Prep football

Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, Fernley, Yerington, and Pahranagat Valley Alamo are the top-ranked teams in the Pahrump Valley Times Nevada High School football ratings, after Week Four games.

Bishop Gorman leads Class 4-A, with the Gaels at 3-0. Galena is ranked No. 2, with Las Vegas Palo Verde moving up to No. 3. Previous leader Reno McQueen is No. 4.

In Class 3-A, Fernley retained its No. 1 ranking, with defending state champion Mesquite Virgin Valley at No. 2 Overton Moapa Valley is third, and Spring Creek, 55-0 winner against Pahrump Valley, is No. 4.

Yerington is the Class 2-A pacesetter, with the Lions ranked ahead of Pershing County Lovelock. Yerington Rite of Passage, the 2006 state 2-A champion, is No. 3, and at No. 4 is Las Vegas The Meadows.

Alamo, two-time defending playoff champion, tops the Class A eight-man football rankings. Tonopah, which lost to the Panthers in the 2006 state title game, is No. 2, with Las Vegas Mountain View Christian at No. 3 and Carlin No. 4.

Records do not include the results of games played Thursday night. Bishop Gorman is at home Saturday night against Upland, Calif., (1-1).

Alamo is at Carlin and Moapa Valley is at Spring Creek in key games tonight, when Virgin Valley is at home against Winnemucca Lowry.

The ratings

CLASS 4-A

1. Bishop Gorman 3-0

2. Galena 4-0

3. Palo Verde 3-0

4. Reno McQueen 3-1

5. Spring Valley 3-1

6. Bishop Manogue 3-1

7. LV Rancho 4-0

8. Douglas Minden 3-1

9. Sparks Reed 3-1

10. LV Silverado 4-0

CHALLENGERS -- Henderson Basic, Las Vegas Del Sol, Sparks Spanish Springs, Las Vegas Centennial.

CLASS 3-A

1. Fernley 3-0

2. Virgin Valley 2-1

3. Moapa Valley 2-2

4. Spring Creek 3-1

5. Truckee, Calif. 2-1

6. Faith Lutheran 3-1

7. Sparks 2-0

CHALLENGERS -- None

CLASS 2-A

1. Yerington 3-0

2. Lovelock 3-0

3. ROP 3-1

4. The Meadows 3-1

5. Battle Mountain 2-1

6. Lincoln County 2-1

7. Needles, Calif. 2-1

CHALLENGERS -- None

CLASS A

1. Alamo 3-1

2. Tonopah 3-1

3. MV Christian 3-1

4. Carlin 3-1

5. Calvary Chapel 3-0

6. Coleville, Calif. 4-0

7. Laughlin 2-1

8. Virginia City 2-1

CHALLENGERS -- None