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.
Nevada Preps
Nicholas held off hard-charging Massimiliano Swenson of Bishop Gorman to become Desert Oasis’ first region cross country champion. The Diamondbacks also won the boys region team title, another first in school history.
Destiny Dobiesz had 36 assists and seven aces Monday to lead the Western girls volleyball team to a 31-29, 14-25, 21-25, 25-23, 15-7 road win over Somerset-Losee.
Liberty’s Hayden Prasad scored his second goal of the game with 15 minutes remaining Monday, and the visiting Patriots knocked off Bishop Gorman 2-1 in boys soccer.
Sierra Vista’s Isabella Costa scored on an assist from Jasmine Trinidad in the second half Thursday, and the Mountain Lions tied with host Desert Oasis in girls soccer, 1-1.
Liberty’s Mia Edwards scored the tying goal on a 77th-minute penalty kick to help the Patriots’ girls soccer team earn a 2-2 draw with host Foothill on Tuesday.
David Matias-Flores and Conner Barlow each had a goal as Silverado’s boys soccer team edged visiting Foothill 2-1 on Wednesday.
Max Patton’s goal in the final five minutes on Monday gave Liberty’s boys soccer team a 2-1 road win over third-ranked Tech.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. On the inside, you get The Strip (and now, the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
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.
Bishop Gorman announced Wednesday that its baseball team was forfeiting games over paperwork related to the eligibility of a transfer student.