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Nov. 19, 2008
INCLUDING BISHOP GORMAN AT PALO VERDE Key prep football games on slate Friday
By DON McDERMOTT
If you like high school football game and you live in the greater Las Vegas area, this will be a weekend to remember. Friday night's games include the Class 4-A Sunset and Sunrise Regional title matchups: Bishop Gorman at Palo Verde and Del Sol at Las Vegas. On Saturday at Arbor View High School, three small-school Nevada championships will be at stake. * At noon, defending champion Tonopah plays Pahranagat Valley Alamo for the Class A Eight-Man crown; (see related stories this page) * At 3 p.m., it's 2-A powers Las Vegas The Meadows and Pershing County Lovelock colliding. * At 6, defending champion Overton Moapa Valley will face Truckee, Calif., for the 3-A championship. If you are in the Reno area Friday, the 4-A semifinals are schedule: Sparks Reed at Reno McQueen and Reno Damonte Ranch at Bishop Manogue. The 4-A tournament continues the weekend of Nov. 28-29, with state semifinals slated in Reno and in Las Vegas. The state title game is Dec. 6 at Mackay Stadium on the University of Nevada Reno campus. Last weekend, Palo Verde advanced with a 35-21 win against Cimarron-Memorial, while Gorman survived a 37-36 shootout against Cheyenne. Manogue trounced Reno 48-6, Damonte Ranch edged Hug 9-7, Reed outscored Douglas Minden 44-24 and McQueen crushed Galena 56-16. In Class 3-A, Moapa Valley defeated Fernley 35-7 and by the same score, Truckee eliminated Virgin Valley. In Class 2-A, it was the Meadows 23, Battle Mountain 14 and Lovelock 28, Las Vegas Mountain View Christian 22. ---- All of the other fall sports are now finished. * Las Vegas downed Galena 4-2 in the Class 4-A boys soccer finals; * Truckee defeated Faith Lutheran in the 3-A finals, the boys prevailing 2-0 and the girls winning 5-3. * Lake Mead Christian Academy (Class A), Zephyr Cove Whittell (2-A), Yerington (3-A) and Bishop Manogue (4-A) claimed volleyball championships. |
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