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Liberty celebrates a 34-14 home win against Green Valley.

Liberty looks to prolong dream season against Del Sol: Thursday, November 19, 2009; Prep football:; By Case Keefer; All season long, Liberty’s goal was to make history by advancing to the playoffs for the first time in school history. Now, the Patriots want more. After beating Canyon Springs in the first round of the playoffs last week, Liberty is hungry for a shot at the state championship. “I think a lot of teams put it on a board and don’t really believe it deep down,” Liberty coach Rich Muraco said. “But as this season has gone on, we really do believe we can be in the state championship.” Liberty’s next step in that quest comes Friday when it ...

All eyes will be on Basic, Foothill on Friday night: Thursday, November 19, 2009; ray brewer:; By Ray Brewer; If you thought the standing room only crowd at last week’s Palo Verde-Bishop Gorman high school football mega-showdown was impressive, wait until Friday night. That’s when the passionate fans off Henderson will be at the center of the most significant high school football game its community has seen in years.

Andre Clay, left, of Clark High School is tackled by Cedric Williams of Rancho High School during th

Clark tailback picks Southern Utah: Wednesday, November 18, 2009; PREP FOOTBALL:; By Ray Brewer; Clark High senior running back Andre Clay has verbally committed to Southern Utah University, Chargers coach Don Willis said. Clay, who rushed for 850 yards and 14 touchdowns this fall, also received interest from North Dakota and South Dakota State.

Palo Verde linebacker Daniel Godkin returns an interception during their game against Faith Lutheran

Palo Verde's Godkin verbally commits to UNR: Wednesday, November 18, 2009; By Ray Brewer; Palo Verde senior football player Daniel Godkin has made his college decision. Well, sort of. The defensive end said Wednesday he made a soft verbal commitment to Nevada-Reno, but still plans on taking a recruiting trip to Navy in January. Commitments are non-binding and don’t become official until the February signing period.

Cimarron-Memorial defensive back James Carraway has the experience of beating Bishop Gorman, the Spa

Cimarron defensive back has experience beating Gorman: Wednesday, November 18, 2009; By Ray Brewer; Cimarron-Memorial High senior James Carraway remembers the final out. He remembers the feeling of accomplishment as he raced toward the pitcher's mound from his outfield position to celebrate a victory nobody expected. Cimarron upset previously untouchable Bishop Gorman last spring in baseball's Sunset Regional championship game. Now, he's hoping history will repeat itself. This time, however, some would consider a Cimarron victory to be an even bigger upset.

Bishop Gorman football coach Tony Sanchez puts his arms around running backs Victor Belen (left) and

Gorman tops Palo Verde to dance into Sunset finals: Saturday, November 14, 2009; Win helps Gaels ease pain of last year's five-TD defeat against rival; By Ray Brewer; It didn’t matter what song was being played on the loud speakers Friday night in the Bishop Gorman High football team’s locker room. The Gaels, fresh off a 38-28 victory against rival Palo Verde in the Sunset Regional semifinals, were going to dance and enjoy a moment they had waited one year for. The win helps erase memories of last year’s five-touchdown loss to Palo Verde in the regional finals. More importantly, it puts the Gaels in the driver’s seat to the capture the large-school classification title.

Del Sol's Miller passes for three touchdowns, Dragons advance to semifinals: Saturday, November 14, 2009; By Ray Brewer; Troy Miller passed for three touchdowns on Friday night to lead host Del Sol to a 32-13 victory against Valley in the Sunrise Regional quarterfinals. Del Sol, which is predominantly a running team, received more than 200 yards passing from its junior quarterback.

Foothill upsets six-time regional champion Las Vegas: Friday, November 13, 2009; prep football playoffs: Victory guarantees a Henderson school will play in the state title game; By Ray Brewer; A Henderson area high school football team hasn’t played in the state championship game since Green Valley High in 1994. That will change this year thanks to one of the biggest upsets in recent playoff history on Friday night in the Sunrise Regional quarterfinals.

Basic wide receiver DeShawn Nixon rushes the ball for a large gain against Desert Pines Friday durin

Basic grinds out another close win against Desert Pines: Friday, November 13, 2009; By Case Keefer; Basic coach Jeff Cahill may have the most stressful coaching job in Las Vegas. Five of the Wolves’ last seven games have been decided by a touchdown or less. Friday night’s home playoff game against Desert Pines was no different. Like it has so many times this season, Basic (10-1) pulled out another close game. Basic held on to beat Desert Pines 24-17 in the first round of the playoffs. “Our kids don’t panic when something goes wrong,” Cahill said. “If they get up on us, we stay the course and play the whole game out.”

Liberty escapes Canyon Springs despite six turnovers: Friday, November 13, 2009; By Case Keefer; Truth be told, Liberty’s 16-15 victory over Canyon Springs Friday could have been by a much larger margin. Liberty coach Rich Muraco said the Patriots controlled the entire game. They held Canyon Springs running back Devin Rimmey to less than 50 yards and put on a defensive showcase. “We won the physical battle,” Muraco said.

Cimarron-Memorial slides past Legacy: Friday, November 13, 2009; By Case Keefer; This all sounded almost too familiar. Earlier in the season, Cimarron-Memorial appeared to beat Legacy when a Legacy extra point missed going through the uprights. But a roughing the kicker penalty on Cimarron allowed Legacy to run one more play — a two-point conversion that gave the Longhorns a 30-29 victory. Fast forward to Friday night. Legacy missed another extra point late in the game. And there was no penalty this time. Cimarron took down Legacy 21-20 in the second round of the state playoffs.

Only six teams remain after Friday night's games: Friday, November 13, 2009; prep football playoffs:; By Ray Brewer, Case Keefer; This is the part of the high school football season the players have trained for all summer and fall — the playoffs.

Palo Verde players celebrate their 50-14 Sunset Regional championship victory over Bishop Gorman.

Gorman, Palo Verde set for anticipated football game: Thursday, November 12, 2009; PREP FOOTBALL: Sunset Regional semifinals will have championship-game feel for perennial powers; By Ray Brewer; A star-studded high school football game of this magnitude is a rarity in Las Vegas. But, with the season on the line Friday night for two of Southern Nevada’s marquee programs, this playoff game has the makings of a classic. Bishop Gorman High, the often controversial private school, hosts public school power Palo Verde at 7 p.m. on Friday in the Sunset Regional semifinals.

Bishop Gorman freshman quarterback Anu Solomon runs into the Cheyenne Desert Shields line Friday nig

Gorman ready for Palo following 56-15 pounding of Cheyenne: Saturday, November 7, 2009; PREP FOOTBALL: Freshman QB Solomon settles in, helps turn close game into a blowout; By Ryan Greene; First-year Bishop Gorman coach Tony Sanchez had barely finished making his way through the postgame handshake line before proclaiming — to no one in particular — that it was now officially 'Palo week.' Of course, that's in reference to the Sunset Regional semifinal showdown which is now set up for next week between Gorman and rival Palo Verde, who slaughtered the Gaels last year in the regional finals, 50-14. Gorman did its part to set up the rematch by unloading on Cheyenne on Friday night, 56-15.

The Del Sol High football team celebrates winning the Henderson-based Southeast Division championshi

Del Sol rallies without top rusher to win Southeast title: Saturday, November 7, 2009; By Ray Brewer; Running back Dezerick Reed has been the Del Sol High football team’s No. 1 option offensively every game this fall. But in one of the Dragons’ most important games of the season on Friday night, they had to rally without their top performer. Reed was benched after drawing a personal foul on a late hit in the second quarter against a player from visiting Coronado.

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