The Mountain Lions steamrolled host Desert Oasis en route to a 54-20 victory and their third straight win against the rival Diamondbacks.
The Wolves made countless mistakes, but somehow withstood a frantic fourth-quarter rally by visiting Las Vegas High to hold on for a 42-35 home victory.
Spring Valley dialed up a long touchdown pass late, as Mason DeCunzo found Marco Godinez on a 58-yard strike, and the Grizzlies held on for a 22-15 road win to open Southwest League play.
Sagan Gronauer, who has committed to Idaho State, completed nine of 15 passes for 153 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for another score in the Crusaders’ 48-7 road dismantling of Cimarron-Memorial.
Aggies senior running back Kyle Graham rushed for 180 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries en route to 226 all-purpose yards, and Daniel Mitchell added 114 yards and a touchdown on six carries to lead the Aggies to a 45-12 home win on Friday.
Everything went right for Centennial in a 34-0 roaqd win against Coronado on Friday
Majae Madison ran for 202 yards and four touchdowns in the first half Friday, and Cheyenne’s football team blew by visiting Valley, 57-13.
The Trojans topped the Blue Knights in a game that featured no punts and seven lead changes.
Trey Alexander and Markell Turner each scored three touchdowns as Del Sol rolled past visiting Western 58-0 in the Class 3A Sunset League opener for both teams on Friday.
Mojave used a solid rushing attack to build a first-quarter lead on Friday en route to a 55-12 road win over Sunrise Mountain.
Koy Riggin threw two touchdown passes as visiting foothill dominated from start to finish, blanking host Eldorado 35-0 on Friday.
Moapa Valley scored three first-quarter touchdowns on Friday on the way to a 55-0 home victory over Rancho.
Carson Sumter scored a pair of touchdowns Friday to lead the Clayton Valley (California) football team to a 28-0 win over Canyon Springs in Concord, California.
Drake Miller threw four touchdown passes Friday to lead host Calvary Chapel’s football team to a 57-6 win over Mountain View.
Palo Verde won 14-6 at home to improve to 2-0 in the Northwest League and 4-1 overall for the first time since 2013.
Reece Thornton rushed for 192 yards and three touchdowns on Friday as Pahranagat Valley’s football team rolled to a 58-22 home win over Beatty.
Noah Smith rushed for 252 yards and four touchdowns on 11 carries Friday as Lincoln County rolled to a 65-0 home football victory over Lake Mead.
Malik Powell and Chris Mosley each returned a free kick for a touchdown in the first six minutes of the game Friday to lead host Spring Mountain’s football team to a 78-0 win over Laughlin.
Talon Smith scored four touchdowns on Friday to lead GV Christian to a 32-16 road victory over Beaver Dam.
Zyrus Fiaseu rushed for 191 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and third-ranked Liberty recorded eight sacks en route to a 33-6 road win over fourth-ranked Desert Pines.
Durango held visiting Silverado off the scoreboard, and did not allow the Skyhawks to complete a pass. The run game was good, the passing game was deadly, and Durango rolled to a 33-0 victory.
Jason Aldean, onstage when the shooting started on Oct. 1, said Friday night prior to the iHeartRadio Music Festival’s opening night that he would be interested in a Las Vegas residency.
Bishop Gorman’s girls volleyball team won all three of its matches in the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix on Friday. The Gaels will play again Saturday morning for the right to advance to the top bracket in the 96-team tournament.
The annual Life is Beautiful festival got underway Friday in downtown Las Vegas.
Adam Bennett finished 2-0 in singles for Liberty’s boys tennis team in an 11-7 road victory over Desert Oasis.
The doublespeak coming from Senate Democrats this last week would have left even George Orwell dumbfounded. Last weekend, Christine Blasey Ford leveled a serious allegation at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
The saying, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” certainly rings true in regard to Wednesday’s letter to the editor from Christine Borak (“New cartoonist”). While she finds your new editorial cartoonist, Michael Ramirez, the “greatest … of all time,” I find him a crude and belligerent cartoonist who lacks understanding of the human condition.
Adam Laxalt apparently chose to move to Nevada about six years ago. Deciding to get into politics, he moved to Nevada. The Laxalt name was well respected here thanks to his grandfather, former Governor and Senator, Paul Laxalt.
I read with great interest last Sunday’s article “Sandoval not into theme of campaigners’ Calif. comps.” I have a pretty strong opinion about how politics in California can affect the lives of those of us living in Nevada.