School district documents offer a likely explanation for why Dustin Romero didn’t coach the defending state champions in this year’s playoffs.
Nevada Preps
Sunrise Region girls cross country runners got a good look at Karina Haymore at the starting line Thursday.
Dajour Braxton was awarded the No. 1 racing bib by meet director John Dixon before Thursday’s Division I Sunset Region meet at Sunset Park.
Call it brilliant planning. Call it good fortune. Whatever the reason, this week’s prep football schedule couldn’t have worked out better.
Green Valley football coach Brian Castro and his staff met this week intending to figure out the Division I Sunrise Region playoff scenarios.
Foothill sophomore Karina Haymore struggled at the start of the Southeast League girls championship race on her home course Saturday.
Christina Beaver notched 49 assists, 16 digs and seven kills on Thursday, and teammate Olivia Stet added 16 kills and 12 digs to lead Foothill’s girls volleyball team to a 30-32, 25-13, 25-22, 25-22 victory over visiting Rancho.
Adriana Guzman scored two second-half goals Thursday to help Tech’s girls soccer team secure the Sunrise League’s No. 1 seed for the Division I-A Southern Region playoffs with a 2-1 win at Sunrise Mountain.
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It was the toughest golf course Coronado’s girls played on all season.
Coronado’s girls golf team has been a top-three state finisher in each of the last two seasons.
Arbor View’s girls cross country team didn’t have a runner at the front of the pack in Tuesday’s Southern Nevada Freshman Meet at Desert Breeze Park.
Skylar Davidson went 3-0 in singles, and Joe Connors and Ian Dobberstein went 3-0 in doubles Wednesday to lead Bishop Gorman’s boys tennis team to a 15-3 win at Centennial in a Sunset Region semifinal.
Megan Lopez went 3-0 in singles Tuesday, and Silverado’s girls tennis team won four of six tiebreaker games to nip visiting Foothill in a Sunrise Region quarterfinal.
Sammy Penor and Ashley Lung each shot 4-over-par 76 at Legacy on Monday to help Coronado’s girls golf team win a Southeast League match.
Nevin Ly, Ashton Arizmendez and Alec Kline each went 3-0 in singles Monday to lead Arbor View’s boys tennis team to a 13-5 win over visiting Legacy in a Sunset Region quarterfinal.
July is also a good time to tend to your palm trees. Remember, less is often more with palms. Only prune off fronds that are completely brown or falling below the crown of the tree.
Three former Southern Nevada high school baseball players were selected on the second day of the MLB draft Monday.
Dr. Alfred Danielian is team cardiologist for the Raiders, the Golden Knights and Aces among others. He’s advocating for a “Smart Heart Law” for all high schools in Nevada.
Three state championship flag football games were contested Thursday at Allegiant Stadium. The Raiders played an instrumental part in making it happen.
All three Nevada high school flag football state championship games will be held in the state’s largest football venue Thursday.