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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Austin Wells hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning on Wednesday to help Bishop Gorman’s baseball team to a 9-7 home win over Riverton (Utah) in the Desert Classic.
Alex Olsen had 27 assists, seven digs and five aces, and Blake Thomas tallied seven kills, three digs and two aces Wednesday as Cimarron-Memorial’s boys volleyball team fought off host Bishop Gorman, 25-20, 16-25, 25-18, 25-10.
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Tyre Hilton doubled home Olivia McClain with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Green Valley’s softball team outslugged visiting Foothill 15-14 on Tuesday.
Arbor View’s Peyton Prussin beat Ryan Mitchell of Spring Valley 10-6 to take third place in the Class 4A Sunset Region tournament at Cimarron-Memorial and clinch the Aggies’ second straight region title before the championship matches started.
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Jake Rogers pitched out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the bottom of the seventh to help Centennial’s baseball team escape with a 7-6 victory over host Cimarron-Memorial on Wednesday and give head coach Charlie Cerrone his 400th career win at the school.
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Cassandra Bueno had three hits and two RBIs Monday to lead the Desert Pines softball team to a 22-8 road win over Clark, snapping a 104-game losing streak.
Sam Dickey shot an even-par 72 at Canyon Gate on Monday to help the Arbor View boys golf team to victory in a Northwest League match.
Boulder City scored four runs on just one hit in the top of the eighth inning Monday and the Eagles held off host Sierra Vista, 9-6.
Caitlyn Stevenson was 2-0 in singles, and the doubles teams of Breanna Derflinger and Katey Roquemore, and Morgan Hawkins and Alyssa Miele each went 2-0 on Friday to help host Foothill’s girls tennis team down Rancho, 11-7.
A high school in California retired its controversial “Arab” mascot last week.
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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.
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.