Palo Verde senior third baseman Drew Kaplan earned a prestigious honor Monday after helping lead the Panthers to the 5A state title.
Nevada Preps
Follow the link for postseason football honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
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.
Bishop Gorman saw a nine-point lead fizzle away in the final 4:43 of regulation and went on to lose 86-79 in overtime to nationally ranked Mater Dei (California) in the semifinals of the Tarknanian Classic’s Platinum Division.
Bella Cipili completed 11 of 17 passes for 114 yards, including two touchdown passes to Hennessy Elkins, as the Green Valley flag football team used 19 second-half points to down Desert Oasis on the road, 26-13.
Cimarron-Memorial’s Alyssa Karpinski caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tiarra Del Rosario in overtime Wednesday to lift the host Spartans to a 26-20 win over Cheyenne.
Follow the link for postseason boys soccer honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
Follow the link for postseason girls soccer honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
Follow the link for postseason girls volleyball honors, as selected by coaches. All-league, all-region and all-state teams will be posted as they are received.
Follow the link for postseason girls tennis honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
Follow the link for postseason boys tennis honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
Centennial junior Alexis Gourrier won the Sunset regional cross country championship and helped the Bulldogs to the team title.
Green Valley senior Omar Rubio won the Sunrise regional cross country meet as the Gators coasted to the team championship.
Rachel Klopfer had 10 kills and 12 digs Monday to power the Green Valley girls volleyball team past Basic, 25-18, 25-9, 25-19.
Kapono Maruyama scored midway through the first half, and Foothill’s boys soccer team held on for a 1-0 home win over Coronado on Monday.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. In the city, you get The Strip (along with the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
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.