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Published Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 | 1 p.m.
Updated Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 | 1:01 p.m.
November 11
Brewer's Picks
Last Week:
7-2
143-30 (.826)
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:
9-0
139-34 (.803)
Not much has changed in the three weeks since the schools’ first meeting.
Bishop Gorman 53, Arbor View 7
Thought Arbor View would challenge Gorman a little more the first time around. No reason to see it happening this time.
Bishop Gorman 60, Arbor View 16
This one will be a lot closer than you think.
Palo Verde 28, Centennial 14
Closer than the first game maybe, but I don’t foresee this ending well for the Bulldogs.
Palo Verde 38, Centennial 10
My tune will never change on this matchup — speed kills.
Las Vegas 20, Liberty 19
Brewer’s “tune” continues to be off rhythm.
Liberty 34, Las Vegas 14
Using my theory of taking the best player on the field, Foothill and Kyle Keplinger prevail.
Foothill 32, Basic 26
Could sacrifice my integrity and pick Basic in a desperate attempt to catch Brewer’s record, but everything tells me Foothill will win.
Foothill 28, Basic 27
Commute from Winnemucca is too much for Lowry to overcome.
Moapa Valley 13, Lowry 7
Lowry
at
Moapa Valley
Last week’s scare was an experience the Pirates needed to go through.
Moapa Valley 21, Lowry 7
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brewer is in denial. lol... the wildcat team last year had much more division 1 talent with a lot more speed than this year's team. they only way they scored was when liberty put in the 2nd team players. speed kills? maybe so. but power killed speed last year and it will do it again this year! another week of great high school football!!
Ray/Case-
Thanks for all the coverage you guys have given Moapa Valley this year. I think if you guys can move this to the front page of the sports tab under "From The Sports Blogs" you will get a lot more traffic and comments.
Foothill vS Gorman in state Gorman wins by 50. any takers
.Well looks like we're headed for the annual Big Game of each year between BG vs. Palo.
Also, will we get another shootout in what I believe will be a rematch between Liberty vs. Foothill.
That's just my opinion. That being said AV great year, lot of talent, very good coaches, Great FAN support. Just tough draw. Finally got to see Jacobi Owens do what we thought he could do since watching him in jr high. Basic's Boyd and Spencer are really special. Best wr tandem i've seen. Boyd still has one more year. And finally, its been fun watching Henderson and Victor. Going to miss their talents but wish them well.
Anyway, just one persons opinion.
Reporter1125, that would have to be state semi-finals. This year the winner of the south goes to Reno to play the North's champion for state title.
Palo will be very ready for Gorman I can't wait for that game. Defensively Palo is great and underestimated. Any other year I'd be worried but if Gorman can put 17 on Armwood's defense which is widely being discussed as the best in the country, I think.they'll put 40 on Palo. Not taking anything away from Palo they're phenomenal defensively and just may be better than even Servite's. Not as deep but as good.
Liberty will plow an over ranked Vegas I hope they make.it ugly. Liberty will ragdoll Vegas.
I gotta mention again how pathetic the fan support for canyon was. I feel for Hunky pouring his heart into that program and he gets jack and crap of support in the stands. That was sad.
Boyd is legitimate. Seen him twice this year he's legit. I.hope his grades and sat scores are good enough to play D1 and not JC.
Yeah Gorman played well in Armwood game, but remember it was Armwood's first game with new Qb, plus all-american rb Jones didn't play which is like Gorman playing without Shaq and Stanley. Oh, and Armwood got delayed in Nashville for 4 hrs. Got into their rooms at 1:00 am. 4:00 am their time zone.
BG represented Nevada well, but let's keep some proper perspective regarding the Armwood game. That being said, I just don't see the playmakers on this Palo team as in the past. Love their defense and better coaching staff. I believe AV has better playmakers and we saw what BG did to those guys.
Prediction: BG 38 AV 14 if AV wins coin toss. If BG wins coin toss it could be ugly again.
Prediction II: BG 24 Palo 7
Prediction III: BG 42 Liberty 21. Liberty has better offense not so on defense.
Prediction IV: BG 31 Reed 14. BGHS STATE CHAMPS again.
My thoughts. Like to hear others.
Palo is a "rule-abiding public school"? That's hilarious...
Lvfootball....won't go into the whole armwood debate but my argument was Armwood's defensive unit being so freaking good, has nothing to do with Matt Jones or their qb.
Gorman 40 Arbor View 14 (Gorman will pull starters end of third save from injuries will need everyone for Palo game otherwise it'd be worse or same as last. Plus I'm sure AV made adjustments)
Palo 38 Centennial 17 (Palo has an amazing defense and like Gorman will pull their starters once game is out of reach or it'd be worse)
Liberty 40 Las Vegas 14
Foothill 45 Basic 42 another shootout this could go either way. I'm hoping basic wins
My predictions for this week:
Liberty 31 Las Vegas 17
Gorman 35 Arbor View 14
Centennial 21 Palo 17
Basic 28 Foothill 14
You are all drinking the Palo flavored kool-aid. Gorman is 50 points better than every team in Nevada. And I am not a homer. I absolutely hate Gorman. But I am a realist. I have seen them play in person and seen most of thier games on tape. It's rare that their starters are in past the middle of the 3rd Quarter. And many times the score is low due to the fact that the mercy rule is usually kicked in at halftime. While Palo is extremely well coached they don't match up well with Gorman in the trenches. And when you run the Double Wing offense the trenches are all that matter...
That's a first. I've never accused of drinking the Palo kool aid. The rivalry factor counts for.something. If picking Gorman by 40 is drinking Palo kool aid then you're a homer. If Gorman wanted to it could have broken every state record this year if their starters played whole game. They could win sw league games by 100 and beat Arbor by 70. But they won't risk injuring starters. I think sanchez let's the Palo game get to a 50 point game (payback for 2008) then pulls starters and enjoys a trip to reno. I'll be.there to watch them beat reed.
Footballguy is correct, in all honesty Palo is down by their standards. They have 0 big play threats on offense, unlike in the past where they always had 1 back that was special this year their backs are average. Their defense is good when it comes to the front 7. However, you will see them get exposed in the secondary. BG will beat them by 50, I wish Palo was playing Arbor. I believe Arbor would beat Palo if they didn't turn the ball over 4 times. I don't want to bash coaches, but Palo is not that well coached they have 1 State title in their schools history. For a long time they were the public Gorman, they have recruited down at Ed Fountain park since Rost created that league.
First: Palo will lose by 40+
Second: things Palo has going for it: a very good defense, they're not nearly as limited as Arbor when it comes to passing in the wing T and they absolutely hate Gorman. Yes, they'll get buried if the go man on man and when they start going deep to try to play catch up they'll get picked.
Things that Palo doesn't have going for it: while they have a very good defense Gorman has seen better this year, twice. Gorman doesn't have to run and doesn't have to pass they, unlike many other team are just as good at each. Their defense is better than Palo's so a shootout is very unlikely. Even if Palo plays a hell of a game defensively their offense is not capable of putting up big points on Gorman. I wish it were Arbor View playing Palo first but I'm glad Gorman will literally beat the top 5 teams in the state in order to win it. Unlike Reed who pretty starts the playoffs against a 2-7 team and will have there starters rested for state title.game. Gorman will play the most physical teams in the state three weeks in a row before title game hopefully they make it out injury free and represent the south well again.
Gorman (or southern team most likely route to state final)
Round #1 vs #15ish Cheyenne
Round #2 vs #3 Arbor View
Round #3 vs #2 Palo Verde
Round #4 vs #5 Liberty
Round#5 vs #4 Reed
Reed route state final
Round #1 vs #30-35 Spanish Springs
Round #2 vs #20-25 Reno
Round #3 vs # 10-15 Carson
Round #4 vs #1 Gorman
Fewer games, against guaranteed overall much weaker teams then a Go directly to title game pass. Northern Nevada sometimes has the best team in the state but the way they get candy playoffs every third year screws south teams
can someone please claify playoffs
so,
vegas beats liberty
foothill beats basic
leaving foothill vs vegas foothill wins
gorman beat arbor
palo beat cent
gorman vs palo
gorman wins
doesnt the sunrise get the bid into state
I know it seems unfair that the north goes staight to title game, but they rotate it each year. Last year sunset champ went straight to title game. The year before sunrise went straight to title game. Just a weird state with only 3 regions.
I picked bg over palo only 24 to 7. I believe BG is much better than Palo, but Rost will stay with his offense longer than AV and chew up the clock more which will shorten the game. Palo's only score will probably come late. Palo will defend better than AV because their more discipline, AV is clueless against the pass. 2 years ago Palo was down 10 pts w 4 min to go on 4thdown and Rost punted. He had all his timeouts but didn't use them. My point, Darwin just wanted tobe able to sell his kids on the fact that they played them the closest of anyone in the state. And try to convince his kids they are real close to BG, and that next year they will get them. Similar story last yr. Same story this yr.
Also, don't expect Palo to throw. He is not going to put his son in that position to fail. If I am wrong about the score then maybe BG 31or 38 to 7. But Darwin will try to shorten the game and hope for turnovers. Its really all he can do.
Reporter they alternate every year between sunrise, sunset and north. This year winner of north goes to title game, next year winner of sunrise etc... I don't think winning the north should get you into.title game because 8 of their 11 teams make.the playoffs. Even if you win the weak northeast league you'd have to beat at least a top 15 and top 10 school.to win the sunrise more than likely two top ten teams. To win sunset you're likely playing 2 top 5 teams and two top 15 or 20. But even.on a good year the northern winner will play 3 really easy teams and one decent one to make.it to state. Just sucks, particularly this year when only one team from the north is worth anything. The north sometimes.will have a team that can beat everyone in the south, just don't think their road should be so.easy. Would reed make it to state if it had to play Cheyenne, AV, Palo and Liberty to.get there? We will never know but on paper they'll at very least be state runner ups which will be more than any of the above will be.
Gorman has all the tools but Arbor View went to the passing game and suprised a few people. Gorman will score but Arbor has a section in the playbook that Palo does not have. Arbor will pass and keep gorman's safety's honest. Expect a better showing from Arbor. At the end of the day no one can catch the recievers of Gorman, and the D-tackles are to good for that Rodriguez 2 yard dive all night long. Hey Arbor "Fling it" and have some fun. Its the last game of the season. Go out with style...
Gormahomer, I agree w you about Gorman receivers, but I believe the smith kid is nursing a leg injury and is questionable. Definitely not full speed. Also the Starks kid has been out.last two games nursing a hamstring injury. He won't be at full strength either. Gorman doesn't need this at this time of year. Will it matter, probably not. They are loaded. They are the one team that can handle injuries.
The question is, does Sanchez rest these kids and just get the win, or does he try to keep up the impressive numbers to keep their high national ranking? We'll see soon enough.
Liberty vs Basic for Sunrise Region Championship! You heard it here first! bwahahahaaa...
my picks for tomorrow:
Gorman
Palo
Liberty
Foothill
Moapa
Hoping for another rematch between Foothill and Liberty for a spot at State!!!
RayC picking Centennial upset and I think none of us would be surprise if either Basic/Foothill win. Should be 2 blowouts, 1 thumping and 1 actual solid close game. I'll cross my fingers and hope Sanchez has the boys ready for AV and takes care of business while I watch a evenly matched affair at Foothill.
TNL, again i'm grateful we even get HS games on TV but Henderson Chevy sponsored show, with only 1 game that is guaranteed to be close and it happens to be one of the two biggest rivalries in Henderson and you go with Palo vs Cent a 40 point blowout from earlier in year? I mean it should be slightly closer but seriously who the hell picks the games for TNL??
Vegas beats liberty lock of the week
Let me be the first to apologize to the Wildcats. They dont have a defensive game that can stop Liberty. It's going to be ugly! And it will be Return of the Brick Wall from last year! Nowhere to run...nowhere to pass! Check your lock cuz Liberty is going to pick it and break into the end zone...repeatedly!
no way in hell reporter....a lock? No way.
For starters...Liberty is the 5th best team in state, 4th best in the south. They are not anywhere near as good as last year and they are not anywhere near as good as the top three teams in south, but even though there is a big drop from #1 Gorman to #2 and #3 Arbor, there is also a drop between them and Liberty. That said even though Liberty isn't what they were last year, they are way too physical for Vegas. Yes Vegas has speed, but Liberty has speed too and force. If Vegas let an incredibly undersized Canyon Springs put 22 on them they won't like what Liberty does. A physical Centennial team almost beat Vegas.
I predict a 30 point blowout. Vegas is over rated. I could see them keeping it semi close (14-20 points?) it wouldn't shock me, but there's no way Vegas is a lock to win.
Can you hear it? Its going to be the game of the year. We are one week away from Gorman vs. Palo. These guys should play for something. Bronze a piece of Red Rock from the desert or something. Something that can live on like "The Bone Game". We need more tradition in the Valley. These schools are now what Vegas vs. Rancho used to be. Come on Case and Ray, be a part of Vegas history. Bronze that baseball you keep messing with during your Pod Cast Case. Have the Newspaper printed in the winning teams colors the next day. Something...
6,000 fans will be at Fertitta Field next week in what will for one night make Vegas feel like a community. Hopefully those silly Palo student don't decide to paint their own campus blue and orange again. I say losing coach attends the winners next playoff game wearing the other teams jersey or something. Can't wait for them to play during regular season with realigment then they'll have to come up with something to play for...
Ahhh, Foothill-Liberty rematch is going to be sweet! Great season Basic, you guys battled hard tonight.
Congrats Foothill!!!