Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2016 spring sports season and will be looking to defend this upcoming season.
Baseball
The Las Vegas Review-Journal announces its 2016 all-state baseball teams.
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Frank Sessa hit a three-run home run in the third inning to lead the Sunset to an 8-3 win over the Sunrise in the Division I All-Star Game at the College of Southern Nevada.
Durango’s baseball team plated three runs in the bottom of the second Friday and held on for a 4-3 home win over Faith Lutheran.
Ryne Nelson went 3-for-3 with a double, three runs and two RBIs, and Basic’s baseball team secured a share of the Division I Sunrise League title with a 12-1 five-inning win over visiting Valley on Thursday.
Braxton Wehrle’s two-out single to center field in the bottom of the eighth inning plated Bryce Ruggeroli with the winning run as Bishop Gorman’s baseball team rallied in both the seventh and eighth innings to edge visiting Shadow Ridge 7-6 on Tuesday.
Winning pitcher Jacob Cruz singled home Demario Barnes with the winning run with one out to cap a three-run bottom of the seventh inning and lift Valley’s baseball team to a 6-5 victory over visiting Canyon Springs.
Peyton Koopman fired a five-inning perfect game on Monday as Boulder City’s baseball team beat visiting Virgin Valley, 10-0.
Chayse Baker led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a triple and scored the winning run one out later on a single by Anthony Guzman as the Rancho baseball team outlasted visiting Liberty 13-12 on Thursday.
Drake Maningo was 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, two RBIs and two runs as Green Valley’s baseball team edged visiting Rancho 5-4 on Tuesday.
Winning pitcher Justin Lutes went 2-for-4 with a run Wednesday as the Liberty baseball team rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat host Foothill 8-5 in a Division I Sunrise League game.
Ethan Ryan threw a five-inning perfect game Monday to lead the Basic baseball team to a 10-0 road victory over Valley.
Kelton Lachelt had a two-run double with no outs in the top of the eighth inning to lift the Foothill baseball team to a 7-5 win at Canyon Springs on Saturday.
Matt Gilbertson tossed a five-hitter and drove in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth inning as host Green Valley defeated top-ranked Basic 2-1 on Wednesday.