Ten Las Vegas Valley basketball players — five boys and five girls — have been nominated to play in the McDonald’s All-American Games in March in Chicago.
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Aarjav Patel carded an even-par 72 at Spanish Trail on Tuesday to earn medalist honors and help Bishop Gorman’s boys golf team win a Southwest League match.
Hailey Carroll had 21 assists and 15 kills, and teammate Kyrie Lorfing supplied 23 assists, 10 kills and three aces to lead Faith Lutheran’s girls volleyball team to a 21-25, 25-15, 25-22, 25-20 home win over Centennial on Wednesday.
Stephen Dobrev went 2-0 in singles to life Faith Lutheran’s boys tennis team to a 12-6 home win over Shadow Ridge on Wednesday afternoon.
Andrada and Ariana Stanciu each went 3-0 in singles play to help Sierra Vista’s girls tennis team to an 11-7 home victory over Foothill on Wednesday afternoon.
Dust off the bootleg T-shirts with the funny slogans, and get the trophies out of storage. It’s “Rivalry Week” across the valley.
Andrada Stanciu was 3-0 in singles Monday to lead Sierra Vista’s girls tennis team to a 10-8 win over visiting Durango.
Ben Gajardo went 3-0 in singles to help Desert Oasis’ boys tennis team to a 12-6 win over host Spring Valley on Monday.
Michaela Hood threw a no-hitter and struck out 10 Tuesday to lead the Spring Valley softball team to a 1-0 win over visiting Sierra Vista.
Alexis Gourrier won the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs Saturday to lead the Centennial girls track team to the title at the Heitkotter Invitational at Faith Lutheran.
The Centennial girls cross country team is a dominant force.
I’ve been on a good run lately, picking games at a 75 percent success rate over the past three weeks. The last time I was this hot was a couple of summers ago when I correctly solved six straight “Wheel of Fortune” puzzles while I was staying with my grandma.