Silverado High Football

Silverado upsets Green Valley to send division rivals down a spot in postseason: Thursday, October 27, 2011; high school football:; 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.

Moapa Valley capitalizes on Silverado mistakes en route to big win: Saturday, October 22, 2011; high school football:; 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.

Second-quarter touchdown enough for Silverado: Thursday, October 6, 2011; high school football:; By Ray Brewer; Silverado’s Deandre Gause scored on a 30-yard pass from Savon Moniuz in the second quarter Thursday and the Skyhawks defense did the rest in a 7-0 victory against visiting Coronado.

Antraye Johnson leads Basic to 20-10 win over Silverado: Saturday, October 1, 2011; high school football:; 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.

Record rushing day from Niko Kapeli carries Liberty past Silverado: Friday, September 23, 2011; high school football:; 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.

Del Sol shakes past Silverado in second half: Saturday, September 17, 2011; high school football: Chris Marshall, Raheem Jones improve Dragons to 3-0; By Case Keefer; Del Sol players yelled encouragingly at each other as they rushed out of the locker room after halftime at Silverado on Friday night. This in no way looked like a team that had been physically dominated and seemingly overmatched through two quarters. The Dragons didn’t play like it the rest of the way, either. Del Sol turned a sloppy first half into a golden second half to slide by Southeast division rival Silverado 28-24 Friday night.

Silverado uses rushing from Thurmon, stellar defense to beat Valley: Saturday, September 10, 2011; high school football:; 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 rallies in the fourth quarter to beat Silverado: Friday, August 26, 2011; high school football:; 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: Thursday, August 25, 2011; high school football:; 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 shuts out Del Sol to reach playoffs: Thursday, October 28, 2010; By Case Keefer; Let the playoff party begin at Silverado. After two years of disappointing near misses, Silverado clinched a berth in this year's playoffs with a 23-0 shutout victory at Del Sol on Friday night. Canyon Springs will host Silverado in a first-round playoff game next week.

Silverado's Ladale Jackson verbally commits to Utah State: Monday, October 25, 2010; prep football:; By Ray Brewer; Silverado High football player Ladale Jackson verbally committed to Utah State last week. The 5-foot-11, 170-pound senior wide receiver and defensive back turned down offers from bigger programs — such as Colorado and Utah — to play for the Aggies because they also recruited him to run track, Silverado coach Andy Ostolaza said.

Silverado gets back on track with win against Moapa Valley: Friday, October 15, 2010; By Case Keefer; No team can easily defend Silverado tight end Josh Curtis. The Skyhawks took advantage of that Friday night as Curtis caught two touchdowns in a 38-19 victory against Moapa Valley.

Foothill takes back Victory Bell, stays undefeated with win at Silverado: Friday, October 8, 2010; Practice pays dividends for Falcons, as players say they were ready for key situations; By Case Keefer; The scramble drill is a staple of every Foothill High football practice. It challenges senior quarterback Parker Riggin to extend plays when he’s facing pressure and finding no open receivers. The drill explains the game-winning touchdown in the 13-7 Foothill (7-0) victory against host Silverado (3-3) Friday night.

Two interception returns for touchdowns help Silverado down Coronado: Friday, October 1, 2010; By Ray Brewer; Corey Iwata and Cade Campbell had interception returns for touchdowns Friday to lead the Silverado High football team to a 37-20 victory against Coronado.