Faith Lutheran junior running back Cale Breslin rushed for 217 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries in the Crusaders’ 37-0 win over Green Valley on Friday.
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Bishop Gorman scored off two early Liberty turnovers and never looked back in a home win in its Class 5A Division I league opener Thursday night.
Faith Lutheran’s Caden Chittenden hit a 57-yard field goal to tie the game in regulation, then the Crusaders stopped a 2-point conversion in overtime.
Class 5A experienced the biggest changes during the realignment process in the offseason, but one thing remains the same: Bishop Gorman’s dominance.
Only three of the 14 teams in the new Class 4A made the playoffs last season, and none of them earned a postseason victory.
Moapa Valley and SLAM Academy look like two of the favorites in Class 3A, but defending 2A state champion The Meadows is moving up to provide a potential challenge.
With reigning Class 2A state champion The Meadows moving up to 3A, teams are looking to chart their paths toward a title.
Class 1A football teams in the Central and South League are preparing for the upcoming season. Pahranagat Valley is the three-time defending state champion.
Quarterback Garyt Odom, the son of UNLV football coach Barry Odom, will play high school football at Faith Lutheran. He has nine Division I college football offers.
Greg Burrell rushed for 241 yards and four touchdowns on just 10 carries to lead Desert Pines to a 49-21 home win over Faith Lutheran on Friday.
Bishop Gorman quarterback Micah Alejado threw five touchdown passes as the Gaels rolled past Palo Verde 70-0 Friday night in a Class 5A Desert League game.
Silverado senior Donavyn Pellot, who could play a number of positions in college, is down to a final four of Pac-12 Conference football teams.
Desert Pines football coach Tico Rodriguez remains dedicated to inner-city youth. “We want to win, but we want to make them better men,” he said.
Pahranagat Valley lost 11 seniors off last year’s team, which won its second straight Class 1A state football title, but hopes its young team grows up quickly.
Liberty wide receiver Germie Bernard committed to Washington in the summer before his junior year. Bishop Gorman offensive lineman Jake Taylor gave his verbal pledge to Oklahoma in July.