Games with league title implications and a pair of games against the top 5A Division I teams highlight a loaded Week 9 Southern Nevada high school football slate.
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With three weeks left in the regular season, high school football teams are preparing to make a playoff run and compete for a state championship.
The Green Valley-Foothill game, a matchup of two longtime Henderson rivals, highlights the Week 8 Southern Nevada high school football schedule.
Arbor View at Desert Pines, a matchup of two of the state’s top four teams, highlights the Southern Nevada high school football Week 6 schedule.
Bishop Gorman, ranked No. 2 nationally by MaxPreps, hosts No. 13 Centennial (Corona, California) on Friday in one of the top games on the Week 4 schedule.
Class 5A experienced the biggest changes during the realignment process in the offseason, but one thing remains the same: Bishop Gorman’s dominance.
Arbor View and Foothill are the last teams with a chance to stop a potential Liberty-Bishop Gorman matchup in next week’s state semifinals.
Bishop Gorman will host Faith Lutheran to open the playoffs after running through its five Class 5A Desert League games by a combined score of 273-0.
Bishop Gorman has outscored its four Class 5A Desert League opponents 214-0 and will travel to Foothill looking to clinch the league championship.
Las Vegas edged Durango 10-7 on Friday to win the Class 4A Mountain League title and clinch a first-round bye in the playoffs.
Bishop Gorman shut out Legacy 62-0 last week and outscored its Class 5A Desert League opponents 165-0. The Gaels remain No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s 5A rankings.
Two high school games were canceled Friday — league games between Arbor View and Foothill and Chaparral and Sunrise Mountain — that could affect playoff chances and seeding.
This is the third game that has been canceled for Foothill and the first for Arbor View. The game probably would have decided second place in the Class 5A Desert League.
Bishop Gorman has outscored its two Desert League foes 103-0, remains atop the Review-Journal’s Class 5A football rankings.
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.