Silverado Sports - Las Vegas Sun

Sam Morris

Silverado's David Ware, left and Justin Johnson celebrate their win over Coronado Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 at Silverado. Silverado won on a last second shot 53-52.

Silverado basketball blows fourth quarter lead, then rallies for win in final seconds: high school basketball: The Skyhawks take sole possession of first place in the Southeast with an 11-2 record; Thu, Feb 9, 2012 (2:05 a.m.); By Ray Brewer; The Silverado High basketball team led visiting Coronado by nine points Wednesday in the fourth quarter of a key Southeast Division game, but faded down the stretch in surrendering a 15-4 scoring run to trail by four points with less than a minute remaining.

Green Valley's Durrell McDonald pulls a rebound away from Silverado's Thomas McKay during their game Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 at Green Valley. The Gators won the game 71-58.

Green Valley boys more than a one-player show in victory against Silverado: high school basketball: Top player and DePaul commit Durrell McDonald leads the way for Gators, but others contribute in win; Saturday, January 28, 2012; By Ray Brewer; With less than a minute remaining in Friday’s basketball game, Green Valley High senior guard Durrell McDonald dribbled past the full court press of defenders from visiting Silverado High and found himself in the clear on the fast break. Instead of continuing for what would have been an easy two points, the guard riffled a perfect pass to teammate Devan Kohn near the basket. Kohn easily converted the layup, putting on the final touches in Green Valley’s 71-58 victory.

Silverado High School's Izaiah Thurmon, center, (7) carries the ball against Foothill High School during a game at Silverado Friday, October 8, 2010. Foothill won the game 13-7.

Silverado upsets Green Valley to send division rivals down a spot in postseason: high school football:; Thursday, October 27, 2011; By Case Keefer; Silverado senior Izaiah Thurmon capped off his high school football career with one of his finest performances. Thurmon rushed for just less than 250 yards as Silverado upset Green Valley 27-20 to close the season.

Virgin Valley's Dee Bowler is taken down by Taylor Schwartz during a game between Virgin Valley High School and Moapa Valley High School in Overton on Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. The Moapa Pirates shut out the Bulldogs 18-0.

Moapa Valley capitalizes on Silverado mistakes en route to big win: high school football:; Saturday, October 22, 2011; By Case Keefer; The Moapa Valley defense is playing like one of Southern Nevada’s most elite units. The Pirates notched their second straight shutout Friday night by beating Silverado 27-0.

Foothill passing game produces another victory: Saturday, October 15, 2011; By Case Keefer; Foothill sophomore quarterback Drew Doxtator has gone from an unknown at the beginning of the season to one of the valley’s best passers. Doxtator had yet another big night for the Falcons Friday in a 28-13 Homecoming victory over the Silverado Skyhawks. Doxtator threw for all four touchdowns.

Antraye Johnson leads Basic to 20-10 win over Silverado: high school football:; Saturday, October 1, 2011; Edward Hauth; Basic High School sophomore Antraye Johnson scored two second-half touchdowns to help the Wolves improve to 2-1 in league play with a 20-10 victory over Silverado on Saturday.

Liberty running back Niko Kapeli makes his way through the Silverado line during their game Friday, September 23, 2011. Liberty won the game 26-20.

Record rushing day from Niko Kapeli carries Liberty past Silverado: high school football:; Friday, September 23, 2011; By Ray Brewer; The Liberty High football team gained 11 yards on nine first-quarter plays Friday against visiting Silverado. The Patriots had two punts blocked, their quarterback was intercepted twice and they twice lost fumbles. Yes, it wasn’t pretty. But Liberty closed the game with 19 unanswered points, using a school-record 235 rushing yards and three touchdowns from junior Niko Kapeli in a 26-20 victory.

Silverado High School football players Savon Moniz, Coty Iwata and Kusitafu Otuaf.

Silverado uses rushing from Thurmon, stellar defense to beat Valley: high school football:; Saturday, September 10, 2011; By Ray Brewer; Silverado High’s Izaiah Thurmon had about 125 rushing yards and Coty Iwata added three sacks Friday night in a 21-12 victory against visiting Valley.

Bonanza High School football players Curtiss Montenegro and Tim Sweeney.

Bonanza rallies in the fourth quarter to beat Silverado: high school football:; Friday, August 26, 2011; By Case Keefer; 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.

Silverado's early season league schedule won't be easy: high school football:; Thursday, August 25, 2011; By Ray Brewer; The Silverado High football team should have a good gauge early in the season of how it will fare in the competitive Southeast Division. After opening with non-league games against Bonanza and Valley, Silverado hosts league power Del Sol Sept. 16 and travels the following week to face defending league champion Liberty.

Silverado can't erase early deficit, eliminated in regional semifinals: little league baseball: Nevada goes another summer without sending a team to the Little League World Series; Friday, August 12, 2011; By Ray Brewer; Silverado Little League was eliminated Friday from the West Regional in San Bernardino, Calif., falling 3-2 to Red Bluff of Northern California in a game televised by ESPN2.

Silverado LL to play Friday on ESPN2 in regional semifinals: little league baseball:; Thursday, August 11, 2011; By Ray Brewer; Omar Ortiz hit a two-run homer Wednesday for Silverado Little League in its final pool play game at the West Regionals, but it wasn’t enough in an 11-3 loss to Southern California’s Ocean View.

Kimo Seau practices during Liberty High School football practice in Henderson on Thursday, August 4, 2011.

Workouts with famous uncle helped Liberty's Kimo Seau develop on gridiron: high school football:; Tuesday, August 9, 2011; By Ray Brewer; When the Liberty High School football team takes the field Thursday for the first day of official practices, coaches will surely challenge their players with a variety of grueling conditioning drills. That is commonplace for several area programs during the first week of practice, with the training so unbearable for some they become ill or quit the team. But no matter how demanding Liberty coach Rich Muraco’s workouts are, defensive end Kimo Seau will have the confidence that he has thrived in more physically straining conditions.

Silverado erases early deficit to down Arizona, inch closer to semifinals: little league baseball:; Monday, August 8, 2011; By Ray Brewer; Silverado Little League overcame a three-run deficit Monday in its West Regional pool play game against Arizona’s Rio Rico, scoring three runs with two outs in the fifth inning for an 8-6 victory in San Bernardino, Calif. Silverado improves to 2-1 in the six-team event, where the winner advances to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.

Despite being shut out, Silverado LL still in the hunt at regionals: Sunday, August 7, 2011; By Ray Brewer; Silverado Little League was blanked 4-0 Sunday by Northern California’s Red Bluff in a Western Regional pool play game in San Bernardino, Calif.