Bone Home

The oldest tradition in Nevada High School football is the rivalry between Rancho High School Rams and the Las Vegas High School Wildcats. The annual game is played for “Herkimers Bone” also known as “Sir Herk” The Wildcats won the first game of the series in 1957, the Herkimer Bone tradition began.

The “Bone” is actually a large cow bone proposed by the Rancho Lettermen’s Club as the annual trophy for the Rancho-Las Vegas football game. The father of a Rancho player owned a butcher shop and several members of the lettermen’s club went to the butcher shop got the bone and boiled it in water for a full day. One end of the bone fell off during boiling so they glued it back on and one of the guys painted it silver to hide the crack. Since then, it has been preserved in bronze. The first “Bone” game ended in a 13-13 tie. Each school agreed to keep “The Bone” for one semester; however, some Rancho students stole “The Bone” from Las Vegas during the semester they were supposed to keep it. Since then it has been agreed that the “Bone” trophy is kept by the winning school for one year.

Year	Las Vegas	Score	Rancho	Score
1957	Wildcats	21	Rams	12
1958	Wildcats	13	Rams	13
1959	Wildcats	7	Rams	0
1960	Wildcats	0	Rams	20
1961	Wildcats	0	Rams	7
1962	Wildcats	14	Rams	16
1963	Wildcats	21	Rams	12
1964	Wildcats	6	Rams	27
1965	Wildcats	18	Rams	6
1966	Wildcats	26	Rams	6
1967	Wildcats	47	Rams	19
1968	Wildcats	14	Rams	40
1969	Wildcats	18	Rams	27
1970	Wildcats	8	Rams	34
1971	Wildcats	2	Rams	36
1972	Wildcats	10	Rams	7
1973	Wildcats	13	Rams	20
1974	Wildcats	14	Rams	29
1975	Wildcats	6	Rams	28
1976	Wildcats	19	Rams	14
1977	Wildcats	31	Rams	6
1978	Wildcats	20	Rams	0
1979	Wildcats	20	Rams	16
1980	Wildcats	26	Rams	0
1981	Wildcats	10	Rams	12
1982	Wildcats	21	Rams	30
1983	Wildcats	0	Rams	21
1984	Wildcats	9	Rams	14
1985	Wildcats	19	Rams	39
1986	Wildcats	21	Rams	32
1987	Wildcats	17	Rams	24
1988	Wildcats	24	Rams	15
1989	Wildcats	18	Rams	3
1990	Wildcats	17	Rams	28
1991	Wildcats	7	Rams	34
1992	Wildcats	28	Rams	32
1993	Wildcats	6	Rams	33
1994	Wildcats	0	Rams	22
1995	Wildcats	10	Rams	13
1996	Wildcats	21	Rams	0
1997	Wildcats	16	Rams	14
1998	Wildcats	41	Rams	7
1999	Wildcats	65	Rams	13
2000	Wildcats	31	Rams	0
2001	Wildcats	17	Rams	14
2002	Wildcats	34	Rams	14
2003	Wildcats	41	Rams	6
2004	WIldcats	49	Rams	14
2005	Wildcats	55	Rams	12
2006	Wildcats	49	Rams	14
2007	Wildcats	32	Rams	0
2008