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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Cody Prince won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.06 seconds and a margin of victory of .32 seconds to lead the Shadow Ridge boys swimming team to a 149-145 victory over Centennial at Pavilion on Saturday.
Maddy Pewtress won two individual events and swam on two winning relay teams Saturday at Multi-Generational to lead Eldorado’s girls swimming team to a 118-62 win over Chaparral.
Taylor Okamura was 4-for-4 with three triples, a double and seven RBIs, and Coronado’s softball team routed visiting Green Valley 17-2 in four innings to clinch the Class 4A Sunrise League title.
Follow the link for postseason girls basketball honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
Follow the link for postseason boys basketball 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.
Basic’s C.J. Dornak struck out Jeffrey Ewing with the tying run at second base in the bottom of the sixth inning as the Wolves held on for a 7-6 road win over Coronado on Monday.
Samantha Pochop threw a two-hitter with 13 strikeouts to lead Rancho’s softball team to a 6-1 home win over Green Valley on Monday.
Marquise Rayborn scored 18 points Thursday, and Las Vegas’ boys basketball team routed Liberty 67-50 to move into a tie for second place in the Northeast League.
Josh Villaros poured in 33 points Wednesday to help Basic’s boys basketball team rally for a 73-69 home win over Eldorado.
Certain players are quite simply building blocks for a program’s success.
Brandy Marlett didn’t win a league title in her first three years as a member of Rancho’s softball team.
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.