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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Legacy’s boys swimming team won all three relays, and Tristan Arruti won a pair of individual events en route to a 153-75 victory over Cheyenne at Municipal on Saturday.
Isabell Jones won two events on Saturday to lead Arbor View’s girls swim team to a 165-121 victory over Desert Oasis at Pavilion.
Erick Forbush had 15 kills, eight digs and two aces in the Cimarron-Memorial boys volleyball team’s 25-21, 25-19, 22-25, 25-19 victory over visiting Legacy on Wednesday.
Virgin Valley’s baseball team rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on Tuesday to earn a 5-4 victory over visiting Tech.
Grant Tingey had eight kills and six blocks to help Palo Verde’s boys volleyball team rally for a 19-25, 26-28, 27-25, 25-19, 15-11 road win over Arbor View on Monday.
Keaton Ogden and Dylan Wilson finished 1-2 in the 200-yard freestyle Saturday to help the Virgin Valley boys swimming team slip past Chaparral at Multi-Generational, 112-111.
The Legacy girls swimming team jumped out to an early lead and withstood a late surge to top Faith Lutheran at Pavilion on Saturday, 131-126.
Troy Bell finished with 45 digs to lead Foothill’s boys volleyball team to a 25-21, 19-25, 25-20, 21-25, 17-15 road win over Basic on Thursday.
Jordan Miller had 18 kills, eight digs and two blocks Tuesday to lead Shadow Ridge’s boys volleyball team to a 29-27, 19-25, 25-23, 22-25, 15-13 home victory over Arbor View.
Kade Frischknecht had 15 kills, three aces and eight digs, and Sam Belnap added 52 assists, two aces and 13 digs to help Centennial’s boys volleyball team hold on for a 27-25, 25-21, 24-26, 21-25, 15-9 home win over Shadow Ridge on Wednesday.
Treven Clizbe had 21 kills, 24 digs, four blocks and three aces, including the match-clinching ace, as Arbor View’s boys volleyball team took down visiting Centennial 25-20, 19-25, 25-23, 18-25, 16-14 on Monday.
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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.