HORACE LANGFORD JR. / PVT Quarterback Nick Murphy, 6, runs with the football for Pahrump Valley, in the Trojans' 40-7 loss to visiting Las Vegas Faith Lutheran in a Southern Nevada Class 3-A League game Friday. Advertisement

Max Done was back in the lineup for the Las Vegas Faith Lutheran High School football team, after missing two weeks of Southern Nevada Class 3-A League action.

In the two weeks he was on the sidelines, injured, the Crusaders lost league games to Mesquite Virgin Valley 41-20 and Overton Moapa Valley 42-0. The defense was on the field too much, because the Crusader offense could get very little going against the defending state champion Bulldogs and the high-powered Pirates.

Done, who can throw strikes at 40, sometimes 50 paces, completed 20 of 25 passes for 275 yards and five touchdowns in the Crusaders' 40-7 victory against homestanding Pahrump Valley.

Five different receivers caught the TD passes from Max, a senior quarterback whose brother, Cameron, was one of Faith Lutheran's all-time great multi-sport athletes.

Team him up with Connor Maloney, pound-for-pound one of Nevada Class 3-A's best athletes; giant receiver Diontea Wright; speedster David Sperry, and a few other receivers, and Max is never 'done', pardon the expression, tormenting defenses.

There is no guarantee Faith Lutheran could defeat either Virgin Valley or Moapa Valley with Done in the lineup, but it would be interesting to see what would happen with him directing the Crusaders' spread offense. The next team to face the Max factor is Boulder City, Friday night on the Eagles' field.

Pahrump Valley fell to 0-6-1 in all games, but it is as interim coach Roy Goodell said Friday, the season is not over for the Trojans.

On Oct. 25, the Trojans go to Boulder City. A Trojans victory against the Eagles would give them a berth in the state playoffs. That scenario was the same in 2006, when Pahrump Valley outscored the Eagles 34-14 on the final night of the regular season.

If the Eagles lose to Virgin Valley Friday, they will be 0-3 in the league. Ditto for the Trojans, if they fall to Moapa Valley in Overton Friday (7 p.m.).

Moapa Valley will be a decided favorite when the Pirates host the Trojans Friday night in a league game. But Trojan fans can't help but remember what happened in 2006, when the Pirates outscored PVHS in a wild shootout on the PVHS field.

Pahrump Valley tailback Ande Floyd, on a 13-yard run with 9:43 left in the game, ended a seven-quarter scoring drought for the Trojans. Their last touchdown had been scored in the fourth quarter of a 34-34 tie with homestanding Yucca Valley, Calif., three weeks ago.

The touchdown ended a nine-play, 58-yard drive by the Trojans. Floyd accounted for 35 yards on four rushes, with quarterback Nick Murphy gaining 18 yards on three attempts.