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Football
The fifth annual Tarkanian Classic, which has become one of the nation’s preeminent holiday basketball events, opens Thursday with 12 showcase games at Bishop Gorman.
The 14-team Legacy Tip-Off Classic boys basketball tournament, featuring nine local teams, begins at 4 p.m. on Thursday. The championship game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. All games will be held at Legacy High.
This is the final week of the regular season in the Class 4A Sunset Region, and the playoff picture looks like my 4-year-old cousin’s finger-painting. It’s a complete mess.
Four teams have locked up spots. Eight more remain alive for the other four spots, and the possibilities seem endless.
Centennial quarterback Jamaal Evans led an attack that scored eight times on its first nine possessions Thursday and never punted in the game to take down visiting Faith Lutheran, 55-14.
I have my white Vans all cleaned up for my “Damn, Daniel” Halloween costume. But first, it’s my favorite week of the prep football season.
Shadow Ridge, so long bullied by Northwest League foe Centennial, was able to make things different at home Friday. An unstoppable Mustangs offense led the team to a 61-46 victory, Shadow Ridge’s first over the Bulldogs in 11 years.
Dust off the bootleg T-shirts with the funny slogans, and get the trophies out of storage. It’s “Rivalry Week” across the valley.
While the Aggies piled up 251 yards on the ground, their senior quarterback made some of the team’s best plays. Bollinger passed for 157 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for another score in No. 3 Arbor View’s 28-7 victory over Centennial.
Maybe Bishop Gorman didn’t play the best team in California, or the best team in Florida, or the best team in Texas. But the Gaels played more good teams than anybody else, and that’s all that matters when it comes to prep football rankings.
Here is the latest Southern Nevada football coaches poll.
Shadow Ridge junior Aubrey Nellems sat out last Friday’s 45-6 loss to Arbor View for religious reasons.
It’s the unofficial halfway point of the prep football season, and that means it’s time to give out the Fieldies.
Here is the latest Southern Nevada football coaches poll.