Las Vegas’ Mark Brinkman brings down Skyline (Utah) quarterback Ben Marlowe during Friday’s game at Las Vegas High. Marlowe ran for 88 yards and a touchdown to help the Eagles earn a 35-28 victory. Photo by Isaac Brekken/Review-Journal
Las Vegas High School football coach Chris Faircloth likes his team to play a tough nonconference schedule, but he never expected to be looking at a losing record.
The Wildcats struggled against an out-of-state team for the second straight week on Friday, falling to Skyline (Utah), 35-28.
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Quarterback Ben Marlowe rushed 12 times for 88 yards and a touchdown to lead the Eagles, who improved to 3-1 on the season.
Faircloth, whose team took a 14-14 tie into halftime, said his squad expected a victory.
"We don't schedule these good teams so we can lose," said Faircloth, whose team fell to 1-2. We schedule the good teams to beat them. You judge your level of play by the teams you play against."
That level looked satisfactory in the first half.
Marlowe gave Skyline an early lead by capping the game's first drive with a 4-yard touchdown run.
But Las Vegas countered with a 7-yard TD pass from O'Ryan Bradley to D'Angelo Saulsberry and a 4-yard scoring run by Emery Schexnayder to go ahead 14-7 early in the second quarter.
Skyline tied it seven minutes later on a 3-yard run by Chase Pendley, but the Wildcats looked strong heading into halftime.
Even so, Eagles coach Roger Dupaix said he thought his team could take over in the third quarter.
"We're a good second-half team," he said. "We talked about that at halftime, and we were able to come out and get some momentum."
The game turned when Bradley was intercepted twice in a row, the second resulting in a 25-yard return by Brett Binford to put Skyline ahead, 21-14. The Eagles took over from there, going ahead 35-14 on a Kalama Molisi run and a pass from Marlowe to Pendley.
A desperate rally by Las Vegas resulted in late touchdown runs by Schexnayder and Bradley, but an onside kick was recovered by the Eagles with 32 seconds remaining to put the game away.
Bradley competed 19 of 38 passes for 297 yards for Las Vegas, and Chris Kelly had five receptions for 150 yards.
• Palo Verde 26, Green Valley 0 -- At Palo Verde, Rashan Lawrence rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns, and the Panthers held the Gators to 195 total yards.
The Panthers (2-0) scored on their first two possessions, then relied on their defense to finish the shutout. Lawrence had a 3-yard TD run, followed by a 44-yard touchdown pass from J.D. Buonantony to Ryan Patterson.
Green Valley (1-1) managed just 106 yards rushing, had four turnovers and got no closer than the Palo Verde 23-yard line. Gators quarterbacks Mark McGovern and Kalin Beal combined for three interceptions, one returned by Sam Wahilani 49 yards for a touchdown.
Lawrence added a 49-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
The Panthers rushed for 276 yards among seven players. Rockney Ricafrente had 74 yards on six carries.
Frank Satterfield led Green Valley with 77 yards on 20 carries, and Cody Aughney caught four passes for 69 yards.
-- Sam Leeper
• Cimarron-Memorial 52, Western 6 -- At Western, Eddie Wide and Brandon Marshall scored three touchdowns each, and the Spartans forced six turnovers in a romp over the Warriors.
Wide sparked the ground attack for Cimmaron (3-0), with 22 carries for 146 yards and three touchdowns, on runs of 10, 7 and 9 yards.
Marshall capped the Spartans' opening drive with a 24-yard touchdown reception -- Cimarron's only completed pass. Western defensive back Kemontre Stewart batted Nick Rhodes' pass in the air at the 10, but Marshall grabbed the tipped ball and rumbled into the end zone.
Marshall also ran for scores of 28 and 13 yards, finishing with 52 yards on seven carries as Cimarron rolled up 311 rushing yards.
Cimarron's Julian Dupree had two interceptions, including one returned 27 yards for a touchdown on Western's second play from scrimmage.
Chazz Mitchell also had a fumble recovery and an interception for Cimarron, and Brandon Cahlan and Wide each added a fumble recovery.
Reggie Bullock had a 94-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter for Western's lone score. Phillip Payne led the Warriors (0-3) with four receptions for 96 yards.
-- Tim Guesman
• Basic 26, Chaparral 20 -- At Chaparral, David Dir passed for 212 yards and ran for 70 yards to lead the Wolves (1-1) over the Cowboys (1-1).
Randy Trujillo also had a big game for the Wolves, catching seven passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns, one of them coming as time expired in the first half.
L.J. Marquez scored on a 2-yard run for Basic, and Greg Henderson caught a 9-yard pass from Dir.
Chaparral got a 1-yard touchdown run from Jamell Mingo to cut the lead to 12-6 in the second quarter, but the Cowboys would get no closer.
-- Brent Kircher
• Shadow Ridge 45, Del Sol 6 -- At Shadow Ridge, Jeremiah Dotson ran for 159 yards, and Chris Lowman threw for three touchdowns as the Mustangs (2-1) rolled past the Dragons.
Dotson set the tone early, running 71 yards for a touchdown on the game's first play.
Running back Timothy Johnson led Del Sol (1-2) with 152 yards rushing and a touchdown.
However, Johnson sat out his team's first two drives and lost fumbles in the second and third quarters.
Shadow Ridge scored three times in the last 2:20 of the first half to take a 35-0 lead.
In the second quarter, the Mustangs drove 82 yards in 15 plays to go up 21-0. Then two Dragons turnovers set up the Mustangs for short scoring drives of 13 and 26 yards.
Shadow Ridge's final score of the quarter, a 12 yard pass from Lowman to Preston Davis, came with six seconds left in the half.
Shadow Ridge outrushed Del Sol 298-157 and won the turnover battle, 3-0.
-- David Garrett
• Sierra Vista 40, Liberty 6 -- At Liberty, quarterback Chris Krumme threw three touchdown passes, and the Lions forced four turnovers in beating the Patriots.
Krumme connected with wide receiver Gene Olewinski on 54-yard and 8-yard touchdown passes. Running back Brad Blankenship finished with 93 yards, including a 32-yard TD run in the second quarter.
The Patriots (1-1) moved the ball more effectively in the second half, but they were hampered by penalties and turnovers and couldn't gain any momentum.
Liberty's lone score came on a 28-yard run by quarterback Garrick Powell, who spun out of a tackle and ran down the left sideline.
The Lions (2-0) recovered three fumbles, and defensive end Julian Latorre had a 57-yard interception return for a touchdown.
Wide receiver Dillon Williams had an 80-yard touchdown reception for Sierra Vista, and junior running back Chris Anglin had a 56-yard touchdown run to complete the scoring.
-- Jeff Lukich
• Silverado 25, Eldorado 7 -- At Silverado, Kevin Rath led the Skyhawks on both sides of the ball as Silverado beat the Sundevils in a game marred by turnovers and penalties.
In the first half, Rath threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, in addition to recording a sack and an interception on defense.
The senior threw touchdown strikes of 48 and 53 yards to Jimmy Mitchell and Henry Weeks, respectively. Rath also scored the Skyhawks' first touchdown, on an 11-yard run.
Weeks finished with 114 yards of total offense.
The two teams combined for eight turnovers and 10 penalties, with neither side able to establish a consistent attack. Each team also botched a punt on bad snaps.
Silverado (2-0) maintained its lead by holding Eldorado to just 103 yards of total offense.
Eldorado (0-2) had its lone score on a touchdown pass from Danny Otero to Derrick Knight.
The Sundevils have allowed 76 total points in two games this season.
-- Joshua Wikler
• Durango 42, Arbor View 14 -- At Arbor View, the Trailblazers relied on their power running game and the Aggies' special teams miscues in cruising to victory.
In the second quarter, two botched Arbor View punts led to two Durango touchdowns. Ryan Kuehl had a 10-yard TD run after the first turnover, and Victor Matthews recovered the second in the end zone.
Michael Mausbach led the Trailblazers (2-1) with 15 carries for 208 yards and two 1-yard touchdown runs -- following 56- and 39-yard runs, respectively.
Durango quarterback Jake Butera rushed for 40 yards on six carries, including a 19-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.
Quarterback Dustin Hobbs led Arbor View (1-2), completing 19 of 39 passes for 305 yards. Anthony Windom had 12 catches for 256 yatrds, including a 49-yard touchdown strike early in the fourth quarter.
-- Jimmy Humm
• Centennial 39, Bonanza 14 -- At Centennial, the Bulldogs (2-1) pounced on the Bengals (1-2) early as both teams scored all their points in the first half.
Centennial quarterback Michael Tagliaferri had 249 first-half passing yards, with two touchdowns to Zach McCoy. Tagliaferri also ran for two scores.
One of the Bengals' scores was set up by a trick play, with receiver Reginald Davis throwing a 50-yard pass to Geoffrey Moore to set up a second-quarter touchdown.
-- Gabe Whetten
• Spring Valley 21, Coronado 6 -- At Spring Valley, quarterback Kyle Wolak threw for 230 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Grizzlies (2-1) over the Cougars.
Wolak repeatedly hit junior tight end Brandon Wisenberger for long strikes as the duo accounted for 146 yards and two touchdowns.
Corbin Brown also caught a Wolak pass for a touchdown.
Brady McManus threw for 125 yards and a touchdown for Coronado (0-2), but most of his success came after the game's outcome was decided. The score came on a short strike to Cory Craw in the fourth quarter.
-- Jeff Hoskin
• Desert Pines 43, Clark 7 -- At Clark, tailback Michael Ball rushed for 94 yards and three touchdowns as the Jaguars cruised past the Chargers.
Quarterback Daniel Berhe ran for 40 yards and a touchdown, and Joshua Williams had a 77-yard TD run to open the second quarter.
Desert Pines (1-1) was dominant on defense, led by defensive end Charles Smith's two sacks. The Jaguars held Clark (0-2) to just 48 total yards.
-- Adam Berchin
• Bishop Gorman 34, Dixie (Utah) 22 -- At Valley, the Gaels had two running backs go over 100 yards and held off the Flyers.
Corey White rushed for 165 yards, and Keola Antolin added 126 for Bishop Gorman (1-1).
The Flyers (2-2) led 16-14 at halftime and drove inside the Gorman 30 to open the second half before a Tyler Hukill fumble.
The Gaels then went ahead on a 10-play drive, all on the ground, capped by White's 12-yard TD run to make it 21-16.
Down 28-16 in the fourth, the Flyers scored with six minutes remaining. But the ensuing onside kick was recovered by the Gaels, who drove 55 yards and put the game away on a White 5-yard run.
Nate Carter led Dixie with 86 yards on 25 carries.
-- Nathan Stuck
• Mojave 49, Rancho 6 -- At Mojave, the Rattlers (3-0) had a 28-point second quarter en route to beating the Rams (0-2).
Mojave racked up 464 total yards, 330 passing and 134 rushing. Matthew Taylor ran for 150 yards on just two carries, and quarterback Chad Kelly completed six passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns.
DeShawn Stewart ran for 65 yards, including a late fourth-quarter score, to lead the Rams.
-- Brian Danise
• River Valley (Ariz.) 20, Boulder City 7 -- At Boulder City, Chad Lucchino scored three touchdowns in the first half to lead River Valley past the Eagles.
Lucchino scored on runs of 3 and 15 yards and returned an interception 29 yards for another score. Lucchino finished with 112 yards on the 33 carries.
• Moapa Valley 19, Kanab (Utah) 13 -- At Overton, Steven Jensen scored on Moapa Valley's first overtime play to lift the Pirates over Kanab.
Jensen also had a 3-yard TD run in the first quarter.
Brad Weiss had 24 carries for 133 yards to lead the offense. Max Jenkins added a 70-yard TD pass to Kyle Ozaki for Moapa Valley's other score.
• Legacy 19, Las Vegas JV 7 -- At Legacy, Davion Donnelly ran for 147 yards as the Longhorns beat the Wildcats' junior varsity.
The game was stopped with 9:51 left in the fourth quarter after gunshots were fired.
• The Meadows 35, Pahrump Valley JV 12 -- At Pahrump, Guy Capanna rushed for 85 yards and two TDs to lead the Mustangs over the Trojans' junior varsity.
