Cimarron-Memorial running back Eddie Wide, right, eludes the grasp of Palo Verde defensive back Eric Hearn on a touchdown run in the first half of the Spartans' 37-7 victory over the Panthers on Friday. Photo by Isaac Brekken/Review-Journal

Barely two minutes into Friday's game, it was apparent that Cimarron-Memorial coach Ron Smeltzer planned to make good use of senior running back Eddie Wide.

That plan proved mighty effective.

Wide carried seven straight times to begin the game and finished with 234 yards and four touchdowns on 23 carries, guiding the top-ranked Spartans to a 37-7 home victory over Palo Verde.

"The coaches wanted me to step it up tonight," Wide said. "So I stepped it up. That was my best game."

Wide capped the Spartans' 11-play opening drive with a 13-yard run, and he extended the lead to 13-0 on a 43-yard sprint midway in the second quarter.

After teammate Eric Brinkley scored on an 18-yard run, Wide broke loose for a 76-yard TD with two seconds left in the half to make it 27-0. He finished the half with 194 yards on 13 carries.

"Eddie is just a hell of a player," said Smeltzer, whose team improved to 9-0 overall, 5-0 in the Northwest Division. "He's got the type of speed where he can just hit it and go."

Wide scored once more in the fourth quarter, pounding up the middle for a 9-yard touchdown.

The Panthers' TD came on a third-quarter Spartans punt that appeared headed out of bounds. Torin Harris caught Cimarron off guard by grabbing the ball near the sideline and streaking down the left side for a 65-yard score.

But No. 7 Palo Verde (5-3, 2-3) could not solve the Spartans' defense, which held the Panthers to 53 yards in the first half and 171 total.

Smeltzer was satisfied.

"This is a big win for us," he said. "Palo Verde's always a good team. With that crazy offense they have, you never know what's going to happen."

Brinkley finished with 101 yards on 19 carries for Cimarron, and Nick Rhodes rushed eight times for 50 yards.

• Cheyenne 26, Mojave 20 -- At Mojave, Deshawn Proby scored on a 3-yard run in overtime as the No. 6 Desert Shields rallied to avoid an upset and remained a game behind unbeaten Cimarron-Memorial in the league standings.

Cheyenne (6-2, 4-1 Northwest) hosts the Spartans on Thursday night.

Proby's overtime touchdown capped a Cheyenne comeback from a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter.

On the Desert Shields' overtime possession, the Rattlers (5-4, 2-3) fumbled a handoff exchange and Cheyenne recovered to wrap up the victory.

Mojave broke a 7-7 tie in the third period with two touchdowns. Marcus Carter scored the second of his two TDs on a 2-yard run, then Chad Kelly threw a 4-yard TD pass to Kris Salvador.

Cheyenne owned the fourth quarter, tying the game at 20 on a 1-yard TD run by Ronnie Green and a 4-yard run by D.J. Campbell.

Campbell had a chance to win the game in regulation, but missed a 21-yard field-goal attempt as time expired.

Cheyenne opened the scoring when Campbell's 1-yard run capped a 15-play, 79-yard drive that consumed more than nine minutes.

Proby, who had 210 all-purpose yards in Cheyenne's win over Palo Verde last week, led the Desert Shields with 90 yards on 14 carries. Campbell completed 7 of 10 passes for 119 yards, and added 45 on the ground.

Carter had 63 yards on 11 carries for Mojave, which was limited to 76 yards rushing.

-- Sam Leeper

• Canyon Springs 40, Valley 28 -- At Canyon Springs, junior quarterback Devonte Christopher passed for 333 yards and six touchdowns, leading the No. 2 Pioneers (7-1, 4-0 Northeast) over the Vikings (1-7, 1-3).

The Vikings made a game of it behind senior quarterback Josiah Casella, who ran for touchdowns of 29 and 3 yards, and threw for 211 yards and another score. But Valley hurt itself with turnovers, coughing up the ball six times in the first half. Casella also threw three interceptions.

Pioneers junior Juron Criner made touchdown catches of 20, 30 and 32 yards, Greg McWilliams had scoring grabs of 5 and 19 yards, and Chris Rosemond supplied a 24-yard TD reception.

Valley's Kerwyn Williams scored on a 50-yard run and caught a 12-yard TD pass.

-- Jeff Hoskin

• Las Vegas 49, Rancho 14 -- At Eldorado, the Wildcats scored on their first five possessions, and their defense limited the Rams to 10 first-half rushing yards en route to a 29-0 lead and an easy victory in the 49th annual "Bone Game."

Quarterback O'Ryan Bradley threw for three touchdowns and ran for two to lead Las Vegas (7-2, 5-0 Northeast) over Rancho (0-8, 0-4). Daniel Durnian caught two TD passes and Chris Kelly made four grabs for 93 yards and one touchdown.

Bradley finished with 112 yards rushing.

-- Adam Berchin

• Del Sol 31, Basic 19 -- At Basic, senior tailback Tim Johnson rushed for 333 yards and three touchdowns to propel the No. 4 Dragons (7-2, 5-0 Southeast) past the Wolves (2-6, 0-4).

Johnson scored on a 79-yard run in the first quarter and a 36-yarder on the last play of the half, pushing the Dragons' lead to 25-6.

Del Sol dominated the half, rushing for 286 yards and four touchdowns. Junior Bryan Grenier scored on runs of 13 and 27 yards.

Johnson's impressive night finished with a 88-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

Basic got an outstanding game from Greg Henderson, who scored on a 10-yard run in the fourth quarter and had a game-high 103 receiving yards.

Matthew Donnelly added a 24-yard TD run for the Wolves, and L.J. Marquez scored on a 1-yard run in the first quarter.

-- Jeff Lukich

• Durango 47, Bonanza 16 -- At Bonanza, the visiting Trailblazers (5-4, 2-3 Southwest) used a punishing rushing attack led by junior halfback Ryan Kuehl's 281 yards to dominate Bonanza (1-8, 0-5).

Kuehl also scored four times, needing only 15 rushes. He scored on Durango's first offensive play of each half on runs of 63 and 64 yards, respectively.

Trailblazers fullback Michael Mausbach supplied three touchdowns and 87 yards on the ground.

The Bengals were sparked by wideout Reggie Davis, who made 10 catches for 107 yards and a touchdown despite heavy coverage by Durango. But Bonanza was hurt by four turnovers.

-- Gabe Whetten

• Desert Pines 37, Arbor View 36 -- At Desert Pines, Jayson Washington rushed for 291 yards and four touchdowns, then the Jaguars (6-2) held on to beat the Aggies (1-8) after nearly blowing a 37-20 lead in the fourth quarter.

Washington's 47-yard touchdown run had given Desert Pines a 17-point lead, but Arbow View took advantage of a botched punt to score on a 16-yard pass from Dustin Hobbs to Anthony Windom, their second TD hook-up. Robbie Garvey ran for the 2-point conversion.

After a three-and-out by the Jaguars, the Aggies marched downfield and scored on Ryan Hill's 3-yard run. He added the 2-point conversion to trim the deficit to 37-36 with four minutes to play.

The Jaguars were able to run out the clock, with Washington gaining a first down on third-and-7.

Hobbs completed 12 passes for 144 yards and two touchdowns for the Aggies. Garvey had an 85-yard kickoff return TD in the third quarter.

-- Brian Danise

• Sierra Vista 45, Bishop Gorman 41 -- At Valley, Brad Blankenship scored on a 27-yard run with 3:43 remaining, and Cejay Ceniza intercepted Bishop Gorman's Dylan Barrera at the goal line as time expired as the Lions held on to beat the Gaels.

Blankenship's fourth touchdown put Sierra Vista (6-2, 3-2 Southwest) ahead 45-35, but the Gaels (4-4, 3-2) rallied for the second time from a double-digit deficit.

Barrera hit Kevin Loyd on a 9-yard strike with 1:40 to play to make it 45-41 and stopped the Lions on their ensuing possession to set up a last-second pass attempt from Sierra Vista's 41-yard line.

Sierra Vista led 24-6 in the second quarter, but Barrera threw scoring passes of 25 and 18 yards to Keola Antolin in a 23-second span to make it 24-21 at halftime.

"They had tremendous speed," Lions head coach Mark Sauve said. "We were afraid of the big play all night."

Sierra Vista kept the ball on the ground in the second half, getting rushing touchdowns from Blankenship and Akil Sharp.

"We wanted to eat up the clock and get Sharp some carries to mix it up," Sauve said.

Blankenship finished with 185 yards on 37 carries and Sharp added 64 on six carries to lead Sierra Vista.

Barrera passed for 332 yards and five touchdowns, but was picked off three times for the Gaels.

-- Christian Wloszczyna

• Shadow Ridge 31, Centennial 28 -- At Shadow Ridge, Chris McMillian returned kickoffs 90 and 74 yards for touchdowns and added an 8-yard TD run as the Mustangs beat the Bulldogs after trailing 21-10.

After scoring its first 24 points on special teams, Shadow Ridge (6-3, 4-2 Northwest) put together its only scoring drive in the fourth quarter, capped by McMillian's run for a 31-21 lead.

Centennial quickly drove 72 yards for a touchdown, with Mike Tagliaferri running 15 yards for a touchdown to make it 31-28.

The Bulldogs (4-5, 1-4) had a chance to win the game, taking possession with 16 seconds to go. Tagliaferri connected to Matt Holley for 59 yards, but time ran out with the Bulldogs on Shadow Ridge's 9-yard line.

Shadow Ridge was outgained 410-247 from scrimmage, but made up for it with special teams play and by forcing timely turnovers.

Aside from McMillian's two kickoff returns, Theodore Walker picked up a blocked punt by Korey Toomer and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter.

Shadow Ridge made three interceptions, two by Jeff Sales.

-- David Garrett

• Eldorado 33, Chaparral 27 -- At Chaparral, Manuel Estrada threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Avant Gates on the first play of overtime and then the Sundevils (1-6, 1-3 Northeast) stopped the Cowboys to wrap up their first victory.

The TD pass was Estrada's fourth of the game, and he sparked the Sundevils to 372 total yards and their best offensive output of the season.

Chaparral (2-6, 1-4) was just as tough, overcoming four second-quarter turnovers and scoring 19 points in the second half. Their final drive of regulation was keyed by tailback Quentin McCloud and capped by Austin Tialevea's 2-yard run with 35 seconds remaining. The point-after attempt by kicker Brandon Kosior sailed wide left, forcing overtime.

This was the 33rd battle for the "Cleat" and Eldorado's first win in the rivalry in five years.

-- Nathan Stuck

• Green Valley 36, Liberty 14 -- At Green Valley, Frank Satterfield rushed for 156 yards and two scores to power the Gators in a game preceded by an appearance by former President Jimmy Carter.

Carter addressed the crowd briefly on the importance of voting before handling the pregame coin toss at midfield and leaving before kickoff.

After falling behind 7-0, the Gators (5-3, 3-1 Southeast) rattled off 29 straight points, sparked by Satterfield.

Liberty (3-5, 1-3) dominated the first quarter, scoring on Garrick Powell's 44-yard run. But the lead only lasted 22 seconds thanks to Satterfield, who raced 78 yards for a touchdown to begin Green Valley's ensuing possession. The Gators added a 2-point conversion on Wayne Hope's pass to Cody Aughney and they never trailed again.

Satterfield added a 19-yard score and John Pointdexter had a 30-yard interception return for a touchdown.

Powell fueled the Patriots with 146 yards on 22 carries, and Llo'Witt Cook added 86 rushing yards and a score as Liberty outgained the Gators, 337-283.

-- Tim Guesman

• Coronado 24, Clark 0 -- At Coronado, Cory Craw's 22-yard field goal in the first quarter was all the offense the Cougars (1-7) would need to drop Clark to 0-8.

Brady McManus completed 11 passes for 194 yards and three touchdowns to spark Coronado. T.J. Knowles caught touchdown passes of 16 and 15 yards, and Jacob Wagner scored on a 35-yard reception in the fourth quarter.

Clark's Percy Parker completed seven passes for 44 yards and also gained 30 yards on nine carries.

-- Brent Kircher

• Virgin Valley 49, Legacy 10 -- At Mesquite, Cas Zarate rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs over the Longhorns.

J.P. Parker caught a 44 yard TD pass and added a 48-yard touchdown run for Virgin Valley. Doug Hafen completed 10 of 11 passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns.

• Faith Lutheran 23, Boulder City 20 -- At Boulder City, Garrett Sherwood recovered a fumble in the backfield in overtime and ran 25 yards for a touchdown to lift the Crusaders over the Eagles.

Matt Mihaydik had kicked a 25-yard field goal on Boulder City's overtime possession.

The Eagles then had Faith in a third-and-15 situation when Sherwood scooped up the fumble and scored the winner.

Faith Lutheran's Max Done completed 24 of 35 passes for 239 yards.

Kurt Thein rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns to pace Boulder City.

• West Wendover 23, The Meadows 7 -- At West Wendover, Todd Hogan completed 12 of 18 passes for 175 yards to lead the Wolverines over the Mustangs.

For The Meadows, Guy Capanna rushed for 68 yards and caught a 50-yard TD pass from Graham Hilts.

• Indian Springs 42, Mountain View 28 -- At Indian Springs, Derek Oliver rushed for 153 yards and three touchdowns and added an 82-yard kickoff return for a score as the Thunderbirds topped the Saints.

Oliver also made a team-high 13 tackles.

Andrew Ogris rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown and returned a kick 77 yards for a score to lead Mountain View. Robert Hernandez had 19 tackles for the Saints.