Fielder’s Choices: Bishop Gorman, Liberty tune up for 5A showdown

This week’s Class 5A Southern Region semifinals punctual maine a batch of erstwhile my grandpa utilized to ticker pro boxing connected this amusement they called “Wide World of Sports.”

There are 2 co-main events.

In the archetypal one, No. 1-ranked Bishop Gorman plays Foothill.

In the 2nd one, No. 2 Liberty plays Arbor View.

This would beryllium similar successful old-time boxing if Muhammad Ali fought idiosyncratic similar Jerry Quarry successful 1 co-main event, and Joe Frazier fought idiosyncratic similar Oscar Bonavena successful the other, with 2 large differences.

Instead of having to hold months oregon adjacent years for the 2 heavyweights of section precocious schoolhouse shot to spell toed to toe, we lone person to hold 1 much week. (Barring an upset bigger than that Buster Douglas feline implicit Mike Tyson.) And we won’t person to wage a $79.99 pay-per-view outgo to spot it.

Foothill astatine Bishop Gorman

When these teams played 2 weeks ago, Bishop Gorman won 59-0 — which is benignant of similar Ali defeating Jerry Quarry connected an aboriginal circular TKO. Except Foothill didn’t bleed arsenic overmuch arsenic Quarry.

Bishop Gorman has outscored Nevada teams 324-0 this season. That isn’t rather arsenic awesome arsenic Georgia Tech defeating Cumberland College 220-0 successful 2016 (thanks Google machine), but arsenic existent sports writers and that Joe Buck feline likes to accidental astatine the World Series, it’s benignant of successful the ballpark. Bishop Gorman by 49.

Arbor View astatine Liberty

Whereas Bishop Gorman has outscored Nevada opponents 324-0, Liberty has outscored them lone 405-53 — which is benignant of similar Joe Frazier beating up connected Joe Bugner, oregon idiosyncratic similar that.

Liberty already has defeated Arbor View, 42-14 connected opening nighttime of the season. Although Arbor View astir apt has improved a batch since then, so, too, has Liberty — the Patriots’ lone nonaccomplishment was to Mater Dei of California, inactive ranked No. 1 successful the full nation. Liberty by 35.

Season predictions: 36-11

Against the spread: 29-16-2

Fielder is simply a Review-Journal analogous during the precocious schoolhouse sports play erstwhile helium isn’t slacking off. He presently cannot beryllium reached due to the fact that his cellphone fell retired of his pouch portion helium was skateboarding and the surface broke.

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