The goal for Las Vegas High’s ninth-ranked football team was to minimize mistakes.
It would have been easy for No. 2 Arbor View to be distracted Friday night against Cimarron-Memorial with the week’s Homecoming activities and a Northwest League showdown at Centennial approaching.
After making quick work of Desert Oasis on Friday, the Centennial football team can now set its sights on next week’s showdown with undefeated Arbor View for the Northwest League title.
Green Valley used its hurry-up offense to rack up 518 yards Friday, including 322 on the ground, to beat host Eldorado, 47-38.
Canyon Springs quarterback Bradley Alexander threw for two toucdowns and ran for another on Friday as the Pioneers ended a two-game skid with a 52-0 victory at Valley.
Shadow Ridge’s Dominick Wilson rushed 18 times for 161 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Mustangs to a 40-7 win at Durango on Friday.
Jack Berkley scored the game’s first four touchdowns Friday to lead The Meadows’ football team to a 47-6 home win over Calvary Chapel.
Pahrump Valley’s football team took the lead with just more than three minutes to play and tacked on another late score Friday to stun visting Sierra Vista, 39-27.
Isaiah Morris rushed for 267 yards and three touchdowns in the first half for Desert Pines, which clinched second place in the league and a home playoff game with a 54-0 road victory over Sunrise Mountain on Friday.
Mojave’s Ty Flanagan rushed for 106 yards with touchdown runs on all three of his carries, leading the Rattlers to a 65-0 home win over Western on Friday.
Taaric Flowers rushed for 329 yards and six touchdowns on just nine carries Friday to lead Del Sol’s football team to a 65-26 win at Rancho.
Agassi Prep’s Kobe Williams and Stephan Laushaul each rushed for more than 100 yards on Friday to lead the Stars to a 57-0 win ove Laughlin at Canyon Springs.
Junior Paongo rushed for one score and returned a fumble for another to lead Virgin Valley’s football team to a 27-21 win at Boulder City on Friday.
Sydney Shackerford ran for two touchdowns and caught a TD pass Friday to lead host Spring Mountain’s football team to a 42-0 win over Sandy Valley.
While some free agents shied away from signing with the Lakers, Jeremy Lin and Carlos Boozer said they welcome the chance to play with Kobe Bryant. “He’s one of the all-time greats, arguably the best ever,” Lin said before Friday’s preseason game in Las Vegas.
Luis Flores and Brandon Cross each returned an interception for a touchdown Friday to help Beatty’s football team to a 30-6 home win over Indian Springs.
Caleb Hansen rushed for 199 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries Friday to help Pahranagat Valley’s football team to a 54-6 win at Round Mountain.
McClain O’Connor completed 13 of 23 passes for 177 yards and a touchdown and added 135 yards and two scores on the ground to lift Lincoln County’s football team to a 26-18 win over Needles in Panaca.
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Faith Lutheran linebacker Alex Giuliani’s 88-yard fumble return turned things around for the Crusaders as they knocked off host Spring Valley, 17-8, to close out the regular season.
The first play of the game Friday could not have gone worse for the Coronado football team as the Cougars allowed an 80-yard touchdown pass.
Clark took the field for its regular-season finale Friday night at Cheyenne knowing a victory alone would not be enough to secure one of four playoff berths in the Division I-A Sunset League.
UNLV will try to build on its victory two weeks ago against Fresno State when the Rebels visit Utah State on Saturday. The Aggies are down to their third-string quarterback, so there is an opportunity for the Rebels to pull off the upset.
Chesnee Harding had 12 kills and five aces in the opener and 11 assists, five aces and two digs in the nightcap Friday as Lincoln County’s girls volleyball team swept visiting Needles, 25-12, 25-14 and 25-18, 25-17.
When Roscoe Smith told UNLV coach Dave Rice last spring he was not coming back for his senior season and was going pro, many ridiculed Smith’s decision. Come Tuesday, he may have the last laugh
Fans of football teams in the Division I-A Sunset League spent Friday night scoreboard watching.
Republican Rep. Joe Heck and his Democratic challenger, Erin Bilbray, disagreed Friday on how much leeway to give U.S. intelligence agencies as they track suspected terrorists and on how far Nevada should go in approving online gaming.
Those who showed up early Friday for whatever reason found the early hours of the festival’s added third day to be almost like a preview, before the real crowd arrived for festivities that included evening headliner Kanye West on the main stage and local heroes Panic at the Disco on the second-largest stage.