Palo Verde senior third baseman Drew Kaplan earned a prestigious honor Monday after helping lead the Panthers to the 5A state title.
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Makena Martin hit a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday to complete Palo Verde’s rally and help the Panthers’ softball team beat visiting Faith Lutheran, 5-4.
Chaison Miklich belted a pair of home runs to help Desert Oasis’ baseball team to a 14-3 road victory over Bishop Gorman in six innings on Tuesday evening.
Nico Antuna’s pinfall victory at 138 pounds was the 200th victory of his career, and helped the Centennial wrestling team down visiting Palo Verde, 48-27.
Here are the Review-Journal’s boys basketball rankings.
Follow the link for postseason boys golf honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
Charlie Magruder carded a 2-over-par 74 at Paiute on Monday to help the Faith Lutheran boys golf team win a Northwest League match.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal announces its 2016 all-state wrestling teams.
Before I can graduate, there’s some basketball to discuss. The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association boys and girls state tournaments are in Reno this week, and I took a break from writing my book about the 2015 football season (“The Year of the Butt Punt”) to make the trip north and check out all the action.
State tournament championships and record-setting performances aren’t supposed to be bittersweet. Yet, Palo Verde sisters Chloe and Sophie Henderson couldn’t help feel a little sadness mixed in with a lot of joy Saturday.
Rachel Klopfer had 35 kills, 14 digs and two aces Thursday as Green Valley’s girls volleyball team outlasted visiting Bonanza, 25-17, 18-25, 25-22, 26-28, 15-11.
The doubles team of Donovan Evangelio and Justin Lindsay won the final point of regulation to force a tiebreaker, and Faith Lutheran’s boys tennis team posted a 10-9 win at Spring Valley on Thursday.
Follow the link to see some of the area’s top performances for the week of April 15-20.
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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.
