Nicholas held off hard-charging Massimiliano Swenson of Bishop Gorman to become Desert Oasis’ first region cross country champion. The Diamondbacks also won the boys region team title, another first in school history.
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Franklin had the fastest time among boys over two races, racing through the 3.1-mile course in 16 minutes, 0.4 seconds. Felix had the fastest girls time, at 18:31.8.
Conner Nicholas picked up his fourth victory in an invitational meet this season by capturing the large-school race of the Lake Mead Invitational on Saturday at Veteran’s Memorial Park.
Las Vegas High’s Brooklyn Stone recorded 40 assists, eight digs and four aces and Skyla Faught chipped in with 16 kills, 13 digs and three aces as the host Wildcats turned back Centennial, 22-25, 25-11, 25-13, 25-16.
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.
Nik Dobar fired a four-hit shutout Thursday as Centennial’s baseball team earned a 5-0 road win over Palo Verde.
Spring Valley 132-pounder Andres Garcia beat the Sunrise Region champion, the Sunset runner-up and last week’s Sunset Region champion to claim his first Class 4A state championship Friday at The Orleans Arena.
Senior guard Haley Tyrell scored 21 points to guide Coronado’s girls basketball team to a 55-47 home victory over Foothill on Friday evening.
Ishon Hardin led all scorers with 25 points to help Centennial’s boys basketball team rally for a 57-55 home win over Cimarron-Memorial on Friday.
Ishon Hardin scored seven of his 17 points in overtime Tuesday, including a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift Centennial’s boys basketballteam to a 58-55 victory over host Legacy.
Elise Young scored a game-high 20 points to help Cimarron-Memorials girls basketball team to a 58-51 home win over Faith Lutheran in a Northwest League game on Tuesday night.