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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Jaden Hardy scored a game-high 23 points to lead Coronado’s boys basketball team to a 75-61 victory over Durango in the Orleans Division at Desert Oasis on Saturday.
Bishop Gorman sophomore forward Isaiah Cottrell scored 20 points, and the host Gaels made 9 of 12 free throws in the final 36 seconds, to hang on for a 69-63 victory over Salesian (California) in a Platinum Division semifinal on Friday.
Daniel Plummer scored 14 of his game-high 23 points in the first half, and Democracy Prep stormed to a 30-13 halftime lead en route to its 61-41 victory over Palo Verde in the Gatorade Division bracket on Thursday night.
All-league football teams, as selected by coaches.
Tiarra Del Rosario completed 14 of 21 passes for 245 yards and five touchdowns to help Cimarron-Memorial’s flag football overcome an eight-point deficit and rally for a 31-20 home win over Durango on Tuesday afternoon.
Hannah Ferrara had two goals and two assists, and Karissa Martinez and Sierra Vicente each had a goal and an assist to lead Arbor View’s girls soccer team to a 5-0 home win over Centennial on Wednesday night.
Ramiro Andrade scored twice Monday to lead Eldorado’s boys soccer team to a 3-0 home win against Valley.
Riley Divich scored in the first half, and Faith Lutheran’s girls soccer team held on for a 1-0 upset victory over host Palo Verde on Monday.
Arbor View’s Keith Williams led at the front of a pack of five runners early. Eventually, he managed to hold off PahrumpValley’s Bryce Odegard and Centennial’s Alexander Miller in the final quarter mile, putting in a good finishing kick to cross the line in 16 minutes and 13 seconds.
Gustavo Garcia-Reyes scored three goals to lead the Cimarron-Memorial boys soccer to team to a 4-1 home victory over Legacy on Wednesday.
Tieg Simmons made eight saves Wednesday to preserve a 1-0 victory for Shadow Ridge’s girls soccer team against host Centennial.
Gustavo Garcia-Reyes scored on a penalty kick in the 34th minute to lead the Cimarron-Memorial boys soccer team to a 3-1 road win over Palo Verde on Monday.
Sunrise Mountain’s Alexandra Trinidad scored a goal in the first half, and the game winner off of a free kick in the 70th minute, to lift the Miners to a 3-2 road girls soccer win over Cheyenne on Thursday.
Anna Pfarrer went 3-0 in singles as the Liberty girls tennis team beat Valley at home in the Class 4A Sunrise Region quarterfinals Thursday, 11-7.
Olivia Packer scored two goals to help the Palo Verde girls soccer team hold off host Faith Lutheran, 3-2 on Wednesday.
Bryan Martinez scored twice on Wednesday to lead Sunrise Mountain’s boys soccer team to a 3-0 home win over Western.
Legacy’s Diego Gonzalez-Ruiz scored in the 70th minute on an assist from Randolph Anderson to give the Longhorns the 1-0 win over host Centennial on Monday.
Commercial real estate (CRE) sentiment is subdued, and deal activity has cooled, but Blake J. Owens sees an attractive turning point. The 30-year-old Las Vegas native, whose family has lived in the city for over a century, is capitalizing on this moment to transform CRE through his two companies: Agrippa and Augustus.
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.