WEST VALLEY PREPS

2025 Preps football preview: Paradise Honors

Paradise Honors sophomore receiver Jackson Short (#84) looks in a short pass from junior quarterback Nolan Rau (#15) in the first half of a Sept. 12, 2024 game at Dysart. While Rau transferred to Shadow Ridge for this season, Short is back for his junior year with the Panthers.

(Courtesy Elliott Glick/For West Valley Preps)

Unlike Valley Vista and Youngker, first year Paradise Honors Coach Josh SeKoch steps into a program with players used to winning playoff games.

The Panthers reached the 3A title game in 2023 and the quarterfinals in 2024 under former Coach Josh Goodloe, now the offensive coordinator at Desert Edge.

Now the Air Raid era is over and the defense is different too. Yet the new coach gained respect for his predecessor as he got to know the Panthers who stuck around.

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