Football can be a game of momentum. It took Pahranagat Valley just one offensive snap Saturday to seize it.

Jesse Stewart scored on the Panthers’ first play from scrimmage, and Pahranagat Valley rolled to a 32-6 win over Tonopah for the Class 1A state football title at Bishop Gorman High.

“It just felt so awesome to come out and punch them in the mouth and score first,” Stewart said. “We could tell from then we had the momentum, and we just kept it the rest of the game, and it was so sweet.”

Stewart’s 47-yard TD run came after Pahranagat Valley’s defense forced a fumble on Tonopah’s opening drive and Rex Marshall recovered to give the Panthers the ball in Tonopah territory.

“To have a quick turnover like that right at the beginning when you don’t start with the ball, now you just chang

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