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Nevada Preps
Check out the top performances from Tuesday’s high school baseball and softball action and look forward to Wednesday’s schedule.
Tyler Floyd singled home Chase McDaniel with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to give Pahrump Valley a 5-4 baseball victory over visiting Virgin Valley.
Kalsey Kekahuna-Lopes went 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBIs on Wednesday to lead host Faith Lutheran’s softball team to an 8-3 win over Cheyenne.
Vangeli Zimmerman was 3-0 in singles on Thursday to lift Spring Valley’s boys tennis team to a 15-3 home victory over Tech.
Addison Thummel won the final singles set for Foothill’s girls tennis team on Thursday to clinch a 10-8 home win over Basic.
Maris Nelson was 2-1 in singles for the Bonanza girls tennis team Tuesday, as the Bengals held off Durango at home on a tiebreaker, 10-9.
Michael Pasimio went 3-0 in singles to help Clark’s boys tennis team take a 10-8 victory at Bishop Gorman on Tuesday.
Nick Tapuala won the discus at the Division I state track and field meet with a mark of 178 feet, 9 inches despite unfavorable conditions at Carson High and became the third Liberty thrower to take home a state title in the event since 2011.
Cimarron-Memorial senior shortstop Niko Decolati has been named the Division I Southern Nevada Player of the Year by area baseball coaches. He hit .411 with 10 home runs and 25 RBIs this season for the Spartans.
Coronado junior Basia Query has been named the Southeast League”s Most Valuable Player. She hit .452 with 12 doubles and 36 RBIs for the Cougars, who won the Southeast softball title. Query floated between catcher and shortstop, depending on where her team needed her.
Donta Williams’ two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning capped a four-run rally, and Legacy’s baseball team edged visiting Foothill 10-9 on Friday to earn its first victory of the season.
Zaire Franklin had 16 kills and nine digs, and Trent Compton added 14 kills and 10 digs on Thursday to help Legacy’s boys volleyball team outlast visiting Palo Verde, 25-17, 11-25, 23-25, 25-12, 15-8.
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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.
Bishop Gorman announced Wednesday that its baseball team was forfeiting games over paperwork related to the eligibility of a transfer student.