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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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.
Trey Woodbury scored 29 points to guide Clark to a 79-62 home victory over Desert Oasis on Tuesday night.
All-league football teams, as selected by coaches.
Kyndal Ricks scored a game-high 20 points for Rancho’s girls basketball team Wednesday, and the Rams held Westerm scoreless in the second quarter en route to the 39-27 road victory.
Dejonte Allen’s put-back at the buzzer lifted Chaparral’s boys basketball team to a 61-59 victory over visiting Basic on Thursday.
Tommi Stockham had 17 kills, 14 digs and two aces as Bishop Gormans girls volleyball team held on for a 25-21, 25-10, 26-28, 26-24 win at Palo Verde on Wednesday night.
Laura Barraza scored the game-winning goal with seven minutes left Tuesday, helping Clark’s girls soccer team storm back and edge Virgin Valley at home, 3-2.
Arbor View’s Keith Williams led at the front of a pack of five runners early. Eventually, he managed to hold off PahrumpValley’s Bryce Odegard and Centennial’s Alexander Miller in the final quarter mile, putting in a good finishing kick to cross the line in 16 minutes and 13 seconds.
Lilly Hoff had 29 assists on Thursday to lead Bishop Gorman’s girls volleyball team to a 25-18, 25-16, 20-25, 25-23, 16-14 road win over Sierra Vista.
Eden Whitmore had 22 kills and Aria Messer had 34 assists to lead the Pirates to lead Moapa Valley’s vollyeball team to a 25-22, 14-25,15-25, 25-23, 15-8 home victory over The Meadows on Tuesday night.
William Hailu scored twice to lead Durango’s boys soccer team to a 4-2 home victory over Bishop Gorman on Monday.
Darby Parise scored in the 73rd minute on Monday to lift Basic’s girls soccer team to a 1-0 road win over Silverado.
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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.
