Liberty got a clutch hit in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Las Vegas High in a Class 5A Southern Region baseball elimination game Tuesday.
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Liberty senior Germie Bernard caught 53 passes for 956 yards and 12 touchdowns for the Patriots, who reached the Class 5A Southern Region championship game.
Julian Strawther scored 14 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter to spark Liberty to a 71-66 victory over Coronado, which won the league title on the tiebreaker.
Liberty rolled past Centennial on Saturday in the Class 4A state football championship game at Sam Boyd Stadium, the Patriots’ first title in the sport.
Bishop Gorman, Green Valley, Liberty and Silverado hosting first-round games. Arbor View and Palo Verde meet with a Mountain Region home playoff game on the line.
They took different roads to reach a top-two league finish, but Silverado and Green Valley joined Liberty and Bishop Gorman as playoff first-round hosts.
Here is a look at this week’s coaches polls in boys and girls soccer.
Liberty’s first four games are all against teams that finished in the top 40 in the nation last season, but the Patriots remain confident despite their 0-3 start.
Nick Cornman went 3-for-3 to lead Arbor View’s 11-hit attack in a 13-6 home victory over Cimarron-Memorial in a winner’s bracket semifinal Tuesday.
Basic’s junior pitcher was in control from the start, tossing a six-hitter and striking out 10 to help the Wolves to a 7-1 home win over Liberty in the winners’ bracket semifinals of the Desert Region Tournament.
Eldorado’s Matthew Manganello birdied seven holes at Reflection Bay on Tuesday en route to a 5-under-par 67 and the first-round lead at the Mountain Region Tournament.
The Class 4A all-region flag football teams (as selected by coaches) are here
Anthony Martinez scored the winning run on Austin Kryszczuk’s sacrifice fly to shallow center field with one out in the seventh inning, lifting the Bulldogs to a 5-4 home win over Liberty in the season opener for both teams.
J Yeager rolled a 615 series Thursday to help The Meadows win its first Class 3A boys bowling state title with a 7-2 win over Boulder City at The Orleans Bowling Center.
Here are the all-Southern Nevada, all-region and all-league boys soccer teams, as selected by coaches.