3A Football Roundup (October 17, 2018)

By DAVE BELCHER

Moapa Valley Progress

Southern 3A
Sunrise Mtn at Virgin Valley
It was homecoming in Virgin Valley, Sunrise Mountain was the invited guest. The Miners had a chance to qualify for the playoffs with an upset of the Bulldogs. On the other hand, the loser would be out.
Turns out, it was not a good night for the Bulldogs. Virgin Valley scored first on a 1-yard touchdown run by Delano. The extra point attempt was a fumbled snap followed by a desperation throw that fell incomplete.

The Miners would get their first touchdown when Tyree Hayes completed a 62-yard pass for a touchdown. Tying the game at 6-6.
The Miners would take a touchdown lead on a 1-yard run. The Dawgs returned with a 61-yard Delano run. The Miners would take a 20-12 lead at halftime when they scored an 11-yard touchdown run.
The Miners would score their final touchdown when Hayes threw a 66-yard pass after faking a flat pass. He found his receiver wide open who ran untouched to the endzone. The score was 28-12.

Virgin Valley would fumble in Sunrise Mountain territory then score late in the fourth with a chance to cut the lead to a one touchdown advantage. But they couldn’t score the 2-point conversion.
A failed onside kick and the Miners ran out the clock.
The Dawgs are eliminated meaning the only thing they have left is the Hammer game against the Pirates this Friday night.

Boulder City at Rancho
The Eagles travelled to Rancho where they beat the Rams, 62-0. Thorstein Balmer scored four touchdowns in the game to lead the Eagles offense with 126 yards rushing on 15 carries.
The Eagles finished with 294-yards of total offense while holding the Rams to 73-yards total.
With the win the Eagles are tied for second with Sunrise Mountain in the Sunrise division. These two teams have both clinched playoff berths with the winner of Friday night’s game becoming the Sunrise second seed and hosting a first round playoff game against the Sunset’s third seed.

Western at Pahrump Valley
The last time the Trojans won a league football title was in 2005. By beating the Western Warriors on Friday, the Trojans won the Sunset and will have a first round bye as the top seed. The Trojans beat Western 66-0.

Pahrump scored a touchdown by everyway-but-one against the Warriors. That one was a kickoff return. Nico Velazquez scored the first two with runs of 16 and 10-yards. They scored a team safety to start the second quarter scored on a fumble return in the second quarter In the third quarter Donnie Miller scored a 36-yard interception and in the fourth quarter Willie Lucas returned a 55-yard punt for a touchdown.

Pahrump will travel Valley in a game that doesn’t mean anything to the Trojans but Valley must beat the Trojans and have Del Sol lose to Cheyenne in order to qualify for the playoffs.

Democracy Prep at Cheyenne
Democracy Prep scored their first touchdown of their first drive of the game and took the early lead 6-0. Cheyenne scored with two minutes to play in the first quarter for a 7-6 lead.
The Blue Knights used nine minutes to drive for another touchdownto regain a 13-7 lead.
Democracy Prep would score on a 5-yard pass reception by Kelly Jones with no time remaining in the first half giving them a 20-7 lead. That would be the final score for the Blue Knights.
Mike Reed caught a 4-yard pass from Christopher Rose and, with a 2-point conversion, Cheyenne trailed 20-15. Rose caught his second touchdown of the game, a 7-yard score, giving Cheyenne the lead 22-20 headed into the fourth quarter.

Democracy Prep was threatening at the end of the game when Joshua Washington intercepted a pass at the goal line and returned the ball 99-yards with six minutes to play.
Cheyenne finished with 268-yards of total offense: 230-yards rushing. Democracy Prep finished with 195-yards, 141-yards passing. With the loss Democracy Prep was eliminated from the playoffs.

Valley at Del Sol
The Vikings went into the game against Del Sol with a chanceat the playoffs if they won. Instead the Vikings were destroyed by the Dragons 46-6. Valley allowed six Dragon touchdowns in the first half trailing 39-0.
Now the Vikings will have to beat the top seed Pahrump and hope Cheyenne will beat Del Sol. Markell Turner, Kamani Wilks and Maalik Flowers each scored touchdowns for Del SOl. Turner three while the other two scored twice each. Turner had 213-yards rushing in the game.

South 3A league standings
Sunrise: Moapa Valley 3-0, Boulder City 2-1, Sunrise Mountain 2-1, Virgin Valley 1-2 and Rancho 0-3.
Sunset: Pahrump Valley 4-0, Cheyenne 3-1, Del Sol 2-2, Valley 2-2, Democracy Prep 1-3 and Western 0-4.

Northern 3A
Fallon at Sparks
Fallon won the northern title with a 49-0 win at Sparks last week. Fallon will have a first round bye in the playoffs then host the second round game.
Truckee at Spring Creek
Truckee beat the Spartans 33-0. The win gave the Wolverines the second seed for the regional playoffs. With it goes a first round bye and a home game in the second round. If they win the second round game they will be heading south for the state semi-final. Maybe Moapa Valley?

Marcus Trotter scored the first Truckee touchdown from 3-yards out. Derek Laferriere scored from 8-yards away giving the Wolverines a 14-0 lead after the extra point. Trotter scored his second touchdown on a 3-yard run and Truckee had a 21-0 lead midway through the second quarter.
Drew Winguard caught a Bellon 10-yard pass for Truckee’s next touchdown. Truckee used Bellon’s legs after they took possession at the Spring Creek 22 when a punt travelled 20-yards out of the Spartan endzone. Two quarterback runs and Bellon was in the endzone. After the extra point missed Truckee held on to win 33-0.

Elko at Lowry
The Elko Indians beat Lowry 42-13. Elko is currently the third seed while Lowry is the sixth seed from the north.

Fernley at North Valleys
The Fernley Vaqueros beat the North Valleys Panthers 48-8. Fernley sits as the fourth seed while North Valleys has been eliminated from the playoffs.

Dayton at South Tahoe
This game pitted two winless teams together. South Tahoe won their first game 33-6. Both teams have been eliminated from the playoffs.

Northern 3A standings
Fallon 8-0, Truckee 7-1, Elko 6-2, Fernley 5-3, Spring Creek 5-3, Lowry 4-4, Sparks 2-6, North Valleys 2-6, South Tahoe 1-7 and Dayton 0-8.