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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Liberty’s girls basketball team went on a 13-0 run to start the game Friday night en route to its 62-20 victory over Foothill in the Diamond bracket quarterfinals of the Gator Winter Classic at Green Valley.
Cimarron-Memorial’s girls basketball team fell behind 18-3 early in the second quarter and couldn’t recover in its 54-45 loss to Spanish Springs in the Gator Winter Classic at Green Valley on Thursday.
Sharmayne Finley scored a game-high 45 points Friday to lead Democracy Prep’s girls basketball team to a 64-60 overtime victory over host Needles.
Dominique Orozco returned an interception for a touchdown with two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter to lift Clark’s flag football team to a 19-12 victory over Cheyenne on Friday evening.
Tarika Poullard scored on a 12-yard reverse in overtime for Del Sol’s flag football team Wednesday, and supplied the game-winning extra point to lift the Dragons over host Silverado, 31-30.
Trey Woodbury scored 29 points to guide Clark to a 79-62 home victory over Desert Oasis on Tuesday night.
All-league football teams, as selected by coaches.
Las Vegas High’s Nathan Rhoads pinned his opponent at 132 pounds on Saturday to clinch a 40-34 win over Foothill in the championship match of the Spring Valley Duals.
Lajaei West had seven points and 12 rebounds to lead Del Sol’s girls basketball team to a 22-21 home win over Silverado on Monday.
Marvin Coleman had 20 points and six rebounds Monday to lift Foothill’s boys basketball team to a 76-67 home over Palo Verde.
Coronado swept Foothill, and Silverado beat Green Valley in straight sets to
Rancho keeper Dylan Morgan made a diving save to lift Rancho to a penalty-kick victory over Liberty at Bettye Wilson Park on Friday night.
Foothill, Coronado, Silverado and Green Valley won their first-round matchups in the Sunrise Regional volleyball tournament.
Green Valley’s boys and Coronado’s girls won the Class 4A Sunrise regional cross country team titles on Friday morning at Veterans Memorial Park.
Daniel Barajas scored the game-winning goal in the second half Thursday to give the Del Sol boys soccer team a 2-1 home victory over Virgin Valley.
Tehani Tapuala notched 35 assists and 25 digs, and Liberty’s volleyball team rallied from down two sets on the road to defeat Las Vegas by a score of 25-27, 23-25, 25-10, 25-17, 15-1.
Tech’s Juan Mota scored the game’s only goal in the first half Tuesday to lead the Roadrunners to a 1-0 road win over Chaparral. The victory clinched the Class 3A Sunrise League title for the Roadrunners, their sixth in school history and first since 2012.
Every year, when I review the results of the Nevada State Bank Small Business Survey, I’m reminded that optimism is more than a gut feeling – it’s often a decision. Nevada’s small business owners made that decision with clarity.
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.
Check out the results from Thursday’s high school basketball and flag football playoff action in Nevada.