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Published Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 | 6 a.m.
Updated Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 | 10:57 a.m.
The week of October 8
Brewer's Picks
Last Week:
13-4
77-25
Brewer vs. Keefer
Las Vegas Sun reporters Ray Brewer and
Case Keefer attempt to pick
the winning team from prep contests
across the Las Vegas area.
Keefer's Picks
Last Week:
14-3
83-19
Spring Valley will prevail in what essentially is a battle for the last playoff spot in the Southwest.
Spring Valley 34, Bonanza 27
Channel 12 needs to clear its programming for the entire night for this televised affair. Both teams score a lot and get scored on a lot.
Spring Valley 46, Bonanza 42
Desert Oasis enjoys a homecoming game victory.
Desert Oasis 54, Pahrump Valley 0
Scheduling Pahrump Valley for homecoming was the smartest move Desert Oasis could have made.
Desert Oasis 62, Pahrump Valley 6
Del gets back on track in the Southeast.
Del Sol 38, Coronado 15
Looks like I soon will be a resident of the Coronado school district. Still can't pick the Cougars.
Del Sol 34, Coronado 21
Foothill ready to ring Victory Bell another season.
Foothill 29, Silverado 18
Foothill answered all my questions and then some last week against Del Sol.
Foothill 28, Silverado 21
Liberty won't have another slow start.
Liberty 38, Green Valley 13
Knowing Liberty, it will be 3-3 at halftime.
Liberty 42, Green Valley 13
Canyon Springs is getting better each week.
Canyon Springs 50, Eldorado 23
The Pioneers are a lock to finish second in the Northeast.
Canyon Springs 49, Eldorado 10
The orange and black have seen better days.
Valley 32, Chaparral 20
Upset special, the Cowboys make the season even more miserable for the Vikings.
Chaparral 22, Valley 20
Raise your hand if you are ashamed this game is on the schedule.
Las Vegas 62, Sunrise Mountain 0
*Raises hand*
Las Vegas 62, Sunrise Mountain 0
Another lopsided final in the Southwest. What an awful league.
Durango 53, Sierra Vista 12
Can we just skip ahead to the last two games of the season when Durango plays Desert Oasis and Bishop Gorman?
Durango 56, Sierra Vista 9
Remember when this used to be a can't-miss game?
Bishop Gorman 52, Western 0
Let Phillip Payne suit up for the Warriors and they'd still lose.
Bishop Gorman 63, Western 6
Arbor View remains undefeated, tops Cheyenne for first time in school history.
Arbor View 23, Cheyenne 20
Arbor View has to lose sometime, right? Can't imagine Aggies undefeated heading into Palo Verde game at the end of the year.
Cheyenne 26, Arbor View 21
Don't count out Cimarron just yet.
Cimarron 25, Centennial 23
Centennial's confidence is at a high after two straight wins.
Centennial 24, Cimarron 16
Faith Lutheran starting to regain confidence.
Faith Lutheran 40, Mojave 0
Faith Lutheran needs to get ready to make a push for a playoff spot.
Faith Lutheran 52, Mojave 13
Palo Verde is the class of the Northwest.
Palo Verde 43, Shadow Ridge 0
Now that divisional play has started, Shadow Ridge has not lived up to the preseason hype.
Palo Verde 38, Shadow Ridge 14
The two-game league season starts with a win for Virgin Valley.
Virgin Valley 30, Boulder City 13
Virgin Valley is a state title contender in the 3A. Then again, everyone is a state title contender in the 3A.
Virgin Valley 26, Boulder City 7
Basic fans rewarded for 45-minute drive to follow team.
Basic 27, Legacy 20
The Wolves lost to Coronado the only other time Brewer picked them this season. This week, we'll find out if the curse really exists.
Basic 23, Legacy 21
This would be a great 3A classification game.
Moapa Valley 32, Clark 19
Pirates could struggle with Chris Jackson, but will find a way to win.
Moapa Valley 34, Clark 28
Give me Desert Pines. They are more physical.
Desert Pines 24, Rancho 19
This could end up as the best game of the week, but Desert Pines is rolling right now.
Desert Pines 15, Rancho 14
An earlier version of these picks did not include the Rancho at Desert Pines game. We apologize for the accident.
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Picking blowouts is one thing. Insulting the kids by saying things like "Scheduling Pahrump Valley for homecoming was the smartest move Desert Oasis could have made." and "Raise your hand if you are ashamed this game is on the schedule." is wrong. I understand that your reader base is mostly adult males but you are still writing about kids. Kids who try very hard (I assume) and don't deserve to be beaten AND made fun of in print. The beatings are going to happen anyway. Do you really need to pile on?
Clark will beat Moapa
Clark will beat Moapa. I will do you one better Clark will make the playoffs in the 3 spot. Surprised? You will be.
Don't forget Clarks 3 loses came to top 10 teams including a toe to toe battle with #7 Durango that they had to turn the lights off twice to get the win.
I've always been a big supporter of Clark HS and was thrilled when the Chargers broke their four-year losing skid a few years back. I'm hoping they can sneak into the playoffs. ...As for saying schedule makers should be ashamed, that is strictly calling out officials who make Pahrump play in a league they will never be competitive in. Pahrump should be in the 3A or 2A. My alma mater, Chaparral, should join them -- along with Western, Sunrise Mountain, Mojave and a few others.
I agree with Ray..They need to regroup these teams the only division that has some type of compitition is the southeast..Gorman plays scrubs so they blow them out, if they did it like some states where they group the teams by how well they played the year before it would be more interesting to watch, and to me it would give the not so great teams the insentive to wan't to be a better team. Don't get me wrong Gorman is a great team but they are not challenged when they play certain teams, they need to play Vegas, Foothill, Liberty as part of their scheduled season.. those would be great games to watch..tired of reading blow outs against scrub teams..jus saying..
yokelking-
are you from pahrump?
Not from pahrump. Clark is a just better team, just like Green Valley was. Don't worry about me, it's Virgen Valley you should be worried about.
Not from Pahrump but you just comment on their articles and how you hope they get more students out to their games? And Moapa knows about Vrigin Valley. I'm hoping that the Bulldogs are more competitive this year. Last years 52-0 was pretty boring. I know Virgin hammered the Trojans, but then again 2A Mountain View Christian beat the Trojans. So Virgin probably looked pretty good when you saw them.
I hear Rosemary Clarke is pretty good though.
Just added Desert Pines/Rancho. Sorry to Jaguars and Rams fans, we just missed it on the schedule somehow.
Hey guys, here are my SE picks excluding Foothill's game because as an alumnus I refuse to pick their games haha
Liberty 32 - Green Valley 20
Coronado 21 - Del Sol 24
Basic 24 - Legacy 10
Don't know if Clark can beat Moapa tonight as they are pretty banged up right now...if it's any indication their freshman and JV teams both got blown off the field last night...Jackson will need to run wild for them to prevail and even that may not be enough.
Mr. Brewer, good call but a little thin on Arbor's points. Mr. Keefer, you need better reasoning than that!! Arbor wins due to an amazing defense. The corners are great and the linebacking core has done everything asked of it all year long. The offensive line will have their work cut out for them but they are up to the task. Arbor by a touchdown plus! Ball control will be the key to the game. A little more variation on the offensive side of the ball will be that extra little bit that makes the difference. Go Aggies.
THE CURSE OF BREWER EXISTS!!
Go figure. I lost one game this week -- Basic! ...Hey Dave, I was off by 40 points on that Arbor View total. BUT you needed four OTs to get there :)
Ray - Gotta be the proud Dad for a minute. Marco got knocked silly in the second quarter by trying to break the wedge on a kick off. Look at the third quarter stats for Cheyenne. Marco was pulled from the game at half time and didn't return. Cheyenne threw the ball to the boundry and had their way for a bit. My boy stays healthy, the boundry corner would have been locked down and there would not have been 16 points scored. But that is just me being a pround dad. That game was amazing. I have never seen a high school game like that as a fan or as a coach. Amazing. Arbor's players have an amazing will to win. Good for them and huge kudos to Cheyenne. They played their hearts out.