The new Class 4A has four teams that separated themselves in the regular season, but all the teams are excited about the chance with Bishop Gorman and Liberty now in 5A.
Football
Moapa Valley and Pahrump Valley earned byes to open the Class 3A football playoffs, while Virgin Valley and SLAM Nevada will host first-round games.
The top four teams in Class 4A — Silverado, Coronado, Las Vegas and Shadow Ridge — have byes this week in the first round of the playoffs.
Bishop Gorman will host Faith Lutheran to open the playoffs after running through its five Class 5A Desert League games by a combined score of 273-0.
The objective now, or sometime in the future, at Faith Lutheran is to become competitive with Bishop Gorman and Liberty in Southern Nevada’s newly minted Class 5A.
After rallying for a 22-21 victory in the regular season, Arbor View will meet Desert Pines again in the Class 5A football playoffs Thursday night.
Brandon Tunnell threw for 253 yards and three touchdowns in a 50-29 win over Shadow Ridge in a battle of early Class 4A state championship favorites.
Nine high school football games have been canceled for various reasons, including COVID concerns, brush fires and a shortage of eligible players.
The Patriots made changes in the lines and secondary, and they inserted Daniel Britt at quarterback. They’re 8-0 since, including Friday’s 30-24 win over Bishop Gorman.
Jordan Smith caught a 95-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter and ran for a 55-yarder in the fourth in the Bulldogs’ 17-14 road victory over the Aggies on Friday.
Longhorns defensive coordinator A.J. Lewis challenged his players at halftime and reminded them of the three ingredients he instills every game: calm down, focus and play their game.
The Jaguars’ Darrien Stewart returned the opening kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown, and Darnell Washington had six receptions for 127 yards and two touchdowns.
In a now-deleted Facebook post, an ex-Clark County School District student said he was “shooting up” a football game at Legacy High School, according to his arrest report.
Valley quarterback Jarrett Zibert completed 9 of 16 passes for 355 yards and five touchdowns and added a 36-yard scoring run in a 46-3 road victory.
Bishop Gorman’s Treven Ma’ae comes in at No. 1 on our list of Southern Nevada’s top defensive players.
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