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Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 | 4 p.m.
November 5
Brewer's Picks
Last Week:
14-3
136-28 (.829)
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:
13-4
130-34 (.792)
No Lewis. No Spight. This should be a leisurely walk in the park for Gorman.
Bishop Gorman 60, Cheyenne 0
Only five more chances to see one of the best teams in Southern Nevada history.
Bishop Gorman 63, Cheyenne 6
Palo Verde is the lone undefeated team in Las Vegas.
Palo Verde 49, Durango 7
Palo Verde doesn’t lose first round playoff games. It’s a fact.
Palo Verde 36, Durango 0
History repeats itself — Centennial beats D.O. in the playoffs.
Centennial 15, Desert Oasis 13
Leaning ever-so-slightly to a Centennial team that’s more well rounded.
Centennial 21, Desert Oasis 17
Arbor View wins a playoff game for the second straight year.
Arbor View 51, Bonanza 12
Bengals have surprised folks all year. They do it again by keeping it close here most of the way.
Arbor View 42, Bonanza 24
Valley won’t provide much of a challenge for Liberty.
Liberty 50, Valley 20
Good opportunity for the Liberty defense to get back on track after allowing 41 points last week.
Liberty 45, Valley 8
This is my upset special of the week. My man-crush on Desert Pines continues.
Desert Pines 31, Foothill 29
What game are you looking at? Absolutely, positively no chance for an upset in this one.
Foothill 38, Desert Pines 13
If Canyon Springs can contain Las Vegas’ Farrell Victor, what will they do against Basic?
Canyon Springs 28, Basic 19
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if Basic was playing Liberty for the Sunrise championship in a few weeks.
Basic 27, Canyon Springs 22
Losing last week is the wake up call Las Vegas needed.
Las Vegas 43, Green Valley 26
Green Valley is headed in the wrong direction. Gators have gotten worse instead of better as season went along.
Las Vegas 34, Green Valley 28
Moapa Valley is the class of the 3A.
Moapa Valley 23, Virgin Valley 12
The Pirates defense baffled the Bulldogs the first time around. That’s not going to change.
Moapa Valley 36, Virgin Valley 8
For more coverage, including photos, videos, stats and schedules, check out our high school football section.
Moapa 24 Virgin Valley 10
Green Valley 35 Las Vegas 27
Basic 33 Canyon Springs 21
Foothill 35 Desert Pines 24
Liberty 45 Valley 6
Arbor View 42 Bonanza 17
Centennial 17 Desert Oasis 10
Palo 55 Durango 0
Gorman 50 Cheyenne 0
I'm pretty sure Palo gets home field, because they don't have the same record. Both are unbeaten in league games but Gorman has one loss on their record, which is one more than Palo.
that's a solid point. None of the teams non-league games are listed. That's pretty cheesy, seems like the easiest way to break a tie. I would say it's only fair for Palo to play at home their undefeated...without an asterisk.
But here it is, Gorman will host:
Note: If teams are equally seeded, the following procedure will be used to determine the host/home team in region playoff games:
Northern Region -- In odd years, the High Desert League will host.
In even years, the Sierra League will host.
Sunrise Region -- In odd years, the Southeast League will host.
In even years, the Northeast League will host.
Sunset Region -- In odd years, the Southwest League will host.
In even years, the Northwest League will host
and the Sunrise/Sunset winners will play eachother at a neutral site, hopefully Sam Boyd, in what is the state semi final game.
I mentioned before how much it sucks to have the north get straight into state final instead of state semi final since 8 out of their 11 teams make their playoffs...There's 3 teams that are 4-4 and one that is 2-6 in the northern 4A playoffs. Meanwhile Arbor/PV/Gorman/Liberty will eliminate eachother. This year the north champ would be able to beat only one of those teams.
excuse me..the link for the north 4a was for last years, they have 1 regular season game left but of the eight teams that make the north playoffs 2 of them are guaranteed to have either a 4-5 or 5-4 league record and the bottom two will either have a 3-6 or 2-7 league record. That's just garbage.
Mathematically Galena HS who is 1-8 can still make playoffs...between Galena, North Valleys and Damonte Ranch a combined 5-19 in league play and 5-21 overall at least one will make the northern playoffs, possibly 2.
teamsg1: the non-league games do count into tie breakers. thats why palo hosted gorman last year, the one non-league loss to de la salle. so palo will host the game again if thats who it is playing.
lvfootball: tuasdad is correct. It is based on odd (southwest) and even (northwest) years, not out of league game results. Since both teams finished 8-0 the southwest team will play at home this year. Same reason why the game was played at Palo last year.
Case,
DPHS has the better talent. Roll the tape. Hayes and wilks are far better backs than Kapeli, who ran for 300 on Foothill. DPHS was pounding Liberty 21-7 before bad coaching decisions ruined their momentum. DPHS has many talented players, aside from Poutasi and Hayes. Do your homework. Your assessment is ignorant. This is not Kansas.
come on now jagpride. While Hayes and Wilkes are good running backs, they are definitely not better Niko Kapeli! Do your homework and maybe watch the game film! It was actually 21-14 at the half! Physically, DP was gettin smacked in the mouth by Liberty. Patriots made too many mistakes on the field but made adjustments and kept smackin the jags in the mouth. End result? Jags couldnt score anything in the 2nd half! You gotta play all 4 quarters...u dont play half a game otherwise 21-14 would have been enough! But I do agree, there is more talent at DP that isnt recognized enough along with some overrated, over-recognized talent! Good luck at Foothill becuz DP will need it!
That DP/Foothill game can either be a good hard game or a blow out by Foothill. We shall see that's why i love the playoffs.
If anyone cares to know how the Basic vs Canyon Spring game is going i've decided i'll be going there and will keep a score update through the maxpreps.com quick score thing.. here's a link you can follow on friday i'll update with every score.
http://soc.li/kotnssa
Now that regular season is over time for postseason awards. This will be tougher than normal because of so many great kids had phenomenal years. For an example, in the SE Kapelli, Keplinger Love, and Marshall are all very deserving. But in the end after what the first 2 did last fri nite it comes down to Kapelli and Keplinger. Because he does so much on multiple areas Id have to give MVP to Keplinger but just barely. You can't go wrong with either one.
In the NE the four nominees are: Victor and Henderson fr LV, Pumphrey fr CS. and Hayes fr DP. Most believe Victor but I'd have to go with Pumphrey after his performance last fri nite in a head to head with Victor. Pumphrey was clearly the best player on the field that nite.
SW: Shaq Powell Shaq Powell Shaq Powell. Not only the best offensive player, but easily the best defensive player on the best team. Enough said.
NW: Eason AV great overall player, Williams CM fantastic year. Hughes Leg. J. Owens Cent. breakout yr. Symonette Palo anchor and star of maybe top Defense in state. Palo seems to be more of a team than most anyone else. But Symonette really stands out on their great defense. Really like to go with D-lineman, but end of day Williams was spectacular all season. Wonder if Darwin Rost wishes he had him back. Darwin let Williams and McQuaig both get away. Can you imagine how good Palo would be with those 2 still there. Anyway, got to go with Williams for MVP.
So there's my postseason awards. Like I said many deserving. That's just one opinion. Look forward to hearing others. Congratulations to all for wonderful season.
Liberty vs Valley on tv this Friday at 8pm on LVTV. fyi
I think Symonette should get defensive mvp for sunset, the kid is a monster and stands out even on that solid team. He blows up the line and along with Chaisson will at least keep Gorman's O-line entertained.
I'm very grateful for LVTV to be showing a game this friday but really? Liberty vs Valley? That's a guaranteed blowout. I hope they tried to get a better game but couldn't. I am grateful those kids will be on tv but wish it were a better game
Keefer/Brewer why no rankings this week? Or are they delayed for dramatic effect?
Boy was I wrong. I expected more out of DPHS in this match up. Maybe next year.