Bishop Gorman dominated from the start Friday night in its Desert League opener against Arbor View. The Gaels were coming off a stunning defeat a week earlier.
Football
League play begins for Class 5A, 4A and 3A high school football teams this week, which means the playoff picture will come into focus in the next five weeks.
The cancellation of nonleague games wasn’t expected to impact varsity football, but playing freshman and JV games on Saturdays will be a burden, Centennial’s Dustin Forshee said.
Moapa Valley has scored at least 42 points in each of its four games and outscored opponents 190-32 overall to stay atop the Review-Journal’s Class 3A rankings.
Silverado overcame a tough test from Coronado by scoring the game’s final 22 points in a 32-14 win to remain No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s Class 4A football rankings.
Bishop Gorman remains No. 1 in the Review Journal’s football rankings despite a last-minute collapse and 25-24 loss to Hamilton (Arizona) last week.
Bishop Gorman’s chance to win the national championship is over after last week’s loss to Hamilton (Arizona), but the Gaels’ chance to defeat Arbor View is still pretty good.
The Clark County School District is making changes to the fall sports schedule, including canceling nonleague games, because of lack of “transportation resources.”
Bishop Gorman, ranked seventh in the nation by USA Today, has only itself to blame after allowing 18 points in the final 65 seconds in a loss to No. 24 Hamilton (Arizona).
Bishop Gorman, ranked seventh in the nation by USA Today, allowed 18 consecutive points in the final 1:05 and lost to 24th-ranked Hamilton on Friday in Chandler, Arizona.
Check out the top five performances and scores from Friday’s high school football action.
Kyle Holmes found Logan Clogston in the left corner of the end zone on an ad-libbed 2-point conversion play, lifting Arbor View to a dramatic victory over Desert Pines.
Silverado hadn’t trailed all season, but had to come from behind against Coronado on Friday night. The Skyhawks rushed for 258 yards and scored the final 22 points.
No. 7 Bishop Gorman will meet No. 24 Hamilton (Arizona) on Friday night on ESPNU. A Gorman win would mean its first sweep of out-of-state games since 2016.
Freshman linebacker Christian Thatcher is among three young players from Arbor View High School who already have received college scholarship offers.