Friday Night Roundup: Just 10 teams left standing in playoffs

By Ray Brewer (contact)

Published Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 | 7 p.m.

Updated Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014 | 12:43 a.m.

Don’t expect much to change tonight in high school football’s Sunset Region.

Arbor View, Bishop Gorman, Centennial and Palo Verde host quarterfinal playoff games, looking to each advance to the Sunset semifinals for the fifth straight season. All four should win convincingly.

The parity is in the Sunrise Region.

Three teams finished with 3-1 records in the Southeast League, bumping region favorite Green Valley to a No. 3 seed for tonight’s playoff opener at four-time defending Sunrise champion Liberty. It’s a matchup most expected for the regional championship game, but Green Valley lost its top player — running back and defensive back Albert Lake — to a broken leg last week against Foothill and couldn’t recover in being upset.

Foothill, which kicked a field goal in the final seconds to beat Green Valley by 10 points and win a tie-breaker on a points differential for a home playoff game, takes on Las Vegas in arguably the most competitive game of the night.

In the Division I-A, two teams will qualify for the state semifinals tonight. Defending state champion Faith Lutheran hosts Desert Pines in the Southern League semifinals for a second straight season. Last year, Faith Lutheran rallied to edge Desert Pines, 48-41, in the same playoff round, and this year’s game should follow a similar script in being closely contested.

In the other semifinal, undefeated Moapa Valley is looking for its sixth straight state semifinal appearance against visiting Sierra Vista. Sierra Vista, in its first season in the classification, has a respectable 7-3 record and two of the state’s top offensive weapons in running backs Maliek Broady and Andrew Peterson.

After tonight, just 10 teams in Southern Nevada will have a game to play.

We’ll keep you posted all night as scores become final. Send us fan photos, game updates and final scores on Twitter using #sunstandout or #702hsfb.

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Stories from playoff games around the valley:

• Stevenson, Centennial run past Legacy in playoff opener

• Palo Verde’s Campbell scores 3 TDs, helps Panthers reach semifinals

• Bishop Gorman sets up Sunset semifinal showdown against Centennial in blowout

• Coronado defense ‘spectacular’ in playoff victory over Silverado

• Littlefield, Swenson help Las Vegas High oust Foothill

• Desert Pines never forgot last year’s loss to Faith Lutheran, gets revenge to advance to state semifinals

• Basic pulls familiar playoff upset of No. 1 seed Canyon Springs

• Arbor View holds off Shadow Ridge, sets up Sunset showdown with Palo Verde

• Hymas nearly perfect as Moapa Valley heads to I-A state semifinals

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