Las Vegas High’s football team was in a battle against Canyon Springs on Friday night. The Wildcats were down 7-6 and were looking to keep their perfect record intact.

Even though it wasn’t Las Vegas’ smoothest game, quarterback Tanner Vibabul and its veteran defense willed the Wildcats to the win.

Vibabul threw a touchdown pass in the third quarter, Las Vegas’ defense stood tall the rest of the way and the Wildcats, No. 5 in the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Class 5A rankings , held on for a 14-7 home win over Canyon Springs.

“Our defense stepped up big time,” Las Vegas coach Jose Cerriteno said. “We got put in some bad spots because of the (three) turnovers we had, really bad field position. Nonetheless, the kids stepped up defensively and got the stops we needed. Got some big fourth dow

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