The NIAA moved up its football schedule to begin games as early as Aug. 14, and state championship games will be completed before Thanksgiving.
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The Aggies (11-1) scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter and forced a turnover on downs near their own goal line in the waning seconds to clinch a 28-21 victory over Desert Pines.
The Mountain Lions accomplished that feat by exacting a bit of revenge in their Desert Region quarterfinal football matchup — a convincing 30-6 victory over visiting Green Valley.
Spring Valley 132-pounder Andres Garcia beat the Sunrise Region champion, the Sunset runner-up and last week’s Sunset Region champion to claim his first Class 4A state championship Friday at The Orleans Arena.
Mojave and Tawee Walker bested Virgin Valley and Jayden Perkins in a battle between two of the best in Class 3A, with Walker racking up 221 yards of offense and three touchdowns in the Rattlers’ 46-20 road victory over Virgin Valley on Thursday to send Mojave to the first state semifinal game in program history.
Chaparral’s football team won the “Cleat Game” for the third straight year with a 28-7 victory over Eldorado on Friday night.
No. 7 Bishop Gorman fell 24-20 to No. 15 Miami Central on Friday night, and lost quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson to an injury late in the fourth quarter.
Faith Lutheran’s baseball team rebounded in the Connie Mack 18U summer season to go 12-4 and roll into the state tournament that begins Monday.
