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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The Sierra Vista boys basketball team earned a shot at its first state championship, and the 3A title game will be an all-Southern affair.
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.
Coronado’s boys basketball team defeated Bishop Gorman at the Big City Showdown and showed it is a serious title contender. Here are three takeaways from Saturday’s games.
A 6-foot-7-inch Las Vegan, Pepperdine’s Maxwell Lewis has blossomed into one of college basketball’s most talented players after starring as a saxophonist at Somerset-Losee.
Silverado edged Las Vegas, and defending state champion Mojave whipped Rancho in the Class 4A boys basketball state semifinals Tuesday at Cox Pavilion.
Durango junior forward Taj Degourville scored 22 points in the Trailblazers’ 65-59 win over Liberty in Saturday’s Class 5A Southern League title game.
A blood clot formed in Felix Reeves’ brain in September, robbing him of basic cognitive and motor skills. His goal now is to play basketball for the College of Southern Nevada.
Liberty’s Joshua Jefferson averaged 17.7 points and 10 rebounds in his senior season and led the Patriots to the Class 5A state title with an upset win over Bishop Gorman.
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.
Frankie Collins, a four-star recruit ranked No. 69 nationally for the class of 2021 by Rivals.com, committed to play for basketball for Michigan on Wednesday night.
Sebastian Mack scored 30 points, and Durango had an answer every time Faith Lutheran made a run in a 78-66 win in the first round of the Class 4A state tournament.
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.
Jalen Hill and Cameron Kimble led a balanced attack with 10 points apiece Friday to help Clark’s boys basketball team to a 53-33 win over Miami Norland (Florida) in the Under Armour Challenge Bracket of the Kreul Classic in Coral Springs, Florida.
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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.