It’s not often that a team that loses in the semifinals finds a way to win a tournament.
Palo Verde
Green Valley boys basketball coach Lorenzo Jarvis was asked what he was most proud of Saturday, and his answer consisted of six sentences. In that span, Jarvis used the word “fight” five times.
Palo Verde’s boys basketball team already had played two games this week, so coach Paul Sanchez was a bit apprehensive about his team heading into its opener in the Foothill Holiday Classic on Friday.
Teconna Dyer hit a tie-breaking free throw with 24 seconds to play, and Bianca Matlock added a layup eight seconds later to lift host Las Vegas High’s girls basketball team to a 53-50 win over Shadow Ridge on Thursday.
Amberlynn Twigg threw for 319 yards and four touchdowns Monday to lead Spring Valley’s flag football team to a 25-19 win over visiting Canyon Springs.
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.
Call it brilliant planning. Call it good fortune. Whatever the reason, this week’s prep football schedule couldn’t have worked out better.
Maggie Roe had 10 kills, and Tara Cox dished out 25 assists Wednesday to help Boulder City’s girls volleyball team clinch the Sunrise League title with a 17-25, 25-23, 25-10, 25-16 win over visiting Moapa Valley.
Macee Barlow scored three goals Wednesday as Palo Verde’s girls soccer team captured the Southwest League title by topping visiting Legacy, 3-0.
Enrique Pedraza and Raciel Jimenez-Vasquez each scored a goal Wednesday to help Sunrise Mountain’s boys soccer team secure the Sunrise League title with a 3-0 win over visiting Chaparral.
Christina Beaver notched 49 assists, 16 digs and seven kills on Thursday, and teammate Olivia Stet added 16 kills and 12 digs to lead Foothill’s girls volleyball team to a 30-32, 25-13, 25-22, 25-22 victory over visiting Rancho.
Adriana Guzman scored two second-half goals Thursday to help Tech’s girls soccer team secure the Sunrise League’s No. 1 seed for the Division I-A Southern Region playoffs with a 2-1 win at Sunrise Mountain.
