Coronado and Bishop Gorman will play for the Class 5A boys basketball state title at 7 p.m. Friday after the teams were victorious in their state semifinals Thursday.
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Arbor View needed double overtime to claim a road win over Desert Pines in a highly emotional game that had several injuries, multiple ejections and ended with a fight.
Willow Watson had nine kills and two blocks as Arbor View defeated host Bonanza in a girls volleyball match on Thursday.
Participation numbers for Nevada high school football teams are up statewide and more in line with the pre-pandemic data.
Bishop Gorman remains No. 1 in the Review Journal’s football rankings despite a last-minute collapse and 25-24 loss to Hamilton (Arizona) last week.
Trinity Brandon was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored, and Arbor View beat Shadow Ridge 6-5 to win the Class 5A Southern Region softball crown.
Plenty of league titles and playoff seedings hang in the balance, and several games will determine how teams line up entering the postseason.
Desert Pines quarterback Rjay Tagataese threw for 334 yards and three TDs and rushed for one score as the Jaguars moved into the Class 4A state semifinals.
The Canyon Springs football team’s appeal after it was forced to forfeit all its wins for the season was denied Friday. Arbor View will take its place in the playoffs.
The Bulldogs moved into USA Today’s Super 25 Region VI rankings at No. 15 after becoming the first team to put a blemish on Faith Lutheran’s record in a 0-0 tie.
Liberty sophomore Jackson Parrish shot a 3-under-par 68 at SouthShore Country Club on Monday to grab the lead at the midway point of the Southern Nevada Invitational.
Aaron Lopez doubled home Steven Tamborello with the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh on Friday as Legacy rallied for a 7-4 road baseball victory over Foothill.
Kylie Sharapan singled home Roxanne Ines with the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth as Arbor View’s softball team edged visiting Sierra Vista 6-5 on Friday.
Ashley Moore won two individual events and finished second in another to help Centennial’s girls track team capture first place in the Silver State Invitational at Coronado on Friday.
Gavin Beaman pinned his opponent in just seven seconds to win at 170 pounds and lead Arbor View’s wrestling team to a 45-28 road win over Palo Verde on Tuesday.
