Jack Tarango didn’t intend for the Legacy Tip-Off Classic boys basketball tournament to grow this year.
Baseball
A quick spin through the archived history of the Durango Fall Classic reveals some grim news for local girls volleyball teams.
For the first five innings of Thursday’s elimination game against the LV Spartans, the GV Elite hardly looked like the top-seeded team in the Connie Mack state baseball tournament.
Through the first six innings Monday afternoon, the LV Bengals looked overwhelmed at the plate against LV Grizzlies ace Nick Rupp.
Cimarron-Memorial senior shortstop Niko Decolati has been named the Division I Southern Nevada Player of the Year by area baseball coaches. He hit .411 with 10 home runs and 25 RBIs this season for the Spartans.
Bishop Gorman’s baseball team had the winning run in scoring position in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings Friday, but couldn’t bring it home.
In what could be a lesson to teenagers everywhere, Arbor View’s Brandon Stevens actually listened to a parent.
Bishop Gorman baseball coach Gino DiMaria said the top of his order often dictates the team’s success.
Arbor View baseball coach Jay Guest called the last two weeks of the regular season an up-and-down affair.
Rylee Campbell’s one-out suicide squeeze with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh Wednesday brought home Sebastian Fitzgerald and gave Tech’s baseball team a 6-5 win over Chaparral at Arroyo Grande Sports Complex.
Palo Verde third-year baseball coach Kevin Fiddler said Tuesday he was fired during an afternoon meeting with school administrators and will not coach the team for the remainder of the season.
Daniel Edson’s single to right field with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning Monday plated Grant Robbins with the winning run as Bishop Gorman’s baseball team rallied past visiting Palo Verde, 6-5.
Chris Opolka walked and came around to score the go-ahead run on an error with no outs in the top of the seventh inning as Shadow Ridge’s baseball team topped host Arbor View 13-8 on Thursday.
Ryne Nelson threw a no-hitter and went 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, three RBIs and a run to lead Basic’s baseball team to an 11-0 road victory over Foothill on Wednesday.
Sebastian Sotello lined a one-out double off the left-field fence to score Carlos Alcala in the top of the eighth, and the Canyon Springs baseball team held on for an 11-10 win at Valley on Tuesday.