Palo Verde senior third baseman Drew Kaplan earned a prestigious honor Monday after helping lead the Panthers to the 5A state title.
Nevada Preps
The top four Class 5A boys basketball teams — Coronado, Liberty, Bishop Gorman and Arbor View — will play for the state title Thursday and Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
John Mobley hit a jump shot from just inside the 3-point line, lifting Bishop Gorman to a double overtime victory in the Platinum Division final of the Tarkanian Classic.
Gorman went on a 15-3 run to take a one-point lead over Corona Centennial (California) in the second half but couldn’t maintain the momentum in a 71-55 loss.
Richard Isaacs hit nine 3-pointers and had 29 points, and teammate Jaden Hardy had 13 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists Monday as host Coronado outlasted Durango, 99-95.
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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.
Bishop Gorman offensive lineman Jacob Isaia has logged 14 early scholarship offers and is attracting attention from schools nationwide this spring.
Great rivalries at the prep level are more exception to any rule, so the one that has developed between Findlay Prep and Bishop Gorman is to be welcomed and celebrated annually.
P.J. Washington scored 15 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter and overtime as Findlay Prep topped Bishop Gorman 78-72 in the annual Big City Showdown on Saturday at South Point Arena.
Jalen Malone tipped in Reggie Ingram’s miss with a second left in overtime Friday to give Eldorado’s boys basketball team a 68-67 home victory over Mojave.
Las Vegas battled back from as many as 16 points down in the second half Tuesday but couldn’t find an answer for Trevin Knell and lost 69-58 to Woods Cross (Utah) in the third-place game of the Eastbay Division at Bishop Gorman.
Dewayne Alexander scored 14 points, including two free throws in the final seconds, to lead Cheyenne’s boys basketball team to a 62-60 victory over visiting Western on Thursday.
Zach Friel and Elijah Kothe each scored 15 points as Faith Lutheran’s boys basketball team upset visiting Clark 66-61 on Wednesday.
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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.
