Desert Pines High School

Foothill holds off Desert Pines, back in regional semifinals: Friday, November 5, 2010; By Ray Brewer; The Foothill High football team Friday advanced to the Sunrise Regional semifinals for the second straight year.

Canyon Springs clinches No. 2 seed in playoffs with win over Desert Pines: Thursday, October 28, 2010; Edward Hauth; The Canyon Springs football team clinched the No. 2 seed in the Sunrise Northeast Division on Thursday with a 38-14 home victory over Desert Pines.

Desert Pines returns opening kickoff for touchdown, beats Chaparral 51-7: Friday, October 22, 2010; By Case Keefer; Desert Pines racked up nearly 500 yards on the ground in a 51-7 blowout victory against Chaparral. Junior Darel Allen-Tucker took the opening kickoff back for a touchdown and the Jaguars held the Cowboys scoreless until late in the fourth quarter.

Desert Pines crusies past Sunrise Mountain: Friday, October 15, 2010; By Case Keefer; O’Darius Mitchell is the cornerstone of the Desert Pines defense that has turned the Jaguars season around. Mitchell made a number of plays as Desert Pines (4-3, 4-1) won its fourth straight by beating Sunrise Mountain 49-0.

Desert Pines wins third straight by taking down Rancho: Friday, October 8, 2010; By Case Keefer; Last week, Desert Pines relied on a strong defensive effort to win a tough game against Valley. This week, it was all about offense for the Jaguars. Leon Hayes scored two rushing touchdowns as Desert Pines (3-3) beat Rancho (3-4) 41-21.

Desert Pines takes down Valley on the road, 19-6: Friday, October 1, 2010; By Case Keefer; Desert Pines has won two in a row. The Jagaurs raced past the Valley Vikings Friday night with their usual formula — steady doses of running backs Leon Hayes and Derrick Shaw.

Desert Pines gets first win behind three-pronged running back attack: Friday, September 24, 2010; By Case Keefer; Sure, Desert Pines coach Paul Bennett hoped his team would get off to a start better than the 0-3 they posted. But Bennett never panicked because he knew the running back combination of Chancellor Davis, Derrick Shaw and Leon Hayes was lethal. It showed for the first time this season Friday night when Desert Pines (1-3) used its run game to demolish Eldorado (2-2) 36-6.

Turnovers still a problem for Las Vegas, despite victory against Desert Pines: Friday, September 17, 2010; By Ray Brewer; The Las Vegas High’s 35-0 victory Thursday against host Desert Pines might look good on paper, but that was far from the case on the field, Wildcats’ coach Chris Faircloth said.

Parker Riggin passes Foothill to victory against Desert Pines: Sunday, September 12, 2010; By Ray Brewer; Foothill quarterback Parkin Riggin completed 19-of-29 passes for 222 yards and two touchdowns Saturday night in a 31-12 victory against host Desert Pines.

Desert Pines will rely on returning running backs, linemen: Monday, August 23, 2010; By Ray Brewer; The Desert Pines High football team will have to replace several key performers from the last year’s squad in order to continue its streak of playoff appearances. Coach Paul Bennett has led the Jaguars to the postseason in four of his five years in charge of the program, but knows returning to the postseason will require successfully turning over the roster.

Liberty's Sam Tai being heavily recruited by Arkansas football: Tuesday, August 3, 2010; Prep recruiting:; By Ray Brewer; Sam Tai is quickly realizing how fanatic certain college football fans can be. Ever since the 6-foot-4, 235-pound defensive end from Liberty High was offered a scholarship by Arkansas in mid-July, his phone has been constantly ringing from Arkansas-based media trying to learn more about a prospect previously under the radar.

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.”

Desert Pines ground game too much for Eldorado: Friday, November 6, 2009; By Case Keefer; Desert Pines’ game plan against Eldorado Friday was pretty simple: Give the ball to the running backs.

Defensive touchdown clinches Northeast title for Las Vegas: Thursday, October 29, 2009; By Ray Brewer; Las Vegas High senior linebacker James Joseph picked the perfect time to score his first touchdown. His 9-yard interception return for a score midway through the fourth quarter Thursday night against visiting Desert Pines rescued a struggling Las Vegas offense and gave the Wildcats a 7-6 victory to clinch the Northeast Division title.

Desert Pines routs Rancho, 34-7: Friday, October 23, 2009; By Case Keefer; Desert Pines (5-3) has a major matchup next week with division rival Las Vegas (6-1), but that doesn’t mean the Jaguars overlooked Friday’s game.