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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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.
Kylie Stritenberger had nine kills and four blocks to lead Pahrump Valleys girls volleyball team to a 16-25, 17-25, 25-23, 25-17, 15-8 victory at Mojave on Thursday night.
Aseret Geraldo dished out 56 assists to lead Cheyenne’s girls volleyball team to a 23-25, 25-22, 28-26, 22-25, 15-13 road win over Mojave on Thursday evening.
Coronado’s girls soccer team scored three second-half goals on Thursday to rally for a 3-2 road victory over top-ranked Palo Verde.
Jonas Bryant scored on a breakaway in the final minute Thursday to lift Bonanza’s boys soccer team to a 2-1 road victory over Durango.
Carlos Mendez supplied a goal and two assists Tuesday as the Valley boys soccer team held off Liberty at home, 5-4.
Kelly Lemus scored the game-winning goal midway through the second half, giving host Del Sol the 1-0 win over visiting Chaparral.
Ameila McManus and Riley Divich scored goals to lift Faith Lutheran to a 2-0 home victory over Western on Thursday evening.
Basic’s Sara Syvertsen scored the go-ahead goal in the 30th minute, and the Wolves held on for a 2-1 girls soccer win over visiting Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Canyon Springs’ boys soccer team scored the go-ahead goal with about seven minutes to play and held on for a 2-1 road win over Foothill on Tuesday afternoon.
Alysha Smith had 24 assists, 14 digs, eight kills and three aces as Shadow Ridge’s girls volleyball team held off visiting Coronado 25-18, 25-22, 16-25, 23-25, 17-15 on Tuesday.
Clark had a pair of undefeated doubles teams on Tuesday as the visiting Chargers edged defending Class 4A state champion Palo Verde 10-8 in boys tennis.
Bonanza’s Kelsey Spence and Carla LaRosa went 3-0 in doubles, and the Bengals won the tiebreaker 4-2 to edge visiting Sierra Vista in girls tennis on Tuesday.
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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.