Quarterback Jack Berkley tossed two touchdowns and ran for two more scores Friday to lead The Meadows’ football team to a 40-8 road win over West Wendover.
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On the road in Orem, Utah, for a match-up with Mountain Crest, Spring Valley fell short, dropping a 36-6 decision.
Tonopah fell behind early, but came back to rout Mineral County (0-1) at home Friday night, riding 46 second-half points to a 68-22 victory.
Elijah Hicks didn’t seem to mind the slippery conditions, as he scored three touchdowns to help Las Vegas regain control en route to a 28-7 road victory in both teams’ season opener.
Kenyon Oblad threw four touchdowns, and host Liberty overcame a series of miscues to outlast Arbor View 27-23 in a battle between two of the area’s top teams.
The Big Ten and Pac-12 guarantee four-year scholarships, but NCAA rules already limit the conditions on how athletes can lose their grants-in-aid. At UNLV, every effort is made to see that athletes stay their entire four years.
Most college coaches recruit mostly through AAU, club and travel teams rather than high schools. Several factors have shut high school coaches out of the process.
The college scholarship has become the dream for many high school athletes. Rancho High softball player Gianna Carosone and her family may have the blueprint for reaching it.
Marcella Brooks scored twice for the Centennial girls soccer team, leading a group of 12 Bulldogs with a goal or an assist in a 9-0 road victory over Spring Valley.
Adan Cano and Kevin Giron went 3-0 in doubles Friday to lead the Desert Pines boys tennis team to a 10-8 road victory over Silverado.
Lexi Davis had 16 assists Friday to help Calvary Chapel’s girls volleyball team to a 25-21, 25-23 win over Lowry in the Yerington Invitational at Yerington High.
Alejandro Graziano scored two second-half goals, including an 18-yarder with three minutes to play, to help Las Vegas High’s boys soccer team upset visiting Cimarron-Memorial 2-1 in the Southern Nevada Kick-off Classic on Friday.
State meet qualifier Carissa Wollerton leads a group of four returnees for the Cougars.
The Cougars bring back three lettermen and hope to qualify for the state meet.