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Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 | 10:01 p.m.
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A massive upset helped usher in the first week of high school football Friday night.
Bonanza, which went 5-5 last season and lost its top two standouts, stunned visiting Silverado, one of the more highly touted teams coming into the season, 30-29.
“I’m proud of the kids for stepping up,” Bonanza coach Shawn Dupris said. “We believed in ourselves. We knew we could win. That was all that mattered.”
The Bengals erased a nine-point deficit in the final five minutes against the Skyhawks and exorcised past demons in the process. Junior kicker Austin Rowe nailed a 35-yard field goal to cut the score to 29-23 late in the fourth quarter.
Whether Bonanza received another chance to score came down to a defense that was much maligned last season and gave up more than 40 points per game. The unit held strong against Silverado and forced a turnover-on-downs.
Junior quarterback Brett Doyle made the most of the extra opportunity by finding sophomore running back Jayveon Taylor with a long pass for the winning score before Roe booted the extra point through.
“It was a little rollout and he hit him in stride,” Dupris said. “It was back-and-forth the whole game, but we just stepped up.”
Taylor scored three touchdowns, two receiving and one rushing, on the night. Doyle “showed great poise in the pocket,” according to Dupris, and was behind each of Taylor’s touchdown catches.
Jordan Ozosky added a touchdown and Rico Soto gained tough yards on the ground all night.
Case Keefer can be reached at 948-2790 or case.keefer@lasvegassun.com. Follow Case on Twitter at twitter.com/casekeefer.
First, this was NOT an "upset." Just because this newspaper and the RJ decide to rank teams certain ways does not mean the rankings are accurate. Talk to most insiders at Silverado and they would (if being honest) be happy going 3-9 this year.This is a team with internal problems.
Second, your report does not mention the very questionable officiating (I know, I know, they're only human) that had four (4) Silverado touchdowns called back on very suspicious calls. My favorite call was the flag thrown 60 yards behind the play as a player scored. My second favorite was the unsportsman-like penalty called on the Silverado bench because a coach yelled at a player and the white hat thought he was yelling at him! It was obvious that both head coaches knew the rules better than the officiating crew. Surely the NIAA can do better than what I saw last night. C'mon fellas, call 'em all or swallow your whistles. When you are as selective as you were last night, it becomes obvious you are biased.
Junior kicker Austin Rowe nailed a 35-yard field goal to cut the score to 29-23 late in the fourth quarter.
NICE JOB AUSTIN!!