Here is the 2024 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada girls track and field team, selected after the spring sports season.
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Chris McCoy had 15 kills and six digs Thursday to help the Sierra Vista boys volleyball team rally to beat host Rancho, 19-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-14, 16-14.
Shadow Ridge’s baseball team rallied for seven runs in the top of the 10th inning on Wednesday to earn a 12-5 road victory over Arbor View.
Ashley Ward went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs for Coronado’s softball team, and winning pitcher Tatum Spangler went the distance with eight strikeouts and was 2-for-3 with a triple and an RBI as the host Cougars edged Basic on Wednesday, 5-4.
Kade Frischknecht had 23 kills, 11 digs and three aces, and Sam Belnap recorded 43 assists and 11 digs as Centennial’s boys volleyball team came back from a two-set deficit to stun host Palo Verde 20-25, 24-26, 25-22, 25-20, 18-16 on Tuesday.
Michael Finetti won two events Saturday to lead the Desert Oasis boys swimming team to a 113-72 win over Bonanza at Pavilion.
Arbor View’s girls swimming team won six of the eight individual swimming events Saturday en route to a 172-118 win over Faith Lutheran at Pavilion.
Las Vegas’ softball team took advantage of an error to score the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning, and the host Wildcats edged Basic 4-3 on Tuesday.
Faith Lutheran’s boys swimming team edged Clark in the final event, and the teams finished tied with 145 points in a meet at Pavilion on Saturday.
Cassidy Ludwig won two events Saturday to lead Shadow Ridge’s girls swim team to a 165-121 victory over Arbor View at Pavilion.
Liberty won the boys and girls team titles at the Liberty Invitational on Saturday, beating out Coronado for both victories.
Here is the first Southern Nevada softball coaches poll.
Sam Belnap dished out 48 assists to help the Centennial volleyball team to a 20-25, 25-15, 24-26, 25-15, 15-11 victory over Las Vegas at home Tuesday.
The Centennial girls track team won eight events at the Heikotter Invitational at Faith Lutheran on Saturday, running away with the team score and defending its title from the last season. Centennial’s boys team won five events to win the meet, also winning for the second year in a row.
Shelbi Denman spun a one-hit shutout and stuck out eight as Shadow Ridge’s softball team blanked Bingham (Utah) 13-0 in four innings in the Tournament of Champions at Bullhead City, Arizona.
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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.