Las Vegas has a rich tradition of producing talented baseball players. Here’s the Review-Journal’s top five MLB players from Las Vegas, led by Greg Maddux.
Bonanza
The top-seeded Crusaders put in three goals in the first four minutes of their Moutain Region quarterfinal. Coronado, the No. 1 seed in the Desert Region, also moved on.
Riley Schwartz threw for 111 yards and two touchdowns, and Marcos Canales had 123 yards on 16 carries for the Crusaders in a 35-0 Northwest League win.
Josiah Cromwick’s two-run single in the fifth inning Thursday broke a scoreless tie and lifted Palo Verde’s baseball team to a 3-1 win over Northwest Christian (Arizona) in the Wolves Classic in Goodyear, Arizona.
Adlai Rodriguez had 24 kills and 13 digs to help Rancho’s boys volleyball team to a 25-21, 17-25, 25-17, 27-25 road win over Cheyenne on Thursday.
Teegan Teal’s two-run single in the top of the seventh inning lifted Spring Valley’s softball team to a 10-8 win at Tech on Thursday.
Connor Peterson had 14 points Monday to help Palo Verde’s boys basketball team to a 58-56 overtime win over visiting Centennial.
Trash talking between Bonanza and Sierra Vista boys basketball players led to harsher words and pushing and shoving just after the first-half buzzer, and officials suspended the game, which later was ruled a double forfeit.
Cindylou Rasiang threw two touchdown passes and rushed for a score Friday to lead Bonanza’s flag football team to an 18-13 victory over Las Vegas High in the Mustang Rodeo at Shadow Ridge.
Alysia Aspiazu scored two goals Thursday as the Shadow Ridge girls soccer team earned a 2-1 home win against Legacy.
Centennial’s Noah Norris edged teammate Adam Ganz and Palo Verde’s John List by less than a second Thursday to win a 2.1-mile boys cross country race at Floyd Lamb Park.
Chase Kasday and Blake Kasday each went 3-0 in singles on Thursday to help the Bonanza boys tennis team earn an 11-7 home win over Faith Lutheran in the Mountain Region semifinals.
Eminem Perez scored on an assist from Tre Towers in the game’s final minute to give Cimarron-Memorial’s boy soccer team a 3-2 road win over Las Vegas High on Thursday.
Simone Beane supplied 11 kills to help Spring Valley’s girls volleyball team rally from two sets down to earn a 19-25, 14-25, 25-11, 28-26, 15-8 home victory over Tech on Tuesday night.
Justin Madsen went 3-0 in singles to lead Centennial’s boys tennis team to an 11-7 road victory over Las Vegas High.