High school football teams will have more players available after a temporary rule allowed students to become eligible after a three-week grade check.
Jovantae Barnes ran for 139 yards and four touchdowns to help Desert Pines beat Palo Verde 38-13 in the first-ever Class 5A game for both teams.
Five players who helped lead the Patriots to their first state championship last fall signed to play in college Wednesday.
The Clark County School District is expected to install artificial turf on 29 football fields by the end of the 2020-21 school year. Construction will be done in three phases.
Wednesday was declared “Brandon Marshall Day” by the city of North Las Vegas in honor of the linebacker who played at Cimarron-Memorial High School and later at UNR and in the NFL.
Here is the 2019 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada football team.
Daniel Britt threw four touchdown passes and ran for one as the Patriots rolled to the Desert Region semis. Bishop Gorman domainated Coronado 52-7.
Bishop Gorman, Green Valley, Liberty and Silverado hosting first-round games. Arbor View and Palo Verde meet with a Mountain Region home playoff game on the line.
Centennial needs a win over a Cimarron-Memorial team that is out of the playoff race to claim its first league title since 2002 and the No. 1 seed in the Northwest League.
Garrett Castro threw a 6-yard touchdown pass, and Hector Barrios-Baez knocked home the game-winning extra point for Green Valley in a 24-23 win over Foothill.
State championships: 1999, 1998
Recent state runner-up finishes: 1997
Region championships: 2005
Recent league championships: 2006, 2005, 2000, 1999, 1997
Last 12 seasons
2019: 4-6 (1-5 Northwest/sixth)
2018: 3-7 (1-5 Northwest/sixth)
2017: 3-5 (1-5 Northwest/tied sixth)
2016: 1-8 (0-6 Northwest/seventh)
2015: 2-8 (1-3 Northwest/fourth)
2014: 4-6 (2-2 Northwest/third)
2013: 6-4 (2-3 Southwest/fourth)
2012: 3-6 (1-4 Southwest/tied fifth)
2011: 6-4 (4-4 Northwest/fifth)
2010: 4-6 (4-4 Northwest/fifth)
2009: 9-3 (6-2 Northwest/third)
2008: 7-5 (5-2 Northwest/third)
Recent head coaches
Shane Kanie (2019- ): 4-6, 1 season
Kory Walker (2017-18): 6-12, 2 seasons
David Snyder (2015-16): 3-15, 2 seasons
John Parcells (2011-15): 19-21, 4 seasons + first game of 2015
Rod Vollan (2008-10): 20-14, 3 seasons
Ron Smeltzer (2003-07): 39-16, 5 seasons
Frank DeSantis (2002): 5-6, 1 season
Gary Maki (2001): record unavailable, 1 season