Here is the 2024 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada softball team, selected after the spring sports season.
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Jamie Kalaau-Sunia caught a touchdown pass from Aaliyah Medina in the third overtime Wedndesday to lift Sierra Vista’s flag football team to a 39-33 win at Clark.
Ricardo Felipe scored in the second half to give Tech’s boys soccer team a 1-0 win over visiting Equipo Academy in the Southern Nevada Kick-off Classic.
Connor Mikkelson went 3-0 in singles play Thursday to lead Boulder City’s boys tennis team over visiting The Meadows in a tiebreaker, 10-9.
Vanessa Booth and Cathereine Snow each went 3-0 in singles on Thursday as Silverado’s girls tennis team edged visiting Durango, 10-8.
Makenzie Leishman led Virgin Valley’s flag football team with 12 tackles and two sacks and added 36 yards receiving to help the Bulldogs to a 25-18 win at Del Sol on Tuesday afternoon.
Kylie Gibson had 17 kills, four aces and two blocks to help Bishop Gorman’s girls volleyball team win the Class 4A Sunset League with a 19-25, 25-15, 25-20, 25-15 home win over Durango on Friday night.
Charles Pollnow had 20 kills, 12 digs, four blocks and two aces Thursday as Bishop Gorman’s boys volleyball team held on for a 24-26, 25-19, 21-25, 25-18, 15-11 road win over Las Vegas.
Katy Orellana had a hand in five touchdowns for the Tech flag football team, and the Roadrunners blanked host Moapa Valley 38-0 on Monday for their second shutout of the season.
Maka Ellis poured in 52 points Monday night to lead the Sierra Vista boys basketball team to an 86-79 win over visiting Desert Oasis.
Savannah Blanchard-Davis was fouled on a 3-point attempt and made all of her shots with 7.2 seconds remaining to lift Mojave’s girls basketball team to a 36-35 home win over Valley on Monday.
Tristan Arruti, Garrett Jones and Tama Tuitama each won two individual events Saturday to help Legacy’s boys swimming team edge Bishop Gorman, 148-146 at Municipal.
Maddie Cartmill won two individual events Saturday to help Centennial’s girls swimming team to a 143-136 win over Desert Oasis at Municipal.
Alessandra Elena’s RBI double capped an eight-run rally with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday as Coronado’s softball team stunned visiting Foothill, 9-8.
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Bishop Gorman announced Thursday that baseball coach Chris Sheff will not return following an investigation into the program.
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.