Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

high school football:

Green Valley beats Virgin Valley in tuneup for showdown with Liberty

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The Green Valley High football team turned a touchdown halftime deficit into a comfortable double-digit win Thursday, traveling to Mesquite for a 41-22 victory against 3A Virgin Valley for its fifth straight win.

Aaron Love rushed for 157 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries to lead the Gators, who trailed 14-7 at halftime during their break from Southeast Division play.

“They are a good football team,” Green Valley coach Brian Castro said of Virgin Valley. “Who cares if they are a 3A team? They do well against 4A teams if you look at their record, and they are physical.”

Jacob Olim passed for 121 yards and a touchdown for Green Valley, throwing a 6-yard score to Elijah Spann. Sean Ferraro had a kickoff return for a touchdown and Kelvin Woods scored defensively with a fumble return for a touchdown.

“(At halftime) we told our kids, basically, that they were a lot better than the half of football they just played,” Castro said. “The bottom line is we needed to play with some emotion. We were flat.”

Green Valley (5-1 overall, 3-0 Southeast) can’t afford a slow start next week when it plays defending Southeast champion Liberty. Both teams will enter undefeated in league play.

“They have a great football program over there,” Castro said. “We are going to line up and see what happens.”

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