Las Vegas' Emery Shexnayder, left, fights off Del Sol defenders Michael McCune, center, and David Montanez in the Sunrise Regional championship game Saturday at Las Vegas High School. Photos by Sara Tramiel/Review-Journal. The Las Vegas High Wildcats celebrate their 38-8 win over Del Sol in the Sunrise Regional championship game Saturday. The Wildcats will meet Northern Nevada champ Galena for the Class 4A state title. Del Sol High School's Tim Johnson tries to keep the ball from Las Vegas' Ben Moser, left, and Isiah McNeal in the Sunrise Regional championship game Saturday at Las Vegas High. Johnson finished with just 24 yards on 20 carries as the Wildcats rolled to a 38-8 win.

Dominance.

The area's most dominant football program controlled things on both sides of the ball Saturday, rolling to a 38-8 home victory over Del Sol for the Sunrise Regional championship.

The defending state champion Wildcats (11-2) will play Galena (10-3) in the Class 4A state championship game at 12:30 p.m. next Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium. It will be Las Vegas' fifth appearance in the state final in the last six years.

"I can't tell you the excitement and the thrill of going out there," Las Vegas coach Chris Faircloth said. "The last time we played at the Silver Bowl we got beat two years ago, and we'd like to avenge that feeling of being out there and not walking away with a good feeling."

Las Vegas outgained Del Sol in total offense, 411-132. The Dragons (10-3) managed just 26 yards of offense and one first down through three quarters before the Wildcats went to their second unit on defense.

Del Sol star running back Tim Johnson was a nonfactor. Johnson, who entered the game with 2,725 rushing yards, was surrounded each time he touched the ball.

Las Vegas limited Johnson to 24 yards on 20 carries, breaking Johnson's streak of 11 consecutive 100-yard games. His longest run was 7 yards, and he was stopped for no gain or a loss on eight of his 20 carries.

"I was kind of nervous, because Tim's pretty good," Las Vegas senior linebacker Nate Carter said. "We were just focused on stopping the run and containing him, which our defense did a pretty good job of. We worked hard for this moment. This game was definitely on our list."

The last time Johnson failed to run for 100 yards also was against Las Vegas. He had 81 yards in the season opener in August, a game Las Vegas won 40-12.

"They like playing the big-time backs, and they did a great job getting after him," Faircloth said. "We had some breakdowns last time we played them. I believe he had 81 yards, and we weren't real happy about that situation. The kids came out ready to roll this time."

While Del Sol's offense was going nowhere, Las Vegas continued to roll.

Quarterback O'Ryan Bradley completed 19 of 28 passes for 261 yards and four touchdowns.

"Our quarterback's just done a phenomenal job with the ball," Faircloth said. "I couldn't be happier with a player. He does a great job."

Del Sol's John Kirschbaum fumbled on the Dragons' first offensive play, and Las Vegas lineman Billy Winn recovered at the Del Sol 23.

Four plays later, Bradley hit Chris Kelly with a 3-yard touchdown pass to put the Wildcats up 7-0 less than two minutes into the game.

"Since we had beat them once, you know there was some doubt in their minds," Faircloth said. "And those type of things are things that just confirm their doubt whether they can beat you or not."

After forcing a punt, Las Vegas' Jason Theard ripped off an 84-yard TD run to give the Wildcats a 14-0 advantage with 8:29 left in the first quarter.

"They were kind of slouching, and we knew that we had to get after them right away and take them out of the game while we could," Faircloth said. "We knew we had to bury them as soon as we could."

Bradley added a 48-yard TD pass to Theard before the end of the first quarter. He had a 29-yard TD pass to Daniel Durnian and a 13-yard TD pass to Kelly just before halftime to push the advantage to 35-0.

Bradley completed passes to seven receivers and has 10 touchdown passes in the last two games.

"We've got a lot of great receivers, and we get the ball to them and they make plays for us," Bradley said. "That's what we've done all year, and that's what's been the biggest part of our offense this year."