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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Shadow Ridge’s Garin Macfarlane scored the go-ahead basket with 20 seconds left and Quinshon McGee blocked a shot at the basket to help the Mustangs to a 52-51 victory over Silverado in the Tri-State Invitational’s Elite Bracket championship game.
Jacob Heese scored 28 points, and host Desert Oasis coasted to a 74-34 victory over Gilbert Christian (Arizona) in Tri-State Invitational play on Thursday night.
Desert Oasis assistant coach Dave Aikman has poured his heart and soul into the third annual Tri-State Holiday Invitational, which opened play Wednesday and runs through Friday at Desert Oasis.
Jaden Hardy scored a game-high 23 points to lead Coronado’s boys basketball team to a 75-61 victory over Durango in the Orleans Division at Desert Oasis on Saturday.
Bishop Gorman sophomore forward Isaiah Cottrell scored 20 points, and the host Gaels made 9 of 12 free throws in the final 36 seconds, to hang on for a 69-63 victory over Salesian (California) in a Platinum Division semifinal on Friday.
Daniel Plummer scored 14 of his game-high 23 points in the first half, and Democracy Prep stormed to a 30-13 halftime lead en route to its 61-41 victory over Palo Verde in the Gatorade Division bracket on Thursday night.
Anthony Jaramillo scored 20 points, including four 3-pointers, to power Shadow Ridge’s boys basketball team to a 63-53 road victory over Mojave on Tuesday.
Erick Forbush had 15 kills, eight digs and two aces in the Cimarron-Memorial boys volleyball team’s 25-21, 25-19, 22-25, 25-19 victory over visiting Legacy on Wednesday.
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Steven Adeyemi and Trevor White scored 14 points apiece Tuesday to help Sunrise Mountain’s boys basketball clinch its first playoff berth in school history with a 62-49 home win over Mojave.
Demarco Alexander led all scorers with 17 points as Cimarron-Memorial’s boys basketball team topped host Arbor View 60-54 on Monday.
Cris Dominguez hit a buzzer-beater to give Basic’s boys basketball team a 68-67 home win over Liberty on Thursday.
Caden Farley scored a game-high 20 points Tuesday to help Silverado’s boys basketball team to a 65-62 home win over Green Valley.
Nic Maccioni had 26 points, and Faith Lutheran’s boys basketball team pulled away in the second half for a 77-55 victory over Legacy on Wednesday. It was the 300th career victory for Crusaders coach Bret Walter, who is 300-225 in his 20th season at the school.
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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.