Bishop Gorman football won the Class 5A Division I state title and a fourth mythical national championship to earn Nevada Preps Team of the Year honors.
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Cristian Herrera was 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and two RBIs on Thursday to lead the Sunrise Region to an 11-5 victory over the Sunset in the Class 4A Senior All-Star Game at Faith Lutheran.
Here are the 2018 boys golf honors, as selected by the coaches.
Boulder City’s girls team won their record sixth-straight team championship behind two record-setting performances from Rose Pouch. But the Boulder City boys team saw their streak of seven consecutive state titles ended by Truckee.
Winning pitcher Kobe Walker went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and four RBIs Friday to lead Lincoln County’s baseball team into the championship game of the Class 2A state tournament with a 12-2 win over Lake Mead at Reed High in Sparks.
Ashlyn Wadsworth spun a two-hitter, and Pahranagat Valley capitalized on a three-base error and a passed ball in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull out a 2-1 win over Wells in the winners’ bracket final of the Class 1A state tournament at North Valleys.
After Boulder City dropped the opening game to Truckee (California), Elko completed a Northern Nevada sweep with an 8-3 win over Pahrump Valley in Thursday’s second game at McQueen High in Reno.
Bailey Bennett-Jordan tossed an eight-hit shutout and struck out five Thursday to help Boulder City’s softball team to a 5-0 win over Lowry in the opening round of the Class 3A state softball tournament at Reno High.
Jared Smith carded his second straight 1-under-par 71 to easily win the Class 3A boys state golf tournament. He’s the first Western player to win the individual title since Joel Kijowski in 1996. Boulder City captured the team title for the first time since 2006, winning by one stroke over Spring Creek.
Smith shot a 1-under-par 71 at Mountain Falls on Monday to grab the lead at the midway point of the Class 3A state tournament at Mountain Falls.
Senior Rhett Armstrong went 3-for-3 with three doubles and two RBIs, and freshman Joey Giunta came on in relief in the first inning and gave up only one run to lead host Boulder City to an 8-2 win and the tournament title.
Marleena Mills and Jerra Hinson each homered and drove in three runs Saturday to help lead host Boulder City’s softball team to the Class 3A Southern Region championship with an 8-2 win over Pahrump Valley.
Jordan Howden and Jamel Brown each won two individual events and led the Desert Pines boys track team to victory in the Class 3A Southern Region meet at Overton on Saturday.
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Bishop Gorman announced Thursday that baseball coach Chris Sheff will not return following an investigation into the program.
The school’s teams will have a new nickname in August after an agreement with Arizona State to use the Sundevils moniker and the Sparky mascot was discontinued.
Faith Lutheran thrower Preston Beery set the unofficial state record in the shot put Friday to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
Basic’s baseball team has been forced to forfeit all of its league games for using ineligible players, the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association confirmed.