Micah Alejado threw for two touchdowns and ran for one, and the Bishop Gorman defense allowed 19 total yards in a victory over Faith Lutheran on Thursday night.
Football
Desert Pines scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to run away from Faith Lutheran for a 35-14 road win Friday night.
Liberty was missing about 40 players because of COVID protocols, but because the Patriots have so many players out for football, they were able to play the game.
Brody Clark rushed for 143 yards and a touchdown to help Liberty open Class 5A Mountain League play with a victory over Faith Lutheran on Friday night.
Bishop Gorman, ranked seventh in the nation by USA Today, has only itself to blame after allowing 18 points in the final 65 seconds in a loss to No. 24 Hamilton (Arizona).
It was only two years ago that Centennial played for a state championship. The rebuilding Bulldogs picked up their first win, 9-8 over Legacy on Friday.
Bishop Gorman is No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s Southern Nevada Class 5A football rankings after rolling past fellow national power St. Louis (Hawaii).
Eight of the 11 teams that make up Class 5A won at least one playoff game in 2019, and all of them reached the postseason.
Brayden Bayne helped Centennial to the 2019 Class 4A state championship game with 63 points as a kicker and a 36.5-yard average as a punter.
Bishop Gorman senior tackle Jake Taylor is the top offensive lineman in the valley. He started for the Gaels in 2019 and has committed to Oklahoma.
Marcos Canales ran for 162 yards and two touchdowns, and the Faith Lutheran defense limited SLAM! Nevada to 75 total yards in a 39-0 win.
Freshman quarterback Micah Alejado threw for 228 yards and four touchdowns in Bishop Gorman’s 43-0 win over Faith Lutheran.
Quarterback Grant Wood threw four touchdown passes, and Faith Lutheran cruised to a home victory over Virgin Valley on Friday night.
Virgin Valley hopes to overcome its late start to the season after the school began a hybrid learning model this month. The Bulldogs open Friday at Faith Lutheran.
Faith Lutheran scored two long touchdowns in the first quarter and never looked back in a 41-20 win over Moapa Valley to open the spring season.