Shadow Ridge’s defense paved the way for the Mustangs to win their 5A Desert League opener against visiting Mojave 28-14 on Friday night.

“Nothing’s been easy this year. We got in here and got a win against a good football team,” Shadow Ridge head coach Travis Foster said. “We came away with a win late. I’m just glad we could pull this one out.”

In the first half, the Mustangs (4-1, 1-0), ranked No. 4 in the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Class 5A rankings , took advantage of several Mojave mistakes.

Most notably, on its first offensive possession, Shadow Ridge went three-and-out but was awarded a first down on its punt following a roughing-the-kicker penalty. The penalty put Shadow Ridge on its own 46-yard line, and four plays later, the Mustangs had a 7-0 lead on sophomore Isaiah Jones’s

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