Las Vegas starts slowly before routing Rancho

Las Vegas High overcame a slow start Thursday night to rout visiting Rancho 44-0 in the 53rd annual Bone Game.

Hasaan Henderson threw three touchdown passes and Farrell Victor rushed for 170 yards to lead the Wildcats.

Sixth-ranked Las Vegas (8-1) finished 6-0 in the Northeast League and will play at home in next week's Sunrise Region quarterfinals.

The Wildcats went nearly the entire first quarter without scoring before Henderson found a wide open Saveon Butler for a 14-yard touchdown pass with 1:25 left in the quarter.

Mike Flores had a 30-yard field goal, and Victor scored on a 1-yard run to put the Wildcats up 17-0 at the half.

"That's not good," Las Vegas coach Chris Faircloth said of the slow start. "We should be playing better at this time of the year. But it's always a struggle with Rancho. We expected that."

Henderson had second-half touchdown passes of 27 yards to Cameron Rogers and 48 yards to Maotoi Pearson. Henderson finished 10-for-18 passing for 171 yards.

Rogers added an 18-yard TD run, and Michael Glenn scored on a 17-yard run in the fourth quarter to complete the scoring for the Wildcats, who gained 330 yards rushing.

"Rancho's always a rival," Faircloth said. "They're very well coached, and they played their hearts out."

Dallas Carter rushed for 72 yards to lead Rancho (2-8, 2-4).

• Sunrise Mountain 13, Virgin Valley JV 12 -- At Sunrise Mountain, Cody Trapp caught a 60-yard touchdown pass with 4:41 left in the third quarter to tie the score at 12 and kicked the decisive extra point to lead the Miners (2-8) past Virgin Valley's junior varsity.

A'Keem Ross rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown for Sunrise Mountain.

Virgin Valley's Nolan Tanner completed a 35-yard TD pass to Abdul Ojeda and rushed for a 2-yard score to give the Bulldogs a 12-6 lead at the half.

-- Kevin Klein