RECRUITING: Two local football players commit to Mountain West
By DAVID SCHOEN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Centennial wide receiver Savon Scarver (11) stiff-arms Arbor View linebacker Bishop Jones while rushing in the redzone during their prep football game at Arbor View High in Las Vegas Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015. Josh Holmberg/Las Vegas Review Journal
Centennial’s Savon Scarver (11) makes a long catch against Las Vegas in their football game at Las Vegas High School on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, in Las Vegas. Las Vegas won 24-21. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco
Centennial’s Savon Scarver (11) celebrates his touchdown catch against Las Vegas in their football game at Las Vegas High School on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, in Las Vegas. Las Vegas won 24-21. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco
Bishop Gorman receiver Austin Arnold (6) stiff arms Kahuku’s Kesi Ah Hoy (26) during the Bishop Gorman High School Kahuku High School game at Bishop Gorman in Summerlin on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto
Centennial’s Savon Scarver (11) makes a catch which he ran for a touchdown against Las Vegas in their football game at Las Vegas High School on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, in Las Vegas. Las Vegas won 24-21. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco
Centennial Bulldogs receiver Savon Scarver (11) runs with the ball against the Liberty Patriots at Carol Leavitt Stadium at Centennial High School in Las Vegas on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Liberty Patriots center back Jake Dedeaux (11) grabs Centennial Bulldogs receiver Savon Scarver (11) as he runs with the ball at Carol Leavitt Stadium in Las Vegas on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Centennial Bulldogs receiver Savon Scarver (11) runs with the ball against the Liberty Patriots at Carol Leavitt Stadium at Centennial High School in Las Vegas on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Bishop Gorman receiver Austin Arnold looks for running room after catching a flea-flicker pass for a first down against Faith Lutheran in the first half of their prep football game at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 18, 2016. Josh Holmberg/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Bishop Gorman safety Austin Arnold catches a flea-flicker pass for a first down against Faith Lutheran in the first half of their prep football game at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 18, 2016. Josh Holmberg/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Bishop Gorman’s Austin Arnold (6) and Dorian Thompson-Robinson celebrate a touchdown against Palo Verde during the first half of a high school football game at Bishop Gorman High School, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, in Las Vegas. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @davidjaybecker
Bishop Gorman wide receiver Austin Arnold scores a touchdown against Sierra Vista in the first half of their prep football game at Sierra Vista High School in Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. Gorman defeated Sierra Vista 56-7. Josh Holmberg/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Bishop Gorman’s Austin Arnold (6) breaks a tackle from Reed’s Dylan Morell (4) allowing him to score during the first half of the NIAA Nevada State High School Division I Championships game at Damonte Ranch High School on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 in Reno, Nev.(Photo by Kevin Clifford/Special to the Review-Journal)
Two local prep football players made oral commitments Sunday, as Centennial wide receiver Savon Scarver selected Utah State and Bishop Gorman athlete Austin Arnold chose UNR.
The commitments are nonbinding, and the first day Scarver and Arnold can sign a letter of intent is Feb. 1. Utah State’s and UNR’s coaches cannot comment until that time.
Scarver, who made an official visit to Utah State this weekend, is the second player from Centennial to commit to the Aggies for the class of 2017 joining Jamaal Evans.
The 6-foot, 175-pound Scarver was a second-team all-state selection as a senior when he caught 43 passes for 946 yards and eight touchdowns to go along with two rushing TDs and a return score. He made the All-Northwest League first team at wide receiver.
Scarver, a native of Columbus, Ohio, also is a standout track performer. He was named the Review-Journal’s Boys Athlete of the Year for track and field as a junior after he set the Division I state-meet record in the 300-meter hurdles (37.83 seconds) and placed second in two other individual events.
Scarver had eight known scholarship offers and chose the Aggies over a handful of other Mountain West schools, including UNLV.
Arnold was a first-team All-Southwest League pick as an athlete as a senior and finished as Gorman’s fourth-leading receiver with 18 catches for 299 yards and eight touchdowns. Arnold also had six tackles, an interception and a sack on defense.
UNR was the lone known scholarship offer for the 5-11, 190-pound Arnold.
