Former flag football player Kaleigha Plett is inheriting the starting quarterback role after COVID protocols sidelined two Cheyenne quarterbacks.
Ron Kantowski
Sports columnist
Email: rkantowski@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-0352
Ron Kantowski is a sports columnist and covers auto racing for the Review-Journal. He has won multiple writing awards and in 2016 was named Nevada Sportswriter of the Year. Prior to beginning a long career in Las Vegas sports journalism, Kantowski attended Western New Mexico University in Silver City, N.M., where he played for the baseball team. He is a native of Whiting, Ind.
The California private school, which has beaten Bishop Gorman twice in football, has set the gold standard for teams that compete on a national level.
Basketball conference featuring high school academies might become the new standard for national competition, but Bishop Gorman plans to remain on its current path.
Bishop Gorman doubles down on athletic success and becomes a national power after moving to a new campus in 2007.
Three years after losing 84-8 in state championship game, Liberty became the first Nevada school to beat Bishop Gorman in football since 2008.
For those who rose to Bishop Gorman’s level, there was nothing sweeter than beating, competing against the Gaels.
Former Gaels coaches recall when the school’s sports facilities and won-loss record still were modest.
Paul Sewald of the Seattle Mariners, who played on Bishop Gorman’s first state championship baseball team, says his loyalty to the school has no bounds.
A rundown of Bishop Gorman’s championships and a list of notable players in the Gaels’ history.
Regardless of how one perceives Bishop Gorman’s success, what it has accomplished in high schol sports will be part of a fascinating and most likely continuing legacy.
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Las Vegas team blanks Arizona all-stars 10-0 to capture West Region title in California.
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