The school’s teams will have a new nickname in August after an agreement with Arizona State to use the Sundevils moniker and the Sparky mascot was discontinued.
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Sharmayne Finley scored a game-high 45 points Friday to lead Democracy Prep’s girls basketball team to a 64-60 overtime victory over host Needles.
All-league football teams, as selected by coaches.
Las Vegas High’s Nathan Rhoads pinned his opponent at 132 pounds on Saturday to clinch a 40-34 win over Foothill in the championship match of the Spring Valley Duals.
Hannah Ferrara had two goals and two assists, and Karissa Martinez and Sierra Vicente each had a goal and an assist to lead Arbor View’s girls soccer team to a 5-0 home win over Centennial on Wednesday night.
Arbor View’s Keith Williams led at the front of a pack of five runners early. Eventually, he managed to hold off PahrumpValley’s Bryce Odegard and Centennial’s Alexander Miller in the final quarter mile, putting in a good finishing kick to cross the line in 16 minutes and 13 seconds.
Arbor View’s Keith Williams won a 3.1-mile race at Palo Verde on Tuesday to lead the Aggies to victory in a seven-team meet.
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.
Justin Madsen and Tristan Valles each finished 2-0 in singles on Monday to lead Centennial’s boys tennis team to a 13-5 home victory over Sierra Vista.
Tjaeden Giles finished 3-0 in singles, and Basic’s girls tennis team topped host Silverado 10-9 on a tiebreaker on Monday.
Inclement weather in the Las Vegas Valley on Friday forced the postponement or cancellation of several high school football games.
Virgin Valley’s boys tennis team won the tiebreaker 4-2 over Chaparral en route to a 10-9 road win on Thursday afternoon.
The doubles teams of Hannah Robinson and Lainey Waldman, and Talia Williams and Ashlee Weger each went 3-0 to lead Centennial’s girls tennis team to an 11-7 home win over Shadow Ridge on Thursday.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. On the inside, you get The Strip (and now, the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
Faith Lutheran thrower Preston Beery set the unofficial state record in the shot put Friday to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
Basic’s baseball team has been forced to forfeit all of its league games for using ineligible players, the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association confirmed.
Former Bishop Gorman standout Rome Odunze was selected ninth by the Chicago Bears, and former Liberty athlete Troy Fautanu went 20th overall to the Steelers.
Bishop Gorman announced Wednesday that its baseball team was forfeiting games over paperwork related to the eligibility of a transfer student.