Bishop Gorman beats Lone Peak, game called in third quarter: Final score, results from high school football game

Lance Smith

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Bishop Gorman rolled to a 35-14 victory – or was it a 2-0 victory – at home against Lone Peak on Friday in a game that was called just after halftime following some pushing and shoving and a lengthy referees' review.

After a small altercation on the field in which no punches were thrown, more than three Lone Peak players left the sideline for the field, and that constituted a forfeiture with 9:25 left in the third by NIAA rule.

Lone Peak had found some footing after Bishop Gorman got off to a blistering start. The Gaels led 21-0 after one quarter on touchdown passes from Maika Eugenio to Zyren Micah Menor and Isaiah Nickels plus a pick-six from Pesi Silva Jr. Lone Peak got on the board early in the second quarter to cut it to 21-7 and scored again with 42 seconds left in the half to make it 28-14 after Bishop Gorman had gone back up three scores on another Nickels touchdown catch. Eugenio threw his fourth touchdown pass of the half with five seconds left to Massiah Mingo.

And that was, unexpectedly, all the scoring for the evening. Eugenio finished with 270 yards and four touchdowns passing, and he might've finished with upwards of 400 yards and six touchdowns the way the game was going.

The final score was 35-14, but with the game ruled a forfeit so early in the game, it might be listed as a 2-0 forfeit score. Either way, it was yet another dominant outing for a consensus top-three team in the country and national championship frontrunner.

 

Scroll down for a pregame overview followed by results.

Pregame

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Two perennial Western USA high school football powers will fight to stay unbeaten on Friday as reigning Nevada champion Bishop Gorman (2-0) hosts reigning Utah runner-up Lone Peak (3-0). Lone Peak is off to a blistering start with double-digit victories over in-state foes Crimson Cliffs, Orem, and Timpview. But it'll be the heavy underdog against 2023 national champion and nationwide No. 2 Bishop Gorman, which opened by beating Las Vegas Centennial and Kahuku (HI) by a combined 90-0.

Bishop Gorman features a couple of the premier defensive players in the country and SN All-Americans in DE Prince Williams (Arizona) and S Jett Washington (Oregon), and many other serious D-1 prospects. They include QB Maika Eugenio (Hawaii), who's completed 38 of 45 passes (84.4%) for 585 yards and seven touchdown to one interception, good for a 155.4 passer rating. He has a deep receiver corps that features Zyren Micah Menor, Kaina Watson, Isaiah Nickels (Hawaii), Massiah Mingo (New Mexico), and Trent Walker.

Like the Gaels, Lone Peak has an offense that's leaned more on the pass than run so far this season with a QB in the midst of a particularly efficient season. Cruz Christensen has completed 32 of 47 passes (68.1%) for 508 yards, six touchdowns, and no interceptions throwing to the likes of Utah commits Jaron and Kennan Pula and pass-catching RB Tate Barney. The Knights' highest-ranked college recruit is 4-star OT Bott Mulitalo, a 6-foot-5, 290-pound BYU commit.

These two teams most recently played in 2019 and 2021, with Bishop Gorman winning both matchups.

Score, updates, highlights from Bishop Gorman vs. Lone Peak

The game has been called – a 35-14 Bishop Gorman victory – less than three minutes into the third quarter.

SECOND QUARTER:

0:05 – Bishop Gorman 35, Lone Peak 14: Eugenio finds Mingo from 15 yards out to send the Gaels into halftime up three touchdowns.

0:42 – Bishop Gorman 28, Lone Peak 14: Lone Peak is making a game of it after all, scoring its second touchdown shortly before halftime.

5:52 – Bishop Gorman 28, Lone Peak 7: Bishop Gorman goes up three scores after a 16-yard touchdown from Eugenio to Nickels.

2nd Quarter – Bishop Gorman 21, Lone Peak 7: Bishop Gorman takes over at Lone Peak's 34-yard line after a long kick return by Massiah Mingo following Lone Peak's first touchdown.

FIRST QUARTER:

2:13 – Bishop Gorman 21, Lone Peak 0: The blowout is apparently on already. Eugenio to Isaiah Nickels with an absolute bomb from just past midfield.

7:40 – Bishop Gorman 14, Lone Peak 0: The Gaels strike again on the next play from scrimmage as Pesi Silva Jr. records an interception-return touchdown.

7:51 – Bishop Gorman 7, Lone Peak 0: Eugenio finishes the drive by finding Zyren Micah Menor in the end zone.

1st Quarter: Massiah Mingo takes a Maika Eugenio pass across the midfield on 3rd-and-3 for Bishop Gorman.

1st Quarter: Bishop Gorman opens by forcing a three-and-out.

The game is yet to kickoff.

MORE: How to watch Bishop Gorman vs. Lone Peak

Lance Smith

Lance has covered high school basketball, football and softball since 2019. A graduate of The USC Marshall School of Business, Smith dabbles in linear algebra and football and basketball computer rankings.