Bishop Gorman is No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s Southern Nevada Class 5A football rankings after rolling past fellow national power St. Louis (Hawaii).
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The Bishop Manogue-Bishop Gorman game scheduled for Friday at Gorman has been canceled because of wildfires that have prevented some northern teams from practicing outside.
Running back Cam Barfield scored five touchdowns to lead the Gaels to a 42-21 victory at Fertitta Field on the Bishop Gorman campus.
Bishop Gorman hosts fellow national power St. Louis (Hawaii) to open the season, hoping to get payback after the Crusaders beat the Gaels 31-19 in 2019.
Eight of the 11 teams that make up Class 5A won at least one playoff game in 2019, and all of them reached the postseason.
Southern Nevada’s top 11 football programs reside in the new Class 5A, but Bishop Gorman and Liberty stand head and shoulders above the rest.
Faith Lutheran finished 23-0-1 to win its first girls state soccer championship in 2019, but a new Class 5A full of perennial powers will make a repeat difficult.
Las Vegas Valley high schools would be smart to control what they can control and not be intimidated when facing mighty Bishop Gorman.
Bishop Gorman doubles down on athletic success and becomes a national power after moving to a new campus in 2007.
Three years after losing 84-8 in state championship game, Liberty became the first Nevada school to beat Bishop Gorman in football since 2008.
For those who rose to Bishop Gorman’s level, there was nothing sweeter than beating, competing against the Gaels.
Former Gaels coaches recall when the school’s sports facilities and won-loss record still were modest.
Paul Sewald of the Seattle Mariners, who played on Bishop Gorman’s first state championship baseball team, says his loyalty to the school has no bounds.
Regardless of how one perceives Bishop Gorman’s success, what it has accomplished in high schol sports will be part of a fascinating and most likely continuing legacy.
The result disappointed Vashti Cunningham, but her father Randall is encouraged by her improvement from a 13th-place finish at the 2016 Olympics.