Durango baseball’s Xander Mercurius threw a complete game and had two hits in the Trailblazers’ playoff win to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
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Boulder City defeated Spring Valley in a high school baseball tournament game Tuesday. Here are photos from the game.
Cimarron-Memorial senior Phillip Abbott is the Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week.
Fabian Torrez’s two-run double with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning capped a four-run rally and lifted host Legacy’s baseball team to a 6-5 win over Spring Valley on Thursday.
The Saints, who have struggled in recent years to even fill out a team, were granted independent status in football for the 2019 season at Thursday’s Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association board of control meeting at Palace Station.
Here is the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2018 all-state baseball team.
Dylan San Nicolas had an RBI single in the top of the eighth inning Saturday, and Jordan Bohnet struck out two to lock down the save in Liberty baseball’s 5-4, eight-inning road win against Silverado.
James Delaney pinch hit in the seventh inning with Sierra Vista down a run, and hit a two-out, two-run double to help the Mountain Lions’ baseball team score three in the seventh and out-slug host Durango, 17-16 on Wednesday.
Cimarron-Memorial’s baseball team sent 11 batters to the plate and scored six runs in the second inning Tuesday en route to a 15-2 win over Faith Lutheran in its five-inning Northwest League opener.
Jacob Godman scored the go-ahead run on Wesley Cosby’s squeeze bunt in the bottom of the sixth Tuesday to help the Palo Verde baseball team edge visiting Shadow Ridge, 6-5.
A.J. Amelburu went 3-for-4 to help the Green Valley Elite get a 7-2 victory over the Las Vegas Grizzlies in an elimination game in the Connie Mack state baseball tournament at the College of Southern Nevada.
Tanner Wright drove in four runs, and Centennial rallied for four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat visiting Bishop Gorman 8-4 for the Division I Sunset Region baseball title and a berth in the state tournament.
The Wolves used a balanced attack on offense, a handful of defensive gems and the arm of sophomore C.J. Dornak to post a 6-0 victory over visiting Green Valley to claim the Division I Sunrise Region championship. The win locked up a berth in the state tournament, which begins on Thursday at Bishop Manogue.