Fourth-seeded Green Valley and No. 3 Faith Lutheran pulled off a pair of road upsets Friday night to advance to the Class 5A Division II Southern League final.
Football
Bishop Gorman junior offensive lineman Doug Utu and SJ Alofaituli are fielding offers from some of the most prominent college football programs.
Liberty (5A), Canyon Springs (4A) and Pahrump Valley (3A) are No. 2 in the Review-Journal’s football rankings. Also included are rankings for soccer and girls volleyball.
In the Class 4A state semifinals, Las Vegas High will get a rematch with Shadow Ridge. Silverado and Coronado will face off in the other semifinal.
Check out the top five performances and scores from Friday’s high school football and girls soccer action, including a big night for a Coronado quarterback and receiver.
Bishop Gorman dominated the second half to earn a 41-3 home victory over Desert Pines in a Class 5A Southern Region semifinal Friday.
The Patriots’ defense held Arbor View without a touchdown in physical 24-9 victory Friday in a Class 5A Southern Region semifinal at Liberty.
Silverado senior running back Caden Harris ruhed 15 times for 252 yards and three touchdowns against Cimarron-Memorial.
The Sky League championship afforded Coronado, along with Desert League champion Silverado, Mountain League champion Las Vegas and Sky League second-place Shadow Ridge, a needed bye week.
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.
Sophomore Micah Alejado led Bishop Gorman on an 80-yard TD march in the fourth quarter, and Miami Central’s last-second field goal missed as the Gaels won 21-20.
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.
Jordan Pollard ran for two touchdowns, Rylan Walter threw for two, and Faith Lutheran scored the final 24 points to pull away from Damonte Ranch on Friday night.
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.
Bishop Gorman had several Division I signees who had to decide whether they would play in the spring football season — and risk an injury — before leaving for college.