Eight players from Bishop Gorman’s national championship football team signed national letters of intent Wednesday to play in college at FBS schools.
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Bishop Gorman finished atop USA Today’s Super 25 rankings for the fourth time in its history, beating out high school teams from Florida and California.
Senior quarterback Micah Alejado scored four touchdowns as No. 1 Bishop Gorman defeated Liberty to win the Class 5A Division I state title Tuesday at Allegiant Stadium.
Allegiant Stadium will host four Nevada high school football state championship games Tuesday beginning at 9 a.m. Here’s a breakdown of all four games.
Top-ranked Mater Dei (California) lost last Friday, leaving the door open for the Gaels to assume the top spot in MaxPreps’ national high school football rankings.
Bishop Gorman closed out the out-of-state portion of its schedule with a 56-28 win over No. 21 Centennial (California) to enter league play 4-0.
Micah Alejado threw five touchdown passes, and Bishop Gorman jumped to a 21-0 first-quarter lead en route to a decisive win over Saint Louis on Friday night in Honolulu.
Kenny Sanchez was 65-8 in five seasons as Gorman’s football coach, leading the Gaels to four state championships and two mythical national titles.
Arbor View faces off against Bishop Manogue and Liberty against Bishop Gorman in 2018 High School football semi-finals. Elaine Emerson breaks down the match-ups.
Micah Bowens had 438 total yards and five combined touchdowns in a 62-7 win at home Friday.
Bishop Gorman went on a 5 minute, 41 second touchdown drive late at home Friday to seal a 31-21 win over Orem (Utah).
Bishop Gorman’s Treven Ma’ae comes in at No. 1 on our list of Southern Nevada’s top defensive players.
Isaiah Cottrell, a 6-foot-9-inch sophomore, is the latest elite prospect to man the middle for the top-ranked Gaels. He already has 19 scholarship offers and is the No. 30 prospect in his class, per Rivals.com.
Gorman entered Saturday’s title game outscoring in-state opponents 526-26 and just kept rolling. Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson caught a touchdown, ran for one and threw for two as the Gaels dismantled Reed 48-7.
Next year the two Bishop Gorman stars will be on opposite sides of one of college football’s best rivalries, with Palaie Gaoteote heading to USC and Dorian Thompson-Robinson committed to UCLA.
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