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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Here are Friday’s results from the Class 4A state wrestling meet and the schedule for Saturday’s championship matches for all classes.
Here are the all-league softball teams, as selected by coaches
Anthony Hunter hit a 3-pointer with four seconds to play to give Durango’s boys basketball team a 67-66 road win over Sierra Vista on Friday.
Jasmine Richardson scored 13 of her 29 points during a third-quarter run that lifted host Basic’s girls basketball team to a 50-40 win over Mojave on Friday.
Deborah Grant rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns Friday to lead Green Valley’s flag football team to a 39-20 win at Sierra Vista.
Noah Scott and Harrison Stanley finished 3-0 in doubles Friday to lead Sierra Vista’s boys tennis team to a 10-8 road win over Durango.
Nadxielli Arredondo and Diana Guevara finished 3-0 in doubles on Friday as the Desert Pines girls tennis team earned a 10-8 road win over Bonanza on Friday.
Jacob Godman scored the go-ahead run on Wesley Cosby’s squeeze bunt in the bottom of the sixth Tuesday to help the Palo Verde baseball team edge visiting Shadow Ridge, 6-5.
Marisa Olmos went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs, and Liberty’s softball team scored twice in the top of the eighth inning to rally for a 10-8 victory over host Basic on Tuesday.
Maribel Mora and Lauryn Carlton each had four aces, and Cheyenne’s girls volleyball team rallied for a 19-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-23 victory over host Del Sol on Wednesday.
Artise McCoy won three individual events Friday and Saturday to lead Desert Pines’ boys track team to the title at the Division I-A Southern Region meet at Boulder City.
Generosity is any act of kindness or support given with no expectation of exchange or return from the recipient(s).
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.