Liberty senior forward Andre Porter, a UNLV football commit, scored 33 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help the Patriots defeat Bishop Gorman on Friday.
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Kaeden Castillero knocked down a pair of free throws with 19.9 seconds left to lift Liberty’s boys basketball team to a home win over Centennial.
Bishop Gorman hosts Coronado and Shadow Ridge plays at Liberty in the Class 5A Division I state semifinals to highlight Friday’s high school football playoff action.
Isaiah Lauofo ran for two touchdowns to help Liberty hold off Campbell (Hawaii) in the Island Classic, one of several key results Friday in high school football.
Senior forward Ali’a Matavao scored 20 points as the Liberty girls basketball team rolled past Desert Oasis for a home victory Thursday night.
By embracing players with Polynesian backgrounds, Liberty High has become a public school contender that even Bishop Gorman must prepare for.
Two players — Liberty’s Saco Alofipo (Utah State) and Faith Lutheran’s Jordan Pollard (San Jose State) — signed with Football Bowl Subdivision schools Wednesday.
When Green Valley running back Jaylen McKnight went out with an injury Friday, Josiah Edwards stepped in and helped the Gators to a 21-14 victory at Desert Pines.
Liberty and Palo Verde opened Class 5A Southern League boys soccer play Thursday. Palo Verde won 8-0.
Centennial needs a win over a Cimarron-Memorial team that is out of the playoff race to claim its first league title since 2002 and the No. 1 seed in the Northwest League.
Martin Blake ran for 113 yards and a touchdown and returned a punt for a score to help the Pioneers to a 48-7 Southeast League win over Eldorado.
Jacob Ceci had 15 kills, three aces, three digs and three blocks Thursday to help Coronado’s boys volleyball team clinch the Desert League title with a 25-15, 25-21, 25-19 home win over Foothill.
Megan Bocobo, Sanniyah Haye, Erin Thompson and Dubem Ezeanolue each won two individual events Tuesday to help Faith Lutheran’s girls track team to a 108-31 win over visiting Palo Verde.
Brandon Martin won two individual events and ran on the winning 400-meter relay team Tuesday to help host Legacy win a four-team boys track meet.
Sho Hampton had 17 assists Tuesday to help Canyon Springs’ boys volleyball team to a 22-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-16 home win over Cheyenne.