We’ve reached the unofficial halfway point of the prep football season, and I’m ready to hand out the Fieldies. My midseason awards usually include a free lunch and a T-shirt for the winners, but I’m saving money for a new pair of Jordans, so no dice this year.
Nevada Prep football rankings
The Arbor View football program has become known in recent seasons for churning out talented offensive linemen. Senior Keenen King is the latest college prospect off the Aggies’ assembly line.
Bishop Gorman’s offensive miscues and penalties allowed Servite (Calif.) to hang around with the nation’s No. 1 team for quite a while on Friday night.
Before the football season, Bishop Gorman running back Biaggio Ali Walsh might have been best known for being the grandson of Muhammad Ali. Four weeks into the season, Walsh has made his own name.
I have been pretty rough on Silverado over the years. The Skyhawks have been the punch line numerous times in this space. But in honor of Yom Kippur this week, it’s time to atone for my mistakes. Here goes (clears throat): I’m sorry, Skyhawks.
When Anthony Smith was diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament last month, the senior for Desert Pines’ football team worried college coaches would pull his scholarship offers. In fact, Smith was so concerned that he briefly considered not even telling recruiters about the injury.
Bishop Gorman has defeated some of Southern California’s top prep football teams in the past five years. The Gaels added historic Long Beach Poly to their list of victims Friday.
If you saw me at school this week, you probably noticed the huge smile on my face and the extra bounce in my step. No, I didn’t get a date for homecoming yet, but I’m still feeling quite chipper. That’s what happens when you correctly predict seven out of eight prep football games like I did last week.
Biaggio Ali Walsh ran for 164 yards and two touchdowns Friday as Bishop Gorman’s football team rolled to a 35-7 win over host Bellevue (Wash.)
Lost in the excitement last week of Rancho snapping its 30-game losing streak — for the record, that won’t be the only game the Rams win this season — Sunrise Mountain quietly reached a milestone of its own under second-year coach Chris Sawyers.
Greg Rogers still is learning the ins and outs of recruiting, so the standout defensive lineman from Centennial didn’t know that college coaches could begin contacting him and other members of the class of 2017 on Sept. 1. Luckily, Rogers found out just before his inbox was flooded.
