With three weeks left in the regular season, high school football teams are preparing to make a playoff run and compete for a state championship.
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Arbor View’s Israel Mann and Rickey Jones, Legacy’s Lee Wilson and BJ Phillips, and Bishop Gorman’s Mark Person and James Petrie will play at Southwest Minnesota State.
Here are the preps athletes who signed for national signing day on Wednesday or during the fall.
Riley Schwartz took over for the Crusaders, and he threw for two touchdowns and rushed for one Friday to help Faith Lutheran to a 35-0 win over Cimarron-Memorial.
Austin Pfeifer’s three-run double in the bottom of the sixth broke a 4-4 tie and lifted Arbor View’s baseball team to a 7-4 home win over Palo Verde on Thursday.
Jaden Hardy led all scorers with 34 points to power the Coronado boys basketball team to an 87-81 road victory over Foothill in a key Southeast League game.
Autumn Westmoreland had 14 points on Monday to lead Arbor View’s girls basketball geam to a 55-51 road win over Legacy.
Kevin Clark hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning Friday to lift Liberty’s baseball team to a 6-4 road victory over Las Vegas in the completion of a game suspended on March 9.
James Camp scored on a layup with six seconds remaining Thursday to give Palo Verde’s boys basketball team a 56-55 victory over host Arbor View.
Justice Ethridge scored 15 points Thursday to lead the Centennial girls basketball team to an easy 65-21 home win over Legacy. It was Centennial coach Karen Weitz’s 600th career win.
Green Valley’s Omar Rubio was tops among local runners and his performance helped lift the Gators to a second-place team finish in the Class 4A state cross country meet at Craig Ranch Regional Park.
A shoe falling off and a down day from its best runner dropped Centennial to second place at the Class 4A state cross country meet Saturday at Craig Ranch Park.
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.
A look at some of the top performances for the week of Sept. 26 to Oct. 1.
Manny Jahuey scored his third goal of the match with one minute to play Monday to help Silverado’s boys soccer team earn a 3-3 tie with visiting Cheyenne.