Green Valley upset top-seeded and league champion Basic behind three touchdowns from wide receiver Ben Byington in a 5A Division II Southern League semifinal.
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Coronado avenged a regular-season loss to Desert Pines by rolling the Jaguars in the Class 5A Division I state quarterfinals. Bishop Gorman awaits.
Bishop Gorman only had one first-half possession and led by four points at halftime at Shadow Ridge on Friday night.
Only three of the 14 teams in the new Class 4A made the playoffs last season, and none of them earned a postseason victory.
Silverado returns many of its top players after a season in which it went 12-0, won the Class 4A state championship and outscored its opponents 628-128.
Desert Pines will host Mojave at 7 p.m. Friday in the first installment of the Air Space Showdown.
Canyon Springs got off to an 0-6 start against a difficult schedule, but the Pioneers enter the Mountain Region playoffs with confidence after three straight wins.
Garrett Castro threw a 6-yard touchdown pass, and Hector Barrios-Baez knocked home the game-winning extra point for Green Valley in a 24-23 win over Foothill.
Chaparral’s Dennis Perez make field goals of 24 and 33 yards in the game’s final three minutes, and the Cowboys claimed a 6-3 Southeast League victory over Basic.
Marrion Macklin-Thomas ran for 163 yards and three touchdowns, and the Shadow Ridge defense forced four second-half turnovers in a road victory.
The 11-game regular-season television schedule was released Friday afternoon. All games will air live at 7 p.m. each Thursday on KVMY (My LV TV).
Virgin Valley three-sport athlete Jayden Perkins won the Male Athlete of the Year
Mojave scored the go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter to beat Chaparral in the first round of the Class 3A Southern Regional playoffs.