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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The Wildcats (25-9) utilized those basic skills to clinch a 25-22, 25,21-, 25-22 win over Cimarron-Memorial at Palo Verde in Mountain Region tournament quarterfinal play.
Odunze is the latest in a long line of standout Gorman pass catchers, and is in the midst of a breakout season for the Gaels after playing sparingly as an underclassman.
The Panthers completed their Mountain League schedule with a perfect record to secure the No. 1 seed in the region tournament, which begins Monday evening at sites across the Las Vegas Valley.
Valley juinor Christian Franklin, in his first year of cross country, has emerged as the area’s top runner, and completed 5,000 meters earlier this season in 16 minutes flat — best among locals this season and the fourth best in the state across all classes.
Liberty safety Austin Fiaseu announced in April a commitment to play football for UNLV, for which he’s cheered since the fifth grade. The senior has blossomed into one of the state’s top defensive players.
Clark rolled to a 14-4 victory over Reno in the state semifinals at Bishop Mangoue on Thursday to set up a rematch with the two-time defending state champion Panthers, who beat Coronado, 11-7, in the other semifinal.
Senior striker Juan Estrada leads the Las Vegas Valley in goals and has helped position Western to reach the Class 3A state tournament for the second time in three seasons.
Durango senior Laila Loring in August announced a commitment to play soccer at Grambling State, a historically black university around which the town of Grambling — population 5,124 — is constructed.
Axel Botticelli teamed with fellow junior Jack Kostrinsky to win the Mountain Region doubles championship last week, giving the pair the chance for the Class 4A state doubles crown this weekend in Reno.
Irmir Mitchell stuffed Bonanza quarterback Kyle Allison’s sneak attempt at the 1-yard line on the final play from scrimmage to clinch Cimarron’s first league win of the season.
Kyle Graham, at 5-foot-9 and a sturdy 185 pounds, is flourishing as a feature back, accumulating an area best 1,282 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns in the double-wing offense for the No. 2 Aggies.
The Meadows senior volleyball player Dani Mason in May announced her commitment to UC-San Diego, a Division II program in the midst of a transition to Division I.
Coronado’s girls tennis team beat Palo Verde 13-5, and Palo Verde’s boys team defeated Clark 13-5 for Southern Nevada team championships Saturday at Bishop Gorman.
The Clark and Palo Verde boys tennis teams won region titles Friday along with Coronado’s girls team.
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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.