HORACE LANGFORD JR. / PVT Vandale Wright scored three touchdowns, one on an intercepted pass, as Pahrump Valley rallied from a 30-6 deficit to defeat Yucca Valley, Calif., 34-30, Friday on the Trojans' field. HORACE LANGFORD JR. / PVT The Pahrump Valley defense shut down Yucca Valley in the fourth quarter, getting one touchdown on Vandale Wright's 34-yard interception return, and setting up three PVHS touchdown drives, including a 67-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Travis Ott to Wright with 1:48 left in the game. NEXT: Legacy Longhorns, 1-2 Coach: Dave Snyder, first year 2005 record: First year. Top preseason players: C Domenique Sauiva (Freshman, 5-11, 220); WR/DB Rakieem Salaam (junior, 6-feet, 155) OUTLOOK: The Longhorns will play an independent schedule this season, taking on all five Southern Nevada Class 3-A League teams, as well as Class 2-A Las Vegas The Meadows and 1-A Needles, Calif., along with the junior varsity team from state Class 4-A champion Las Vegas. Snyder has gone up against Pahrump Valley before in a similar situation. In 2004, Snyder coached first-year school Canyon Springs; that team lost to Pahrump Valley, 43-14, as the Trojans outscored the Pioneers 35-6 in the second half. Schedule: L 14-15, at The Meadows W, 19-7, Las Vegas JVs L, 6-34, vs. Needles, Calif. FRIDAY -- At Pahrump Valley, 7 p.m. Oct. 6 -- Boulder City, 7 p.m. Oct. 13 -- Overton Moapa Valley, 7 p.m. Oct. 20 -- At Mesquite Virgin Valley, 7 p.m. Oct. 26 -- At Las Vegas Faith Lutheran, 7 p.m. Advertisement

The highlights of Pahrump Valley's 34-30, come-from-way-behind victory against Yucca Valley, Calif., will remain one of the major memories for the players, coaches, fans, and plain old fans who were at the exciting, down-to-the-wire high school football games Friday night.

Pahrump Valley pulled off the biggest numerical comeback in its 34-year football history, rallying from a 30-6 fourth-quarter deficit to score 28 points in 9 1/2 minutes and beat visiting the visiting Californians in a non-league game for its first win under new coach Brian Hug.

Those plays to remember ...

The Trojans (1-3) trailed 30-6 before senior wideout Vandale Wright scored on a 10-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Travis Ott, concluding a 65-yard, eight-play drive with 11:18 to go and Ott added the 2-point conversion.

Only 1:16 later, Wright intercepted a pass and returned it 34 yards for a touchdown, and Kody Daffer kicked a 36-yard point-after (Pahrump Valley was penalized 15 yards for excessive celebration after Wright's return) to narrow the gap to 30-21.

That kick, while generating only one point, energized everybody wearing the maroon-and-gold.

The defense, which had been riddled for more than 300 yards in the first three quarters, forced Yucca Valley into three-and-out.

Concluding a 66-yard, six-play march, Ott passed 10 yards to Jeremiah Wardwith 6:44 to go and Daffer kicked the extra point to make the score 30-28.

Yucca Valley was forced to punt, and the Trojans took over at their 26-yard line with 4:39 to play. After Pahrump Valley got one first down on Ott's three-yard run on fourth-and-inches, the Trojans were facing fourth-and-15 with less than two minutes left, but Ott found Wright open along the sidelines, completing a 20-yard pass that insured PVHS of retaining possession. But Wright had other ideas. Eluding several tacklers, he zipped down the sidelines to complete the 67-yard touchdown play and give Pahrump Valley its first lead of the game, and the season.

"I challenged the boys after we fell behind 30-6," said Hug. "I told them they were letting Yucca Valley kick their ...

"The defense stepped up and shut them down," said Hug, who watched for three quarters as Jacob Bradshaw plowed through the PVHS defense for 125 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries and wideout Kyle McGowan grab 10 passes for 152 yards to keep Yucca Valley marches alive.

Yucca Valley, now 0-3, led 12-6 at halftime, then took advantage of PVHS errors to score three touchdowns in the third quarter to expand its lead to 30-6.

"Fortunately, they weren't able to make any of their extra points," said Hug. "We did." Ott scored two on a run after Wright's first touchdown of the fourth quarter. Daffer added two point-after kicks, including that incredible 36-yard boot.

"I told Kody, after we got the ball back when we were down 30-28, that if we had to, we would call on him to kick a field goal," said Hug. "That's all I said."

In the second half, senior halfback Rocky Spencer rushed for a team-high 95 yards on 12 carries as PVHS gained 267 of the 338 yards it had in the game. Ott completed 7 of 14 passes for 148 yards and three touchdowns, with Wright catching five for 127 yards and two touchdowns.

"We finally started to do the things we have been telling the team all season," said Hug, who had agonized over the three one-sided defeats the Trojans had suffered in his inaugural season as their coach.

Friday, the Trojans are back home to play a new Las Vegas high school, Legacy. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.

The Pahrump Valley JVS lost 35-21 to Yucca Valley in the prelminary game Friday.

Elsewhere in Class 3-A:

Spring Creek has had far more good memories than bad during its short but successful football history, and the Spartans partially expunged one of the bad ones Friday night.

With Caleb Wing running for 194 yards and all three touchdowns, Spring Creek broke out of a 7-7 fourth-quarter tie and defeated Moapa Valley 21-7 in a non-league game in Overton.

The Spartans (4-0) lost the 2000 3-A state title game 26-8 on the same field, and Moapa Valley (1-3) had been the only 3-A team Spring Creek had never beaten in the program's 14 years of existence.

Spring Creek is 3-0 against Southern 3-A teams, having defeated Las Vegas Faith Lutheran 20-13 on the Crusaders' field, and prevailing 47-6 at home against Pahrump Valley.

The Pirates, though, played Spring Creek on even terms and had the ball at midfield with four minutes to play when the Spartans' Tony Gill made an interception that turned out to be the game's defining play.

Taking the ball at its 35, Spring Creek put together a drive that culminated in Wing's 6-yard run to put the Spartans ahead 14-7.

After forcing Moapa Valley to turn the ball over on downs, Spring Creek clinched the victory on a 15-yard run by Wing with one minute remaining. He had scored the Spartans' other TD on a 1-yard burst in the first quarter.

Kamas Wing, Caleb's brother, had 18 tackles (giving him 65 in four games) as Spring Creek forced five Moapa Valley turnovers and held the Pirates to 130 yards on 52 plays.

"It was a tight game and could have gone either way," Moapa Valley coach Brent Lewis said. "During the game we had three key fumbles that stalled out our drives, and that seemed to change the momentum each time. This was a good measuring stick for us. Spring Creek is a good physical team and we stood toe to toe with them until the last drive."

As with the Northern 3-A, in which five of the six teams are considered title threats, Lewis expects the Southern 3-A to be similarly balanced.

"Other than (one team), it will be very competitive," Lewis said. "I'd say Virgin Valley (which crushed White Pine 63-0 in Ely Friday night to improve to 4-1) has to be the favorite, but I like our chances. We have played a real tough preseason again this year so I'm hoping it will pay off in our league. We just need to quit making silly mistakes at key times."

Two-time defending Nevada champion Truckee, Calif., Wolverines evened its record at 2-2 with a 40-7 victory over Winters, Calif.

Kevin Sahlberg returned a kickoff 98 yards to highlight Truckee's win. It was one of three touchdowns scored by Sahlberg, who also rushed for 65 yards.

Andrew Mazzini led the Wolverines (2-2) with 144 yards and a score on 10 carries as Truckee amassed 462 yards (364 on the ground) and its defense pitched a shutout. Winters' only score came on a kickoff return.

The Wolverines begin their quest for a third straight state title Sept. 30, when they travel to Winnemucca to meet Lowry in a Northern 3-A opener.

Only three schools have gone back-to-back-to-back (or better) in Nevada football in the past 20 years -- Las Vegas The Meadows, which won five straight 2-A titles from 1997-2001; Alamo, which took the now-defunct B classification four times in a row from 1985-88; and Reno Wooster, which claimed championships in the 3-A (then the large-school classification) from 1985-87.

The Web site, nevprep.com, contributed to this story.