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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Brandon Wulff had two hits, including a two-run homer, and three RBIs to help Bishop Gorman’s baseball team to a 5-1 victory over host Tucson (Ariz.) in the championship game of the Chris Moon Cherry Field Classic on Friday.
Gizelle Navarro’s single down the left-field line with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday scored Janella Fiso with the winning run as Virgin Valley’s softball team rallied for a 6-5 home win over Pahranagat Valley.
Donta Williams’ two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning capped a four-run rally, and Legacy’s baseball team edged visiting Foothill 10-9 on Friday to earn its first victory of the season.
Kevin Woodland won three events Wednesday to lead Foothill’s boys track team to a 108-34 win over visiting Eldorado.
Eboni Thomas won the triple jump and was second in the long jump to help Green Valley’s girls track team edge host Coronado, 74-72, on Wednesday.
Faith Lutheran senior Bowen Becker could be remembered as the fastest swimmer in Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association history by the end of the season. “I want to be remembered to where people will say my name and actually know who you”re talking about,” he said.
Trevor Jackson hit a three-run homer in the top of the fourth inning to help Palo Verde’s baseball team rally for a 5-3 win at Desert Oasis on Wednesday.
Kristina Manthei threw a five-inning no-hitter on Wednesday to lead Valley’s softball team to a 10-0 victory over visiting Basic.
Jaeger McDowell scored the tiebreaking run on an infield single by Braulio Santiguin in the bottom of the sixth inning Friday to give Rancho’s baseball team a 6-5 victory over visiting Sierra Vista in the Lions Kick-Off Tournament.
Sarah Pinkston was a second-team All-Nevada selection as a freshman at Shadow Ridge, but missed her sophomore season after back surgery. Amazingly, just less than 13 months after surgery, she”s back in the circle and hoping to lead Coronado to a Southeast League title.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. In the city, you get The Strip (along with 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.” […]
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.