Las Vegas High School quarterback O'Ryan Bradley looks downfield for an open receiver in the second quarter of Friday night's game. Photo by Ronda Churchill.

The second-ranked Las Vegas High football team is running out of quality opponents to beat.

For the third consecutive week, the Wildcats trounced a ranked team on Friday, rolling to a 27-12 road victory over No. 3 Shadow Ridge.

In a battle between two of the top running backs in town, Jamal Lomax carried the ball 32 times for 229 yards and two touchdowns to lead Las Vegas.

His Mustangs counterpart, Eric Jordan, was held to 98 yards on 18 carries and one touchdown.

"I think we've always been the team to beat," said Lomax, whose team also has defeated Bishop Gorman and Cheyenne this season. "This was a huge game for us. We finally got it over with, and I'm satisfied with the outcome."

Lomax capped the Wildcats' opening drive with a 12-yard touchdown run and followed with a 6-yard scoring run midway through the second quarter.

The Wildcats, meanwhile, compiled 219 yards in the first half while holding the Mustangs to 16.

Even so, three first-half Wildcats drives fizzled deep in Shadow Ridge territory, holding the score to 14-0 at halftime.

"We're our own worst enemy," said Las Vegas coach Chris Faircloth, whose squad committed numerous miscues in the half. "We killed ourselves with penalties. We've got to get some things ironed out before we can become a real force."

But the Wildcats (3-1) made it 20-0 early in the second half, scoring on a 61-yard pass from O'Ryan Bradley to Jovan Massey.

Shadow Ridge (2-2) finally got on the board when quarterback William Pope scored on a keeper with 6:37 left in the third quarter.

Former Wildcat Jordan, who was held to 12 yards on seven carries in the first half, broke his only big run of the night in the fourth, a 66-yard sprint that set up his 5-yard scoring run to make it 20-12 with 7:38 left to play.

Faircloth, who helped coach Jordan for three years, said his team's familiarity with the running back was a key to the win.

"I think it helped us a lot," he said. "We understood where he runs and how he runs."

Bradley, who competed 8 of 17 passes for 171 yards and a TD, sealed the Las Vegas victory by scoring on a 7-yard keeper with 5:41 left. Teammate Akeem Anifowoshe caught three passes for 82 yards.

n Canyon Springs 19, Chaparral 18 -- At Canyon Springs, Michael Elliot scored on a 10-yard run and Andy Sadler kicked the extra point as the Pioneers (3-1, 1-0 Northeast) slipped past the Cowboys (0-4, 0-1) in two overtimes.

The game-winning extra point was the game's only successful conversion in six attempts. Canyon Springs missed one and had another blocked. Chaparral missed one and had two run conversions fail.

Elliot led the Pioneers with 109 yards on 18 carries, and Dennis Parker had touchdown runs of 1 yard in regulation, and 2 yards.

Austin Tialavea scored on a 1-yard run to cap a 14-play, 97-yard drive to give Chaparral a 6-0 lead 1:02 before halftime.

Parker's 1-yard run with 8:26 remaining in regulation tied the score.

Canyon Springs scored first in overtime on Parker's run, but Tialavea's second touchdown, a 4-yard run, sent the game to the second overtime.

Tialavea led the Cowboys with 65 yards on 14 carries.

Juan Ramirez caught a 10-yard pass from Alex Wooldridge on the first play of the second overtime, but Tialavea's conversion run over the left side was stopped a foot short.

Elliot then scored and Sadler kicked the game winner.

-- Arnold Knightly

n Coronado 20, Green Valley 14 -- At Green Valley, the Cougars (2-2, 1-0 Southeast) pulled out an improbable overtime win over the Gators (2-2, 0-1).

Coronado tied the game with 50 seconds left in regulation on an 81-yard touchdown pass from Brady McManus to Tysson Poots, who led the Cougars with three catches for 109 yards. He also came up big on defense with two interceptions, the second of which sealed the game.

Green Valley, which committed six turnovers, held a 14-7 lead with under a minute to play when McManus and Poots connected to send the game to overtime.

The Cougars scored on the first play in overtime, a 10-yard touchdown run from Christopher Desjardins, who finished with 90 yards on 19 carries with two TDs.

Kicker Corey Craw missed the extra-point try, leaving the door open for a Gators comeback. After three plays that gained just 2 yards, Green Valley committed yet another turnover when quarterback Kalin Beal was picked off by Poots at the goal line. It was Beal's fifth interception of the game.

Running back Brian Wiltshire led the Gators with 145 yards rushing.

-- Joshua Wikler

n Cimarron-Memorial 37, Verbum Dei (Calif.) 8 -- At Cimarron-Memorial, the seventh-ranked Spartans took advantage of special teams miscues to defeat the Eagles.

Cimarron (4-0) forced Verbum Dei to go three-and-out on the game's opening possession, and the Eagles' punt failed to make it back to the line of scrimmage.

Eddie Wide scored from 11 yards out on the next play to put the Spartans ahead.

After another three-and-out for Verbum Dei, a 4-yard punt gave Cimarron the ball at the Eagle 30-yard line. Wide took three carries before scoring on a 15-yard run.

Wide finished five carries for 44 yards and two touchdowns. He also intercepted a pass

Quarterback Davion Mauldin added a second-quarter rushing touchdown to give Cimarron a 20-0 halftime advantage.

-- Adam Hill

n Del Sol 18, Liberty 14 -- At Liberty, the Patriots' Dayo Igeleke scored on an 88-yard kick return with 6:40 remaining in the game to give Liberty (3-1) the victory.

Igeleke scored immediately following an 11-yard touchdown run from Del Sol's Tim Johnson that came with 6:56 left in the contest.

Johnson's touchdown was his second of the game. Liberty was also helped by several Del Sol penalties in the fourth quarter.

Del Sol (2-2) threatened Liberty's lead late in the game, but a failed off-tackle run cost them precious field position on fourth down. Liberty took over on downs and marched down the field mostly due to Del Sol's constant defensive penalties. Del Sol wound up with a total of 13 penalties, including 10 on defense.

Kyle Smith added a 21-yard field goal in the second quarter and Liberty was aided by a Del Sol safety when punter Chris Dunfield stepped out of the back of the end zone in the third quarter.

The Patriots' Rashad Williams tore through the Del Sol defense, racking up 144 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries.

-- Michael Sloan

n Western 19, Durango 13 -- At Western, At Western, senior quarterback Julian Sample hit sophomore Phillip Payne on a 14-yard score on fourth down in overtime to give No. 8 Western (3-0, 1-0 Southwest) a 19-13 victory over Durango (1-3, 0-1 Southwest).

Sample, whose first 10 passes were incomplete, lofted a high floater that Payne grabbed in the back corner of the end zone on the final play.

Sample also scored two touchdowns, including a 34-yard score late in the third quarter that tied the game at 13.

Both teams had chances in the final two minutes of regulation. Durango's final drive in the fourth period stalled at the Western 19 as Jake Butera missed a 36-yard field goal.

On the ensuing possession, Sample tossed back-to-back completions of 27 yards to Devi Mitchell and 31 yards to Chris Fowler, moving the ball to the Trailblazer 19. But Sample threw four straight incomplete passes, sending the game into overtime.

Sample led the Warriors' rushing attack with 119 yards on 11 carries. Louis Kimble had 69 yards on 24 carries for Durango.

-- Sam Leeper

n Silverado 25, Basic 0 -- At Silverado, for the second time in two weeks, the Skyhawks shut out their opponent, this time rolling over the Wolves in the conference opener.

The Skyhawks sacked Basic quarterback Kenny Ward four times and intercepted him once en route evening their overall record at 2-2.

Silverado jumped out to a 15-0 first-quarter lead behind a nine-yard touchdown run by Kevin Dumas and a two-yard run by Henry Weeks. The Skyhawks delivered a balanced attack, with quarterback Tyyler McNeace passing for 97 yards and the team rushing for 214 yards.

Peter Hyun led Silverado in rushing with 12 carries for 92 yards.

-- David La Shomb

n Valley 42, Desert Pines 0 -- At Desert Pines, Valley had little trouble picking up its third win of the season. Desert Pines fumbled on its first two possessions, leading to two first-quarter touchdowns by Vikings junior quarterback Josiah Casella.

Valley received two touchdowns from junior back JaCory Hawkins, one in the third quarter on a 71-yard run, and also got one each from senior receiver Jeremiah Casella and senior back Geno Odong.

-- Jeff Hoskin

n Eldorado 36, Rancho 30 -- At Eldorado, two kickoff returns for touchdowns by Davell Jackson and Vernon Wesley sparked the Sundevils (1-3, 1-0 Northeast) over the Rams (2-2, 0-1)

Wesley had an 81-yard TD return, and Jackson returned his kick 76 yards for a score.

Jackon also had two touchdown receptions and Wesley added 130 yards on the ground with one TD.

Rancho quarterback Ariece Perkins passed for 217 yards.

-- Collin McLaughlin

n Sierra Vista 35, Clark 22 -- At Clark, Bradley Blankenship ran for 170 yards and two touchdowns as the Lions (1-3, 1-0 Southwest) earned their first victory.

Blankenship scored on runs of 5 and 17 yards, both in the fourth quarter.

-- Brady Andrus

n Spring Valley 27, Bonanza 3 -- At Bonanza, the Grizzlies (2-2) toppled the Bengals in a strong offensive performance.

Senior running back Steven Shaw and quarterback Adam Aguilar connected twice for touchdowns in one minute in the second quarter to bring the Grizzlies to a 14-3 lead at the end of the half.

-- Maren Manning

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n Centennial 41, Arbor View 7 -- At Centennial, Jared Noa threw for 185 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score as the Bulldogs (3-1) rolled past the Aggies (0-4).

Noa scored on a 2-yard run in the first quarter and hit Zack McCoy for a 71-yard score in the second quarter. McCoy finished with three receptions for 136 yards.

n Snow Canyon (Utah) 30, Mojave 14 -- At St. George, Utah, Dalton Groskreutz caught first-quarter touchdown passes of 56 and 23 yards from Mitch Frei to lead Snow Canyon (1-3) over the Rattlers (3-1).

Reginald Powers had two 3-yard TD runs in the second half for the Rattlers.

n Faith Lutheran 41, White Pine 7 -- At Faith Lutheran, Brandon Lake scored on TD runs of 16 and 58 yards to lead the Crusaders.