Liberty upsets 10-time Nevada high school football champ Bishop Gorman

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An 11-year win streak over Nevada high school football opponents is over for 10-time Nevada high school football champ Bishop Gorman. Friday night. Liberty, ranked No. 3 in the High School Football America Nevada Top 10, overcame a 17-3 deficit to defeat the Gaels 30-24 in overtime to capture the Desert Region championship.

After missing a field goal on its first possession of overtime, Gorman was unable to stop Liberty and force a second overtime. A 7-yard run by Zyrus Fiaseu gave the Patriots the upset victory. 

Gorman, ranked No. 36 in the High School Football America 100 national rankings, rolled through its Nevada opponent this year by a score of 462-20. The Gaels hadn’t lost to a Nevada school since November 21, 2008.

Over Gorman’s 10-year championship stretch, Liberty, which started 0-5 this year against a highly-competitive national schedule, had lost to the Gaels three times in the state championship game and four times in the state semifinals.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.