Anthony Merchant made 7 of 8 free throws in the fourth quarter and finished with 15 points Tuesday to help host Del Sol’s boys basketball team to a 73-69 win over Eldorado.
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Deasia Walker poured in 34 points Monday to lead Eldorado’s girls basketball team to a 65-32 victory at Valley.
Spring Valley’s Tyson Perkins told his coach before each of the last four seasons that he would break the school record for goals scored in a season.
Shadow Ridge goalkeeper Jenna Gallagher broke her finger midway through the season in practice while scrimmaging the boy’s junior varsity team.
Sunrise Region girls cross country runners got a good look at Karina Haymore at the starting line Thursday.
Dajour Braxton was awarded the No. 1 racing bib by meet director John Dixon before Thursday’s Division I Sunset Region meet at Sunset Park.
Brittany Snook and Nadia Hernandez each scored two goals Monday to help Legacy’s girls soccer team storm back from a 3-1 halftime deficit to top host Desert Oasis, 5-3.
The top runners on the Centennial girls cross country team are starting to make winning look easy.
Chloe Henderson and Kristen Newell each went 3-0 in singles, and Palo Verde’s girls tennis team swept the nine doubles sets Friday en route to a 17-1 win over visiting Bishop Gorman in a rematch of last year’s Division I state final.
Palo Verde junior Noah Landers and Centennial senior Dajour Braxton have a budding cross country rivalry.
Faith Lutheran junior Chase Wood fell just 11 seconds short of the Division I-A state cross-country state title last year. He”s been hard at work this summer to make sure he”s the first one to cross the line this season.
Two years ago, Green Valley goalkeeper Kiyana Lopez was a freshman and had to watch senior goalie Nicole Dunn face Arbor View in the Division I state championship match, which was decided by penalty kicks.
Las Vegas High’s Shayne Marquez might not have been the most physically imposing player on the volleyball court this past season.
Brooke Stover doubled to the left-center field gap to score Breanna Beatty with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning Thursday, and Palo Verde’s softball team rallied for a 6-5 victory over visiting Shadow Ridge.
Tyler Crone and Tommy Crone combined on a four-hitter Monday to help Chaparral’s baseball team defeat visiting Boulder City, 4-2, in a battle for first place in the Sunrise League.
