CHAPARRAL
League: Division I-A Sunrise
Head coach: Chris Brody, first season
Returning letter winners: One
Top athletes: Jaqueline Perez (So.)
Outlook: Perez is the lone returning letter winner for the Cowboys, who are focusing on individual improvement.
Las Vegas high schools, led by Bishop Gorman, placed 16 players on NFL season-opening rosters this year.
There’s an opportunity for all Class 4A football teams to contend for a state title. Last year’s champion, Centennial, moved up to 5A Division III.
Green Valley upset top-seeded and league champion Basic behind three touchdowns from wide receiver Ben Byington in a 5A Division II Southern League semifinal.
Coronado avenged a regular-season loss to Desert Pines by rolling the Jaguars in the Class 5A Division I state quarterfinals. Bishop Gorman awaits.
Basic hosts Foothill with the Class 5A Division II Southern League title on the line to highlight the Week 10 Southern Nevada high school football schedule.
Bishop Gorman only had one first-half possession and led by four points at halftime at Shadow Ridge on Friday night.
Arbor View at Desert Pines, a matchup of two of the state’s top four teams, highlights the Southern Nevada high school football Week 6 schedule.
Only three of the 14 teams in the new Class 4A made the playoffs last season, and none of them earned a postseason victory.
Rafa Lucio, Esteban Paz and David Figueroa each scored a goal to lead Eldorado to a boys soccer victory over Chaparral on Wednesday.
Silverado returns many of its top players after a season in which it went 12-0, won the Class 4A state championship and outscored its opponents 628-128.
