Superbowl score 1st quarter 202111/8/2023 ![]() ![]() But in the new-look 4A, Pacheco said every week is a new “measuring stick” to assess where your team is at. Pacheco said the Rattlers were looking forward to playing Palo Verde last week to test themselves against a 5A Division III opponent before the game was canceled. ![]() “We played tough opponents and we knew the games weren’t going to be easy, but we felt it was going to make us better, make us adjust, fix our weaknesses, and our kids have responded really well,” Monticelli said. Legacy plays a nonleague game against 5A Division II opponent Foothill at 6 p.m. Monticelli said playing the top competition has his team more mentally prepared as the Longhorns begin league play and look to be a contender in an open 5A Division III race. “If you look at everybody’s schedules in town the last couple of years as far as in-state schedules, no way anybody has played a tougher schedule than we did,” Monticelli said. The Longhorns played Desert Pines last season and Liberty twice in 2021. Legacy was in the 5A Desert League the last two seasons with Arbor View and Bishop Gorman. “We’ve preached mental toughness ever since we started in the weight room back in January, so we’ve stayed mentally tough and controlled what we can control,” Legacy coach Zach Monticelli said.Īlong with dealing with the weather, Monticelli’s group was battle-tested after going through the rigors of 5A the last two seasons. after both teams waited out the lightning. And their opening week game at Shadow Ridge, a 35-19 loss, ended around 11 p.m. The Longhorns’ game last week against Canyon Springs was called off after the first quarter with a 7-0 lead. ![]() Legacy also picked up its first win, 49-6 at Cimarron-Memorial, in the Class 5A Division III opener. Other teams that picked up their first wins after having earlier games canceled were Bonanza, in a 36-0 home win over Cheyenne, and Chaparral, in a 28-0 win at Del Sol. “There were two weeks of cancellations, so our kids were antsy and chomping at the bit, and then they played really well on Friday,” Mojave coach Wes Pacheco said. Mojave, which had two of its first three games canceled, picked up its first win in a 56-0 effort against Western. Several teams celebrated their first wins of the new season Friday night after having previous games impacted by weather. Ten games were canceled in Week 1, and another five were called off last week.Ĭoaches are looking forward to finding their rhythm with league play getting underway. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) start of the high school football season has been far from normal as wild weather conditions have resulted in several cancellations in two of the first three weeks. Las Vegas cheerleaders cheer for their team as they score a touchdown during the first half of a high school football game against Rancho at Las Vegas High School on Friday, Sept. ![]()
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