All-league football teams, as selected by coaches.
Desert Oasis
Las Vegas Review-Journal staffers make their picks for Week 5 of the high school football season.
Clark defensive back Isaiah Veal grabbed three interceptions, and the Chargers football team held Desert Oasis to 118 yards of total offense in their 36-0 home win on Friday.
Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2016 fall sports season and will be looking to defend this upcoming season.
A look at the Review-Journal’s Athletes of the Year from the fall season.
Numerous area football players have received early scholarship offers during the NCAA evaluation period that runs through May 31.
Follow the link for postseason football honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
The fifth annual Tarkanian Classic, which has become one of the nation’s preeminent holiday basketball events, opens Thursday with 12 showcase games at Bishop Gorman.
Four teams have locked up spots. Eight more remain alive for the other four spots, and the possibilities seem endless.
Dust off the bootleg T-shirts with the funny slogans, and get the trophies out of storage. It’s “Rivalry Week” across the valley.
Junior Jaden Mitchell rushed for 106 yards on 21 carries for Desert Oasis at home on Friday, including a 42-yard touchdown rush with 4:36 remaining in the fourth quarter to power the Diamondbacks past Clark.
Follow the link for postseason football honors, as selected by coaches. All-league, all-region and all-state teams will be posted as they are received.
“This (stuff) is TOO easy!” After seven weeks of prep football action, I am nailing 72 percent of my picks straight-up. Three of my losses this season came last week when I missed every play in my prop bet extravaganza. (#Karma Right, Durango fans?)
We’ve reached the unofficial halfway point of the prep football season, and I’m ready to hand out the Fieldies. My midseason awards usually include a free lunch and a T-shirt for the winners, but I’m saving money for a new pair of Jordans, so no dice this year.
Lost in the excitement last week of Rancho snapping its 30-game losing streak — for the record, that won’t be the only game the Rams win this season — Sunrise Mountain quietly reached a milestone of its own under second-year coach Chris Sawyers.
