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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Claire Rawlins trailed Basic’s Raquel Chavez for much of the race, but stayed within striking distance to the end. She then raced past Chavez and held off Sierra Vista’s Sarriah Brown to win the 3.1-mile race in 19 minutes, 16 seconds.
The Gaels opened Southwest League play at Silverado on Friday, and took care of business by piling up 443 yards of offense in a 48-7 victory.
Bonanza’s Chase Kasday did not lose a game in going 3-0 in singles and leading the Bengals’ boys tennis team to an 11-7 road victory over Faith Lutheran.
Andrada Stanciu, Ariana Stanciu and Claudia Murdasanu each went 3-0 in singles play Thursday to lead Sierra Vista’s girls tennis team to a 12-6 road victory over Basic.
Foothill’s Brooke Vokoun scored in the 60th minute on Thursday to give the Falcons a 2-2 tie with host Sierra Vista in girls soccer.
Audrey Wood had 17 kills and two aces Wednesday to lead Silverado’s girls volleyball team to a 15-25, 25-27, 25-18, 25-22, 15-13 victory over visiting Sierra Vista.
Britnee Leavitt went 2-0 in singles to help Moapa Valley’s girls tennis team edge visiting Virgin Valley 10-9 on a tiebreaker Tuesday.
Juan Beltran-Diaz had three goals and an assist as Clark’s boys soccer team earned a 5-2 road win over Silverado on Tuesday.
Alysia Mestas scored in the second half on an assist from Liberty Leano to break a scoreless tie and give Tech’s girls soccer team a 1-0 home victory over Foothill on Tuesday.
Colton Banks and Chris Jepson went 3-0 in doubles for Basic’s boys tennis team Tuesday as the Wolves downed host Silverado, 12-6.
Coronado placed its five scoring runners in the top eight Tuesday to win an eight-team boys cross country meet at Sonata Park.
Coronado placed five runners among the top seven Tuesday to easily win a six-team meet at Sonata Park.
Logan Allen carded a 4-over-par 75 at Angel Park on Tuesday to help Bishop Gorman’s girls golf team win a Southwest League match.
Brielen Aquino had 35 assists, three aces and 15 digs as Silverado’s girls volleyball team earned a 21-25, 25-23, 17-25, 25-20, 15-13 home victory over Foothill on Monday.
Ethan Kovach scored twice for the Desert Oasis boys soccer team Saturday, and the Diamondbacks knocked off visitin Foothill, 3-1.
Paige Birch had 10 kills, four blocks and three digs on Thursday as Del Sol’s girls volleyball team outlasted visiting Chaparral, 23-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-21, 15-11.
Nichole Bustamante scored two goals as Durango’s girl’s soccer team captured a 3-2 road victory at Clark on Thursday.
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July is also a good time to tend to your palm trees. Remember, less is often more with palms. Only prune off fronds that are completely brown or falling below the crown of the tree.
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.
