Dedan Thomas, the top-ranked 2024 Nevada basketball player, according to ESPN, showed in a tournament last week that he could score as well as run an offense.
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Check out the top performances from Monday’s high school baseball and softball action, and look forward to Tuesday’s schedule.
The Chargers’ defense has been the catalyst of the team’s 3-1 start, and it will face a Spring Valley team in the Southwest League opener that has struggled offensively.
Liliana Gutierrez was 2-for-3 with two RBIs Tuesday to help Rancho’s softball team to a 5-4 win at Bishop Gorman.
The No. 2 Chargers overpowered the No. 3 Cougars at South Point Arena en route to a 79-40 victory on Saturday afternoon. Oklahoma recruit Jalen Hill scored 22 points for the Chargers.
On Wednesday, Cheyenne came in and beat Durango, 47-35, to stay in the winner’s bracket of the Premier Division being played at Liberty High in Henderson.
The good far outweighed the bad, though, as the Gaels pulled away for a 79-48 win over Lone Peak (Utah) in their Tarkanian Classic opener at Orleans Arena.
Peter Jankowski scored in the final 10 minutes Tuesday to give Shadow Ridge’s boys soccer team a 3-2 home victory win over Faith Lutheran.
Hailey Stevenson and McKenzi Hall each shot 2-over-par 74 as Centennial’s golf team edged Palo Verde to win the team title in a Northwest League Match at Palm Valley on Tuesday.
Madison Knoblock was 3-0 in singles and Liberty’s girls tennis team edged visiting Eldorado 10-9 on a tiebreaker on Tuesday.
Jonathan Lai and Marshall Nelson went 3-0 in doubles to lead the the Bonanza boys tennis team to a 10-8 home victory over Spring Valley on Tuesday.
Gizelle Reid won the title in the 400-meter dash with a time of 54.98 seconds at the Class 4A state track meet at Foothill on Friday.
Here is the latest Southern Nevada softball coaches poll.
Bishop Gorman saw a nine-point lead fizzle away in the final 4:43 of regulation and went on to lose 86-79 in overtime to nationally ranked Mater Dei (California) in the semifinals of the Tarknanian Classic’s Platinum Division.
We all remember Durango and Sierra Vista struggling in recent seasons, right? Now, both teams are undefeated entering Friday’s first-place showdown at Durango. The Mandela Effect is the only explanation. Just a glitch in the matrix.