Bishop Gorman was crowned the high school football national champion by MaxPreps on Monday, earning the school’s fourth mythical football national title.
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Bishop Gorman is the No. 1 high school football team in the country. The Gaels will play Liberty for the Class 5A Division I state title Tuesday at Allegiant Stadium.
Desert Oasis shut down Northern champion Bishop Manogue, and Bishop Gorman handled Damonte Ranch in the opening round of the Class 5A state baseball tournament.
Defending Class 4A state champion Bishop Gorman crushed Silverado to advance to the 4A state title game, and Cimarron-Memorial and Tech stayed alive.
It’s business as usual for the Bishop Gorman football team, which meets Bishop Manogue for the Class 5A state championship in Carson City.
Bishop Gorman and Liberty again are expected to win league championships and meet for a state championship game berth.
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Wide receiver Zachariah Branch leads a Bishop Gorman team that will face a difficult slate of out-of-state opponents during non-league play.
Basic upset favored Bishop Gorman twice last week to win the Class 5A Southern Region title. The Wolves will meet Bishop Manogue on Thursday in the state tournament.
Darrion Williams scored 15 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to spark Bishop Gorman past Liberty in the Class 5A Southern Region boys basketball championship game.
After two years of waiting for the Tarkanian Classic to return, Bishop Gorman wasted no time in showing it was ready to play Friday on its home floor.
Bishop Gorman scored on all seven of its possessions and added a defensive touchdown in a rout of McQueen on Thursday in the Class 5A state football championship game.
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).
Former Bishop Gorman High School football coach Kenny Sanchez was fired Friday after two games as coach at Menendez High in St. Augustine, Florida, according to reports.
Mwani Wilkinson scored 23 points, and his layup off a pass from Ryan Abelman with 1.8 seconds left lifted Bishop Gorman to a 61-59 win over Liberty.