldorado 6 -- At Eldorado, Julian Sample passed for four touchdowns and ran for two more in leading the sixth-ranked Warriors to their sixth straight victory.

Sample hit sophomore Phillip Payne on a 24-yard touchdown pass early in the first quarter. Payne also had TD catches of 54 and 14 yards, finishing with four catches for 104 yards.

Sample passed for 248 yards, and also led the rushing attack with 118 yards on nine carries, including an 83 yard TD run. Dejon Hall ran for 117 yards for the Warriors.

-- David La Shomb

n Virgin Valley 24, Boulder City 22 -- At Mesquite, Brett Smith sacked Andrew Peters on a two-point attempt in the second overtime as the Bulldogs (2-5, 1-2 3A Southern League) edged the Eagles (4-2, 1-1).

Stewart Carboni ran for 78 yards and two TDs, including a 3-yard run in overtime. He also ran in a pair of two-point conversions, including one in second overtime that turned out to be the winning margin.

Tony Frehner scored on a 1-yard run in the second overtime, and Carboni's run made it 24-16.

Boulder City's Jeff Pickton then ran in from 10 yards out make it 24-22.

n Pahrump Valley 32, Faith Lutheran 21 -- At Pahrump, Travis Ott threw two touchdown passes and Jeff Butters ran for 169 yards and a TD to lead the Trojans (2-4, 2-0 3A Southern League) over the Crusaders.

Mike Portaro threw a 22-yard TD pass to Brandon Lake for the Crusaders (5-1, 2-1), who were led in receiving yardage by Jarid Rollins with six catches for 84 yards,

n Moapa Valley 40, Arbor View 0 -- At Overton, Drew Solomon ran for 157 yards and a touchdown to lead the Pirates (1-6) over the Aggies (1-6).