Only three of the 14 teams in the new Class 4A made the playoffs last season, and none of them earned a postseason victory.
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Desert Pines scored five touchdowns in the final 6:48 of the first half to break open the game, and Canyon Springs finished with minus-30 yards of offense.
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Bishop Gorman and Liberty again are expected to win league championships and meet for a state championship game berth.
Coronado trailed by as many as 10 in the fourth quarter but rallied to beat Canyon Springs in the Class 5A Southern Region quarterfinals.
Two players — Liberty’s Saco Alofipo (Utah State) and Faith Lutheran’s Jordan Pollard (San Jose State) — signed with Football Bowl Subdivision schools Wednesday.
Clark has been removed from the Class 4A football playoffs for use of two ineligible players in last week’s 30-0 win over Spring Valley.
Las Vegas edged Durango 10-7 on Friday to win the Class 4A Mountain League title and clinch a first-round bye in the playoffs.
Cameron Paul threw three touchdown passes to complement a stingy defense that carried Foothill, which has had three games canceled by COVID, to a victory at Canyon Springs.
Two high school games were canceled Friday — league games between Arbor View and Foothill and Chaparral and Sunrise Mountain — that could affect playoff chances and seeding.