Here are five takeaways from the Nevada spring high school sports season, including an impressive stretch of dominance by Southern schools.
Girls Track & Field
The Liberty girls track team won the Class 5A state title Saturday, snapping Centennial’s run of 10 straight crowns. Liberty and Faith Lutheran are boys co-champions.
Centennial’s Zoey Bonds won four events at the Class 5A state track and field meet and also was a setter and captain on the volleyball team, which finished second at state.
The Centennial girls are going for their 10th straight state track and field championship, while the boys event appears to be a race among four teams for the crown.
Emily Wickens won one event and was second in another on Wednesday to lead Coronado’s girls track team to victory in a rain-shortened home meet.
Emilia Puskas won one event and placed second in another to lead Bishop Gorman’s girls track and field team to victory in a three-team meet at Faith Lutheran on Tuesday.
Centennial swept both genders in the Class 4A state track meet at Foothill on Saturday, winning the seventh consecutive state title for the girls, and fourth in six years for the boys.
Angela Hammond won three state titles, one individual, and helped Cheyenne’s girls track team finish second at the Class 3A state championship at Foothill on Saturday, the best placement of any Southern Nevada school.
Jamaica Lewis won two events Thursday to lead Green Valley’s girls track team to a 74-71 home win over Coronado in a Southeast League dual meet.
Vashti Cunningham, daughter of former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham, became the youngest high jump champion ever at the world indoor track and field championships Sunday.
Madison Christian won both throwing events Friday to lead Arbor View’s girls track team to an easy victory in the 10-team Richard Lewis Invitational at Overton.
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