Jon Wilson ran for 161 yards and two touchdowns on only three carries, and Shadow Ridge scored 29 consecutive points to run away from Durango on Thursday night.
Nevada Preps
Bishop Gorman and Liberty again are expected to win league championships and meet for a state championship game berth.
Class 5A football has been dominated by Bishop Gorman and Liberty in recent years, but Arbor View, Desert Pines and others are trying to close the gap.
Check out the top five games and complete schedule for Week 1 of the high school football season.
Wide receiver Zachariah Branch leads a Bishop Gorman team that will face a difficult slate of out-of-state opponents during non-league play.
Bishop Gorman has won three consecutive girls state volleyball championships and four of the past five in Nevada’s highest classification.
Silverado cruised to the Class 4A state football championship last season, but coach Andy Ostolaza expects a more difficult path to the title this year.
Silverado returns many of its top players after a season in which it went 12-0, won the Class 4A state championship and outscored its opponents 628-128.
Silverado primarily had been a running team, but quarterback Brandon Tunnell led an offense that threw more last year en route to the Class 4A state title.
Moapa Valley lost a deep and talented senior class after last year’s 12-0 season and state championship but is still No. 1 to open the season.
Bishop Gorman begins the season No. 1 in the Class 5A rankings and will embark on a difficult slate of nonleague games against out-of-state foes beginning Friday.
Silverado has a talented group of returning players from last year’s team that went 12-0 and cruised to its first state championship.
Trinity Buchanan, Xayla Black and Milan Cordone return to lead a talented Coronado team that has its sights set on a second straight Class 5A state championship.
Moapa Valley and Virgin Valley have established themselves as the top programs in the Class 3A Southern Region, but charter and inner-city schools are improving.
Moapa Valley doesn’t have much varsity experience back after a senior-laden team ran to an undefeated season and the Class 3A state championship last year.
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Class 5A football teams set sights on Bishop Gorman, Liberty
Class 5A football rankings: Bishop Gorman opens No. 1
Branch ignites Bishop Gorman offense, electrifies crowds
Defending 4A champion Silverado favored, but competition stiffer
Nevada Preps: Top 5 football games, schedule for Week 1
Liberty only beat Bishop Gorman once in four tries, but it came in an overtime classic that netted the Patriots their first boys basketball state championship.
Liberty’s Joshua Jefferson averaged 17.7 points and 10 rebounds in his senior season and led the Patriots to the Class 5A state title with an upset win over Bishop Gorman.
Centennial’s Zoey Bonds won four events at the Class 5A state track and field meet and also was a setter and captain on the volleyball team, which finished second at state.
The incoming Southern California freshman and survivor of a house party shooting has graduated from Spring Valley High School.
