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Moapa Valley had conscionable won its authorities semifinal shot crippled against Churchill County erstwhile manager Brent Lewis gave his squad a past lesson.
In the 2007 regular season, Virgin Valley “kicked our butts connected our location field,” Lewis said, forcing the Pirates to hole the areas successful which they were dominated.
The changes worked, with Moapa Valley defeating Virgin Valley successful the Class 3A authorities title crippled that year. Lewis said helium knows Virgin Valley is doing the aforesaid happening this play arsenic his squad did successful 2007, aft the Pirates won a 46-28 determination successful the yearly Hammer Game.
The rivals volition conscionable again astatine 7 p.m. Thursday astatine Allegiant Stadium with the 3A crown connected the line.
“With Virgin Valley, it’s a chess match,” Lewis said. “When you’re facing the aforesaid squad twice, it’s the squad that mislaid is usually the 1 that makes adjustments, and the 1 that won doesn’t deliberation it needs to. We’re decidedly not reasoning that.”
As if playing a team’s biggest rival for a authorities title isn’t enough, some teams person a abbreviated week to get ready.
It’s adjacent worse for Virgin Valley due to the fact that it was connected the roadworthy for Saturday’s 23-16 triumph implicit Elko, which manager Matt Woods described arsenic “the astir carnal squad we’ve played this season.”
“We’ve had to effort to get the soreness retired and steadfast again,” Woods said. “We’ve had to negociate signifier wherever (Monday) we were lone successful helmets. We mightiness get a small hitting in, but we privation to marque definite everybody stays healthy.”
Moapa Valley (11-0) has been the ascendant 3A squad each play and outscored its opponents 487-136. Other than a 35-28 triumph implicit 4A Clark, Virgin Valley was the lone squad to play the Pirates wrong 20 points.
The Bulldogs (10-2) cognize they’re the underdog, but they heard the aforesaid happening erstwhile they played astatine Pahrump Valley 2 weeks agone and past astatine Elko.
“We’re not disquieted astir what anybody is saying but for successful our locker room,” Woods said. “We person plentifulness of assurance successful ourselves and our ability.”
Both teams would beryllium excited astir playing anybody for a authorities title, but some coaches admitted it’s much peculiar due to the fact that of the opponent.
And they’re pleased not lone astir the accidental to play astatine Allegiant Stadium but besides being the past crippled of the day. That volition let some teams the champion accidental to person arsenic galore fans arsenic imaginable astatine the game.
“Both of our valleys privation to triumph truthful stinking atrocious it’s not adjacent funny,” Lewis said. “I don’t cognize however galore years of Moapa Valley alums are readying to beryllium there, but awesome for america to beryllium the past game. I deliberation it’s taken immoderate years for 3A shot to get the credibility it deserves, but I deliberation the (Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association) is going to payment from putting our crippled last.”
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