Here is the 2024 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada boys swimming and diving team, selected after the spring sports season.
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So much has happened, such as surprising teams, fantastic finishes and the opening of Class 4A Southwest League play last week that was quite an appetizer for the rest of the league openers.
Jacob Ceci had 15 kills, 11 digs, nine aces and four blocks Friday to help host Coronado’s boys volleyball team to a 26-28, 25-13, 25-20, 25-14 win over Durango.
Jacob Ortega’s two-run triple with one out in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday keyed a three-run rally that lifted Faith Lutheran’s baseball team to a 3-1 win at Las Vegas High.
Aaliyah Booker made four 3-pointers in the first quarter and finished with 21 points Wednesday to lead Bonanza’s girls basketball team to a 64-16 win over Del Sol in the opening game of the Vegas Invitational at Mountain View.
Nicholas held off hard-charging Massimiliano Swenson of Bishop Gorman to become Desert Oasis’ first region cross country champion. The Diamondbacks also won the boys region team title, another first in school history.
Croix Reganit had 16 kills, 10 digs and one assist Thursday to lead Sierra Vista’s boys volleyball team to a road win at Bishop Gorman, 22-25, 25-16, 13-25, 25-21, 15-13.
James Cobian was 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs to lead Chaparral’s baseball team to a 5-3 home win over Clark in the Cowboy Classic semifinals.
Tjaden Giles was 2-1 in singles play, including the match-winning tiebreaker game for Basic’s girls tennis team, as the Wolves picked up a road win against Las Vegas, 10-9.
Mark Thuet and Justin Balconi each went 3-0 in singles play Tuesday as Bonanza’s boys tennis team edged the Arbor View on the road, 10-8.
Arbor View’s Keith Williams won a 3.1-mile race at Palo Verde on Tuesday to lead the Aggies to victory in a seven-team meet.
Kaily Kaimikaua had a game-high 23 points, and London Pavlica scored 13 on Saturday to help Liberty to a 70-29 win over Legacy in the championship game of the Liberty Invitational.
Frank Sessa hit a three-run home run in the third inning to lead the Sunset to an 8-3 win over the Sunrise in the Division I All-Star Game at the College of Southern Nevada.
Amanda Sink fired a three-hitter with 16 strikeouts Tuesday as Legacy’s softball team edged visiting Cimarron-Memorial, 2-1.
Isaiah Blaylock blasted a pair of home runs and drove in six runs Tuesday to lead Shadow Ridge’s baseball team to a 7-4 home win over Palo Verde.
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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.