Faith Lutheran High Football

Cheyenne honors fallen coach, grabs league win against Faith Lutheran: Friday, September 24, 2010; By Ray Brewer; The Cheyenne High football team put on a show Friday night — before and during its 39-28 victory against visiting Faith Lutheran.

Cimarron's Christian Brown rushes for 300 yards, four touchdowns in win: Friday, September 17, 2010; By Ray Brewer; Christian Brown rushed for 305 yards and four touchdowns in the Cimarron-Memorial High football team’s 37-18 victory against visiting Faith Lutheran.

Passing attack key for Faith Lutheran in victory against Legacy: Saturday, September 11, 2010; QB Portaro passes for three scores, runs for two more in win against defending league champs; By Ray Brewer; The Faith Lutheran High football team has arguably the top passing attack in Southern Nevada. Led by quarterback Joe Portaro, wide receiver Don Pearson and tight end Brett Lubbe, a trio of Division I prospects, the Crusaders are using their successes passing the ball to start the season with two victories. Portaro completed 33-of-57 passes for 384 yards and three touchdowns Saturday in a 37-23 victory against visiting Legacy in the Northwest Division opener for both schools.

Faith Lutheran football grabs big win against California school: Saturday, August 28, 2010; By Ray Brewer; Joe Portaro passed for 296 yards and three touchdowns Friday night to lead the Faith Lutheran football team to a 26-23 victory against visiting Fountain Valley (Calif.).

Faith Lutheran could rocket toward the top with strong senior class: Monday, August 23, 2010; By Case Keefer; The Northwest Division’s most experienced team isn’t defending champion Legacy or perennial power Palo Verde. It’s Faith Lutheran, who just a year ago moved up to 4A classification from the 3A. The core players on this year’s Crusaders are entering their third year as varsity starter

Faith Lutheran QB Portaro making a splash on national circuit: Tuesday, May 18, 2010; Prep recruiting:; By Ray Brewer; Las Vegas area high schools haven’t produced many Division I college football quarterback prospects over the years. Jon Denton of Green Valley High played two years at UNLV in the mid 1990s, and Andrew Hatch of Cimarron-Memorial saw action under center for parts of two seasons at LSU from 2007-08. Faith Lutheran rising senior Joe Portaro is close to being in the position to add his name to the list.

Faith Lutheran developing players to complement QB, receiver: Tuesday, March 23, 2010; Prep football:; By Ray Brewer; Being defeated by more than 40 points wasn’t exactly a favorably memorable night for the Faith Lutheran High football team last fall. But what a 76-21 loss to perennial power Palo Verde overshadowed was how the Crusaders’ offense flexed its muscles in scoring 21 first-quarter points.

Gorman's Jalen Grimble, Palo Verde's Brandon Wright and others lead the way in 2011: Saturday, February 6, 2010; PREP FOOTBALL RECRUITING:; By Ray Brewer; Bishop Gorman High junior Jalen Grimble sat in the crowd Wednesday during a national signing day ceremony in the school’s gymnasium and watched eight of his high school teammates sign letters of intent to play college football. The highlight of the group was Grimble’s cousin, highly coveted tight end Xavier Grimble, signing with USC. Others signed with the likes of Cal, Stanford and UNLV. This time next year, it will be Jalen Grimble who will be signing his papers.

Youth football players at the top of their game: Friday, December 25, 2009; football:; By Ray Brewer; Sig Rogich Middle School students Zack Singer and Hayden Solis dominated local opponents on the youth football circuit this fall. Now, the eighth graders will see how they stack up against the nation’s best.

Palo Verde honors late coach Dave Castro with record-setting win: Saturday, October 24, 2009; Panthers take the field for the first time since their coach's death; By Ray Brewer; Palo Verde defensive coordinator Dave Castro usually sounded like a broken record on Friday nights during his halftime speech. Regardless of the score, Castro’s message was always the same — finish strong and play with pride. That’s exactly what the Panthers did Friday night in their first game since Castro died on Oct. 17, closing with 55 unanswered points in a 76-21 victory against visiting Faith Lutheran.

Faith Lutheran notches first 4A victory: Friday, October 16, 2009; PREP FOOTBALL:; By Ray Brewer; Faith Lutheran finally has its first 4A classification victory. Don Pearson accounted for three touchdowns and the host Crusaders never trailed in beating Shadow Ridge 27-13 Friday night

Arbor View celebrates homecoming with big win over Faith Lutheran: Saturday, October 10, 2009; By Case Keefer; The Aggies stormed out to an early lead and beat Faith Lutheran 57-7.

Mojave scores as time winds down to beat Faith Lutheran: Saturday, September 26, 2009; By Case Keefer; Devastation would be an appropriate word to describe Faith Lutheran’s 19-14 loss to Mojave Friday night.

Desert Shields put together complete performance against Crusaders: Friday, September 18, 2009; By Case Keefer; Cheyenne coach Perryn Hale said it all came together in his team’s 38-21 victory against Faith Lutheran.

Centennial outlasts Faith Lutheran: Saturday, September 12, 2009; By Ray Brewer; Centennial’s Willie White had a 50-yard interception return for a touchdown in the game’s final minute to seal the Bulldogs 41-31 victory against Faith Lutheran.