Bishop Gorman hosts Miami Central (Florida) in a national high school football showdown. “The Bone Game” between Rancho and Las Vegas High highlights the local schedule.
Schools
Bishop Gorman remained No. 1 in the Southern Nevada football rankings after a loss to defending national champion Mater Dei (California).
Silverado, the No. 1 Class 4A team in the Southern Nevada football rankings, will host a 5A opponent in Palo Verde after a bye last week.
Moapa Valley remains No. 1 in the Southern Nevada Class 3A football rankings, but faces a stiff test against Boulder City in one of two top-five matchups this week.
High school football practice throughout the valley begins Monday, with the first two days slated for heat acclimation and non-contact drills.
Liberty High football coach Rich Muraco said he was unaware of Bishop Sycamore’s dubious reputation when he scheduled the Ohio team to fill an Oct. 15 opening.
Bishop Gorman is loaded in the secondary, boasting four on the Review-Journal’s list of the five best defensive backs in the Las Vegas Valley.
The spring sports season was limited to six weeks, with some teams’ seasons even shorter because of COVID, but players and coaches were just happy to get back on the field.
Former Bishop Gorman High School defensive lineman Haskell Garrett, a senior at Ohio State, was released from a hospital Monday after being shot early Sunday in Columbus, Ohio.
The Liberty football team overcame an 0-5 start to win its final 10 games and first state title to earn the Review-Journal’s Nevada Preps Team of the Year award.
The Northeast League title is on the line when Desert Pines travels to meet Las Vegas, and the regular season will wrap up in the Southweast and Southeast leagues.
Desert Oasis needs a win and help to reach the postseason from the Southwest League. Foothill and Chaparral will decide the Southeast’s situation on the field.
Bishop Gorman falls to St. Louis 31-19 in a battle of top-15 teams nationally, while Liberty can’t hold on to early lead in a 34-22 defeat against Mililani.
The Meadows coach Jack Concannon said Friday’s game, the school’s first eight-man football home game since 1995, meant a lot, if nothing else, as proof of concept.
Orem (Utah) scored four first-quarter touchdowns on Friday night and rolled to a 41-14 home victory over ninth-ranked Canyon Springs.
