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Published Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 | 4:30 p.m.
Updated Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 | 4:30 p.m.
September 23
Brewer's Picks
Last Week:
15-2
48-12 (.800)
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
45-15 (.750)
Spring Valley recovers after bad loss last week to Liberty.
Spring Valley 32, Western 16
With the emergence of Bonanza, Spring Valley is fighting an uphill battle in the Southwest division race.
Spring Valley 28, Western 15
The defending Southeast champions open division season in style.
Liberty 30, Silverado 9
Upset special. If Silverado eliminates careless mistakes, it is good enough to beat anyone in the Southeast.
Silverado 24, Liberty 23
Green Valley’s defense is improving, but still a liability.
Foothill 40, Green Valley 23
Should I pick two upsets in a row? Nah, not when the favorite has Kyle Keplinger.
Foothill 34, Green Valley 27
Basic makes a statement after last year’s upset to Coronado.
Basic 32, Coronado 13
Coronado is hungry, but Basic is too eager for revenge to let this one slip away.
Basic 20, Coronado 17
My Cowboys’ stay in first place is short lived.
Canyon Springs 54, Chaparral 12
Canyon Springs won’t need a minor miracle like last week this time around.
Canyon Springs 45, Chaparral 13
Eldorado can still salvage its season, but it must beat Valley.
Eldorado 22, Valley 19
Can’t think of one legitimate reason to pick Eldorado here.
Valley 30, Eldorado 16
After losing to Las Vegas, Desert Pines will be the best 0-4 team in Nevada.
Las Vegas 35, Desert Pines
Noticing a pattern from the Jaguars: Play well early and fade late. That’s a poisonous formula against the Wildcats.
Las Vegas 28, Desert Pines 15
Rancho finally gets into the win column.
Rancho 40, Sunrise Mountain 0
Sunrise Mountain squandered its best chance for a win this season last week against Chaparral.
Rancho 41, Sunrise Mountain 12
Desert Oasis flexes its muscles in what is likely a battle for a home playoff game.
Desert Oasis 33, Bonanza 20
Can’t figure this Bonanza team out, so I’ll call for another dramatic second half comeback this week.
Bonanza 31, Desert Oasis 28
Durango desperately needs to get back on track.
Durango 34, Clark 12
Expected the Trailblazers to be 3-1 at this point and not 1-3, which makes them my most disappointing team.
Durango 24, Clark 15
Gorman works on fine tuning its offense and defense before its showdown with Servite.
Gorman 59, Sierra Vista 0
What about its special teams? Gorman doesn’t need fine tuning there?
Gorman 63, Sierra Vista 6
Centennial’s schedule gets significantly easier starting this week.
Centennial 45, Shadow Ridge 3
Shifty running back Jacobi Owens can’t let the Bulldogs lose any more games.
Centennial 35, Shadow Ridge 7
Palo Verde can’t be stopped in the Northwest.
Palo Verde 39, Cimarron 7
Jerrol Garcia-Williams is a star for the Panthers.
Palo Verde 36, Cimarron 16
Cheyenne remains undefeated late in September. The glory days of Chey-town are slowly returning.
Cheyenne 43, Faith Lutheran 12
”Slowly” should not be used in any way to describe a team with Tyler Spight, Myloe Lewis and Kenneth Counts.
Cheyenne 38, Faith Lutheran 7
Arbor View prevails despite struggling against a talented Legacy squad.
Arbor View 20, Legacy 18
Anything could happen in this rivalry game, but I’ll side with the Aggies.
Arbor View 17, Legacy 7
Mojave has looked good for several parts of several games this fall. They finally get a win.
Mojave 24, Boulder City 19
Mojave is a school’s homecoming opponent for the second straight week. The Rattlers once again play their part.
Boulder City 24, Mojave 7
Virgin Valley used to beat up on Pahrump Valley each season when they were in the 3A together. Some things never change.
Virgin Valley 40, Pahrump Valley 18
This one could get lopsided.
Virgin Valley 49, Pahrump Valley 13
Moapa Valley will make this game a lot closer than you’d expect.
Del Sol 32, Moapa Valley 25
The Dragons defend their home turf, just barely.
Del Sol 35, Moapa Valley 30
For more coverage, including photos, videos, stats and schedules, check out our high school football section.
Keefer- I hate to be 'that" guy but since you admitted you're the one who posts the scores then we know it was you who forgot to put Legacy or a score on their game.
I'm looking forward to a bunch of games, we will learn a lot about the SE this week Liberty and Foothill can have statement games and make themselves the clear favorites or like Keef said we could have a log jam.
Desert Oasis will either confirm or disprove Bonanza to be legit this year...legit as in SW and still lose in first round of playoffs that is...
Unfortunately for Sierra Vista, Gorman won't be calling the dogs off in the second quarter...Gorman's starters have played about 4-5 quarters of football out of the last 3 games and with their match up against Servite next week Sanchez will need to try some things out with the defense and special teams and actually try to make the starters break a sweat. Sadly i think if they play the starters three quarters they can just get minutes and kick field goals instead of td's to keep it from looking too bad.
GORMAN WONT BE IN A DOG FIGHT THIS WEEK BUT I CAN ASURE YOU THAT, THAT KID JUSTIN GREEN FROM CHICAGO WILL SCORE ATLEAST TWO TOUCH DOWNS AGAINST THEM. I HAD THE PRIVILEDGE OF WATCHING BOTH TEAMS TWICE THIS YEAR AND HE'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BEST IN THE AREA(SOPHMORE).
Why all caps lock? I'd be surprised if he scores one I'm sure he's a good player but even the best rb needs some blocking from oline. If he scores it will be against second/third string...nothing against him just the other 10 he needs help from
with caps off!!!lol. you are absolutly right about the other ten. I guess we will have to wait until friday to see but im telling you this kid is amazing.
It would be great for Southern Nevada high school football if SV can pull off what would be one of the greatest upsets. But its not going to happen as Gorman is just too talented. I do think SV could possibly keep the game within 3 tds as Gorman may be looking ahead to the Servite game the following week and may rest their main players early. Gorman will beat Servite by 14+ points and will end up finishing in the top 10 nationally. As I have said before, Gorman no longer recruits since they dont have to because every top incoming freshmen in Southern Nevada and parts of the Southwest U.S. all want to go there. The unfair advantage is that Gorman can give full scholarships to these young players. There will be scouts from Southern California and Arizona at the Servite game to see some of the varsity players but also some sophomores in RB Starks, RB stewart and freshman QB Hong. That is what my friends in Southern California who are involved in high school and college football have told me.
Hong hasn't taken a varsity snap, however the freshmen and jv teams will also play their Servite counterparts. Btw Hong comes from a loaded family, pretty sure he would have gone to Gorman anyway I guarantee you Hong pays full tuition. I think Palo is a top 200 team and when they hang with Gorman for a little while that'll show that Nevada does have a couple decent programs.
Arbor gave the Palo game away, I think people who watched the game would have to agree that Arbor is the better team. They killed themselves with turnovers, but had more success offensively than Palo. Palo is down this year, and I don't believe they will provide much competition for Gorman. The fact of the matter is, no team is going to challenge them localy. They have the best talent, facilities, and have a special set of rules that facilitates their success. It will not change until everyone plays by the same rules, or Gorman plays a National schedule.
true about the Arbow View game...if it wasn't for those 3 turnovers probably would have been Arbor View by 2 td's... but the like SG1 said ref last years Palo/Gorman game, PV controlled the first half. Even though they were outmatched on the line and overmatched in talent because this is such a big rivalry game anything can go. So even though Arbow View may be better than Palo this year i think the bad blood would make Palo/Gorman a closer contest than Arbor View/Gorman.
I don't want to sound arrogant but the only game from here to Dec 3rd that Gorman would lose if Solomon were injured is Servite. The back up Tyndall is in line with mediocre qb's around the valley, but Gorman's Stark's and Powell coupled with the most dominant oline in the state would be too much for almost any team. If it wasnt for Gorman having a great D, or two D1 rb's then losing Solomon would be season changing. But if any other school had Starks/Powell and Gorman's O-line nobody would care if their qb sucked because they'd have enough to beat most teams in the state. It's not like if Foothill lost their supringly good Sophomore QB or if GV lost Love or Vegas lost Victor...those aren't replaceable.
But we shall see. I hope everyone, on every team, stays healthy.
Tuasdad, I was referring to the JV game against Servite about those from Southern California and Arizona coming to see sophomore RB Stewart and freshman QB Hong. And as for Hong paying full tuition, I highly doubt it. I saw him play for the Island Warriors (Liberty) program in the middle school league last year as a 8th grader. I doubt the families living in the Liberty zone can afford to attend Gorman.
umm...you're horribly mistaken. Not everyone keeps up with Jones' and moves up the west side just because they can.
Liberty isn't too bad of neighborhood...foreclosures hit them worse than anywhere in town but the houses around the school are $300-400,000 houses right now. Check the clark county assesors pages, directly across from Liberty is a community of $400,000-800,000 homes... present day value, so few years back they were million dollar homes. There's plenty of $80,000 1,200 sf cookie cutter homes around the corner, but you'll find that anywhere. Mr. Luis Hidalgo and fam. (former owner of Palomino Club) now doing life for murder for hire plot along with his son, lived in a $800k house across from Liberty. There's plenty of acre lot horse properties. If you think Liberty is in a "poor" or bad neighborhood than you must be one of those Anthem or Summerlin elitest..
As for Hong his parents have money. Arguably his dad wore more jewlery than his mom trying to keep up with the crowd at the gorman game friday. I'm not basing the fact that they have money based on what they wore but i've confirmed they do quite well. Are you going to tell me that Randall Cunningham can't afford Gorman either becuase he's zoned for Silverado?
C'mon now. And just because they play for Liberty Warriors doesn't mean they live in that area...Fertitta's kid played for them and they live no where near...it's the best youth football program they'll get a lot of the valley's talent playing for them because of that.
But you're right Ray, there'll be a few scouts at the JV game on Saturday too. I hope UNLV sends someone God knows it wouldn't hurt to pick up some local talent.
I think I heard you guys ealier about the Palo vs Arbor game. Arbor lost the game how can you guys agree they are the better team (IT WAS ON TV) . Yeah they might have had turn overs but that was beacuse Palo's defense was causing them meaning they could not control their own ball,meaning Palo was the better team.Arbor squeaked by Centennial , on the other hand Palo dominated them and knocked the Jacobi kid out early and never returned.The remark about Palo being on a down year ,they are 4-0 I wonder what a good year consists of. I hear Palo has a great defense,they looked tough on MYLVTV , cant wait for the playoffs (PALO VS GORMAN) gonna be another good one just like years past. I know Gorman is probably ahead in the series but just to let you guys know Palo has always been in the game with them ,and also blew Gorman away in 2008 so you can never count them out.I have not seen a score where Gorman totally blew Palo away like in 08.Cant wait.
Palo's D was partially responsible for those turnovers...but their offense was also responsible for not turning 3 turnovers in 21 points. It was a great game, evenly matched, I said it in the story about the game that the fact that each of them run the double wing their defenses are better prepared against it than most other schools. Palo plays more like a team even when they have weak links.
As for being 4-0 and having a down year....yes that would be compliment. That means that Palo Verde has set the bar so high for itself that a 4-0 team who has dominated 3/4 games can be considered a down year...this years Palo is arguably the second best team in the state.
But i think that PV of 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009 beats this years team...that's why they're considered having a down year, becuase they're damn good this year but they've been better before.
State runner up 2002, 2006, 2008 you win the Northwest 6/9 years...yes it's ok to be considered a down year to your own standards.
Gorman leads all time series 7-2 (since 1998) but if we're talking since both have become top programs (2007) Gorman leads 3-1...and yes that 1 palo win was an absolute shalacking. Gorman has never pound Palo like that. But McQueen did in 2002 45-0 in state final. Don't worry though i think 2002 McQueen was one of the best teams in state history they probably deserved to be ranked top 20 nationally not top 50 like there were.
I think 2004 Palo was the best team they've ever had. And like you I hope Palo meets Gorman in the playoffs because, regardless of who wins and how they win it's always a fun game to watch. too bad the best teams in the state this year will eliminate eachother to play the 5th/6th best team in the state who will be the north representative who gets right into the state final.
Bishop Gorman loves Liberty quarterbacks.
I suppose Moapa Valley's win over Del Sol will fuel the fire for both of you, that the Pirates will win State in the 3A, since you both had Del Sol winning that match up.
LTG