School district documents offer a likely explanation for why Dustin Romero didn’t coach the defending state champions in this year’s playoffs.
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Coronado’s boys golf team claimed the individual and team titles at a 5A Desert League match at Reflection Bay Golf Club. Here are photos from the event.
Clark’s Alliah Jordan was the top individual at a Class 5A Mountain League girls golf match Wednesday. Here are photos from the event.
Shadow Ridge and Silverado ruled Class 4A the last two seasons. Both programs are adjusting to making the jump to the state’s top division.
Silverado hosts Shadow Ridge in a rematch of the last two Class 4A state championship games to highlight the Southern Nevada Week 7 high school football schedule.
David Meng and Dan Thomas were each notified by Palo Verde and Shadow Ridge, respectively, about their dismissals as the school’s baseball coach just weeks before the start of the season.
Shadow Ridge plays at Palo Verde in boys basketball as the high school season gets underway in earnest Monday.
Here is a look at this week’s coaches polls in boys and girls soccer.
Even with Centennial’s 17-14 win over Arbor View and Virgin Valley’s 14-7 victory over Boulder City factored in, the average margin among the 15 games was 34.5 points.
Marrion Macklin-Thomas ran for 163 yards and three touchdowns, and the Shadow Ridge defense forced four second-half turnovers in a road victory.
Kizemon Cooper had three first-place finishes on Thursday to lead the Shadow Ridge boys track team to victory in a three-team home meet.
Isabella Iacob and Kenna Scott each won two events on Thursday to lead Spring Valley’s girls track team to a 74-58 home victory over Sierra Vista.
Dylan Howell was 4-for-4 with a double, two runs and two RBIs to help Faith Lutheran’s baseball team to a 13-4 road win at Legacy on Thursday.
Elijah Williams had 15 kills Thursday to lead host Shadow Ridge’s boys volleyball team to a 25-19, 26-28, 25-22, 25-17 win over Las Vegas High.
Rancho’s MacKenzie Perry struck out 16 and threw a five-hitter to lead the Rams to a 7-0 softball victory over visiting Cheyenne on Thursday.
Shadow Ridge senior linebacker Stephen Zane recovered two fumbles and returned them both for touchdowns of 87 and 31 yards, sparking the Mustangs (5-2, 3-1 Northwest League) to a 48-7 homecoming victory over Bonanza on Friday night.
Tehani Faitau had 23 assists and five aces Friday to help host Durango’s girls volleyball team to a 25-7, 25-3, 25-7 win over Eldorado.
Isabella Skrinjaric had one goal and one assist to help Legacy’s girls soccer team earn a 2-2 tie with host Palo Verde on Friday afternoon.
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Three former Southern Nevada high school baseball players were selected on the second day of the MLB draft Monday.
Dr. Alfred Danielian is team cardiologist for the Raiders, the Golden Knights and Aces among others. He’s advocating for a “Smart Heart Law” for all high schools in Nevada.
Three state championship flag football games were contested Thursday at Allegiant Stadium. The Raiders played an instrumental part in making it happen.
All three Nevada high school flag football state championship games will be held in the state’s largest football venue Thursday.
