Silverado returns many of its top players after a season in which it went 12-0, won the Class 4A state championship and outscored its opponents 628-128.
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Silverado primarily had been a running team, but quarterback Brandon Tunnell led an offense that threw more last year en route to the Class 4A state title.
Silverado has a talented group of returning players from last year’s team that went 12-0 and cruised to its first state championship.
Two players — Liberty’s Saco Alofipo (Utah State) and Faith Lutheran’s Jordan Pollard (San Jose State) — signed with Football Bowl Subdivision schools Wednesday.
Silverado routed Shadow Ridge on Thursday in the Class 4A state football championship game at Allegiant Stadium. The Skyhawks finished the season 12-0.
Silverado, which has outscored its opponents 567-101, will meet Shadow Ridge at 3:40 p.m. Thursday at Allegiant Stadium in the Class 4A football state championship game.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association announced game times for four state football championship games that will be played Thursday at Allegiant Stadium.
Brandon Tunnell ran for three touchdowns, and Silverado pulled away in the second half for a 42-7 win over Coronado in the Class 4A state semifinals.
Parking spots will be scarce when Liberty plays at Bishop Gorman in Southern Nevada’s high school football game of the year.
The Sky League championship afforded Coronado, along with Desert League champion Silverado, Mountain League champion Las Vegas and Sky League second-place Shadow Ridge, a needed bye week.
The top four teams in Class 4A — Silverado, Coronado, Las Vegas and Shadow Ridge — have byes this week in the first round of the playoffs.
Caden Harris rushed for 242 yards and scored three touchdowns, and Silverado found the end zone every time it had the ball in a 76-20 victory over Desert Oasis.
Silverado, which has shut out its last two opponents, will host Desert Oasis on Friday. The winner will claim the Class 4A Desert League title.
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.
Silverado remains No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s Class 4A rankings, but Coronado made a leap from No. 5 to No. 2 after beating last week’s No. 2 Shadow Ridge.