Jovantae Barnes ran for 139 yards and four touchdowns to help Desert Pines beat Palo Verde 38-13 in the first-ever Class 5A game for both teams.
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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.
Faith Lutheran finished 23-0-1 to win its first girls state soccer championship in 2019, but a new Class 5A full of perennial powers will make a repeat difficult.
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.
Monday was the first day of high school football practice in Southern Nevada, but Centennial has been sidelined for 10 days after a positive COVID case in the program.
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