Prep football

Pahranagat Valley Alamo and Tonopah remained 1-2 in the Pahrump Valley Times Nevada High School football eight-man football ratings for games played through Oct. 7.

The Panthers, two-time state Class A champions, are 5-1, as is Tonopah, which is going after a fourth consecutive Central Division championship, as well as a trip to the playoffs for four straight years.

Coleville, Calif., 7-0, is ranked third, with another Central Division team, Indian Springs, fourth at 5-2.

Calvary Chapel, ranked sixth, travels to Alamo today in the feature Class A game. Tonopah goes to Dixie State College in St. George, Utah, to battle Beaver Dam of Littlefield, Ariz., Saturday night.

In Class 3-A, Mesquite Virgin Valley, the 2006 state playoff champion, is still ranked first, ahead of neighborhood rival Overton Moapa Valley. The Bulldogs are 6-1, while the Pirates are 5-2.

Truckee, Calif., 5-1, is at No. 3, with Sparks, 4-1, ranked fourth.

No. 5 Las Vegas Faith Lutheran, 4-3, plays at Pahrump Valley today at 7 p.m. in the Homecoming game for the Trojans, 0-5-1.

Fernley, formerly ranked No. 1, dropped out of the ratings after falling to 0-2 in the Northern League. Spring Creek, No. 6 this week, plays at Fernley tonight.

In Class 4-A, Las Vegas Bishop Gorman and Reno-area power Galena are tied for the top spot. The Gaels are 5-0, while the Northern League Grizzlies are 7-0.

Ranked No. 3 is Las Vegas Palo Verde, 6-0, with Del Sol, also 6-0, at No. 4.

Del Sol and No. 6 Silverado collide tonight.

In Class 2-A, Pershing County Lovelock is No. 1 at 6-0, with 2006 state runnerup Lincoln County, 5-1, at No. 2. Yerington, 5-1; Las Vegas The Meadows, 4-2, and defending state champion Rite of Passage, 5-1, are at Nos. 3, 4, and 5, respectively.

Two of the top games today are Rite of Passage at No. 7 Battle Mountain and Lincoln County at The Meadows.

The ratings

The Pahrump Valley Times Nevada High School football ratings; games through Oct. 7:

CLASS 3-A

1. Virgin Valley 6-1

2. Moapa Valley 5-2

3. Truckee, Calif. 5-1

4. Sparks 4-1

5. Faith Lutheran 4-3

6. Spring Creek 4-3

CLASS A

1. Alamo 5-1

2. Tonopah 5-1

3. Coleville, Calif. 7-0

4. Indian Springs 5-2

5. Carlin 5-2

6. MV Christian 5-2

7. Calvary Chapel 4-1

8. Wells 4-2

CLASS 4-A

1. Bishop Gorman 5-0

1. Reno Galena 7-0

3. LV Palo Verde 6-0

4. LV Del Sol 6-0

5. Reno 5-2

6. LV Silverado 6-0

7. LV Mojave 6-0

8. Reno McQueen 6-1

9. LV Cim-Memorial 5-1

10. LV Western 5-1

CLASS 2-A

1. Lovelock 6-0

2. Lincoln County 5-1

3. Yerington 5-1

4. Rite of Passage 5-1

5. The Meadows 4-2

6. Needles, Calif. 5-2

7. Battle Mountain 5-1