This is the high school football game of the season — both in Las Vegas and across the nation.

The showdown between national powerhouses Bishop Gorman and Mater Dei has generated such anticipation that tickets for Fertitta Field in Summerlin sold out earlier this week.

Yet that won’t deter the crowds of spectators gathering outside the stadium gates, hundreds strong, hoping to catch any glimpse of the action.

They’ll witness Gorman, USA Today’s top-ranked team in the nation, taking on its final national opponent before transitioning to local competition. A victory here would potentially clear the path to the program’s fifth national championship since 2014.

However, history favors the visitors.

Gorman enters winless in four previous matchups against Mater Dei — a program that has cult

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