Seven-time defending state champion Bishop Gorman and Liberty meet Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium in a rematch of last year’s Division I (now Class 4A) state title game that Gorman won 62-21.
Football
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.
Here is a look at some of this week’s top high school sports events.
Arbor View (10-1) will get another shot at seven-time defending state champion Bishop Gorman (13-0) in the region title game at 1 p.m. Saturday at Arbor View. The winner advances to the Class 4A state championship Dec. 3.
Four teams — Arbor View, Bishop Gorman, Damonte Ranch and Liberty — get to practice in the morning and then stuff their bellies with turkey, green bean casserole and pumpkin pie before the Class 4A state semifinals.
Damonte Ranch (12-1) unseated powerhouse Reed last week to capture its first Class 4A Northern Region title and takes on Liberty in the state semifinals at 1:15 p.m. Saturday at McQueen High in Reno.
Pahranagat Valley fell to Spring Mountain, 68-46, in the Class 1A state championship game on Saturday afternoon, ending their eight-man record 104-game winning streak.
Arbor View’s Nick Stevenson dropped Legacy receiver Marquell Evans for a 7-yard loss during a goal-line stand early in the third quarter, and the host Aggies went on to a 26-14 victory over rival Legacy.
The Basic secondary faces its biggest test when the Wolves (8-3) travel to Liberty (10-1) in the Sunrise Region championship game at 7 p.m. Friday.
The Desert Pines defense, which hasn’t given up more than seven points in a game in more than a month, will look to continue its dominance Saturday when the Jaguars (11-1) face Spring Creek (11-0) in the Class 3A state title game at 1 p.m. at Bishop Gorman.
Three title games involving Southern Nevada teams are on the docket. Basic and Liberty meet in the Class 4A Sunrise Region title game Friday for the third straight season, and the Class 3A and Class 1A finals are Saturday afternoon.
Christian Marshall returned to running back after being injured in a season-opening loss and will carry a streak of five consecutive games with at least 100 rushing yards into Friday’s Class 4A Sunset Region semifinal against top-ranked Bishop Gorman.
Sophomore Tyler Williamson, making his first varsity start, threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score as the Jaguars rolled to a 56-7 win over visiting South Tahoe in the Class 3A state semifinals.
Yerington scored 20 second-half points Saturday to defeat host Lincoln County 28-8 in the Class 2A state football semifinals.
The Cowboys turned the ball over five times in the first half as Spring Creek rolled to a 36-7 home victory.
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