School district documents offer a likely explanation for why Dustin Romero didn’t coach the defending state champions in this year’s playoffs.
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Bishop Gorman is No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s Southern Nevada Class 5A football rankings and has another opportunity for a big win against Miami Central (Florida).
Alex Marin had 14 kills and two aces Wednesday as host Del Sol’s boys volleyball team clinched the top seed for the Class 3A Southern League tournament with a 25-21, 25-5, 25-17 win over Sunrise Mountain.
Coronado’s four scoring golfers all shot under par at Revere on Wednesday as the Cougars ran away with the final Southeast League match of the season.
Jacob Ortega was 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs on Monday to help Faith Lutheran’s baseball team to a 7-4 win over visiting Arbor View.
MacKenzie Perry scattered seven hits and struck out 14 in a complete-game effort Monday as Rancho’s softball team improved to 17-0 overall with an 11-1 win at Las Vegas High.
Connor Bourne, who has a 171-29 record during his high school career after pinning Eldorado’s Marques Anaya-Casarez in the 182-pound quarterfinals on Friday, will face Centennial’s Ike Edwards in Saturday’s semifinal round, which begins at 10 am at Bonanza.
Destiny Garcia had 28 assists and three digs as Cimarron-Memorial’s girls volleyball team defeated visiting Shadow Ridge on Monday, 20-25, 25-16, 25-22, 25-14.
Evan Walling fired a four-hit shutout as Bonanza’s baseball team held on for a 3-0 road win over Clark on Tuesday.
Kaitlin Fazendin had a home run and a double Thursday as Durango’s softball team scored three in the seventh inning to stun host Desert Oasis, 11-9.
Shadow Ridge’s Jordan Ford had 37 carries for 249 yards and two touchdowns on Thursday to lead the Mustangs to a 12-9 home victory over Palo Verde.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s high school football rankings for Class 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A.
Costandinos Pappas finished 3-0 in singles to help Silverado’s boys tennis team to a 12-6 win at Las Vegas High on Friday.
The doubles team of Alexa Rojas and Mandy Lu finished 3-0, and Spring Valley’s girls tennis team won a 5-1 tiebreaker over Desert Oasis en route to a 10-9 road win on Friday afternoon.
Nathan Bugash, Noah Letkiewicz, Parker Menzie and Everett Rojas each won individual events Saturday to help the Arbor View boys swimming team beat Centennial, 159-122 at Pavillion.
Elizabeth Clinch and Abigail Richter each won two events for the Green Valley girls swimming team Saturday at Heritage Park to help the Gators edge Foothill, 154-150.
Biskacky helped Durango win the boys distance medley Friday before winning both the 1,600-meter run and 3,200 run to earn male outstanding track athlete of the meet honors in the Blaine Thompson Memorial Track Classic at Desert Oasis.
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July is also a good time to tend to your palm trees. Remember, less is often more with palms. Only prune off fronds that are completely brown or falling below the crown of the tree.
Three former Southern Nevada high school baseball players were selected on the second day of the MLB draft Monday.
Dr. Alfred Danielian is team cardiologist for the Raiders, the Golden Knights and Aces among others. He’s advocating for a “Smart Heart Law” for all high schools in Nevada.
Three state championship flag football games were contested Thursday at Allegiant Stadium. The Raiders played an instrumental part in making it happen.
All three Nevada high school flag football state championship games will be held in the state’s largest football venue Thursday.
