Here is a look at some of the week’s top high school sports events.
Boys Cross Country
Nathaniel Thompson won a 2.1-mile race to lead Moapa Valley to victory in a three-team home meet.
Southern Nevada’s top performers for events played Aug. 24 to Aug. 26.
The Eagles return five lettermen.
Green Valley’s girls hoped Friday would be their day.
Even the Gators couldn’t have expected anything quite this good.
Not many cross country fans expected Daniel Ziems to win the Division I Sunset Region meet Friday.
The Palo Verde junior couldn’t really blame them. He wasn’t expecting it, either.
Runners in the boys Division I-A Southern Region cross country race got a good look at Chase Wood at the starting line Friday.
It was the last many would see of him for the next 20 minutes.
Faith Lutheran’s Chase Wood has had a cross country season to remember. The senior has won six of his seven local meets and owns the top 3-mile time in Nevada.
Basic’s boys cross country team had four of the top five finishers Wednesday to win a cluster meet at Cornerstone Park with 22 points.
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.
The Bishop Gorman football team would have been a prime candidate to be selected for the new State Champions Bowl Series. Too bad the Gaels will not be eligible to participate.
Coronado’s boys cross country had the top four finishers Tuesday to win a cluster meet at Sonata Park.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association has shifted the date of the regional cross country meets in Southern Nevada.
One of the goals for Palo Verde’s boys cross country team this year is to improve upon a fifth-place finish in last year’s Division I state meet.
Follow the link for the boys and girls cross country polls, as compiled by Arbor View coach Tyrel Cooper.
