Bishop Gorman’s baseball team, ranked No. 8 nationally by MaxPreps, defeated No. 14 Basic in a matchup of the last two Class 5A state champions Thursday.
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The Faith Lutheran boys defeated Palo Verde to win their first state championship, and the Palo Verde girls rolled past Faith Lutheran to claim their sixth title.
The Bishop Gorman boys and Desert Oasis girls claimed their first cross country state championships at the Class 4A meet Friday.
T.J. Blanchard-Davis had 18 kills, 12 digs, two aces and two blocks to help Mojave’s volleyball team to a 26-28, 25-21, 25-15, 25-18 win over visiting Del Sol on Friday.
Braxton Bruschke allowed three hits and struck out 13 in 6⅔ innings on Friday to lift Spring Valley’s baseball team to a 3-1 win at Durango.
Kendell Burrell scored 33 points Tuesday as Bonanza’s boys basketball team upset visiting Centennial, 73-64.
Skye Landaz hit a 3-pointer with less than 10 seconds to go in overtime to give Faith Lutheran’s girls basketball team a 51-49 road win over Palo Verde on Tuesday.
Playing its eighth game in 10 days, Spring Valley had trouble boxing out on key rebounds and lost a 60-56 decision to Centennial (Arizona) in the consolation final of the Las Vegas Prep Championship at Las Vegas High.
Claire Rawlins trailed Basic’s Raquel Chavez for much of the race, but stayed within striking distance to the end. She then raced past Chavez and held off Sierra Vista’s Sarriah Brown to win the 3.1-mile race in 19 minutes, 16 seconds.
The Coronado girls soccer team scored a pair of first-half goals to hold off Arbor View on Wednesday and win 2-1 in the Las Vegas Kick-Off at Green Valley.
Sasha Bolla had 15 kills on Wednesday as Coronado’s girls volleyball team earned a 25-21, 25-18, 24-26, 26-24 home victory over defending Class 4A state champion Shadow Ridge.
Shad Gettman and Andrew Spencer 3-0 in doubles to lift Basic’s boys tennis team to a 12-6 home victory over Tech on Wednesday.
Adriana Benjamin, McKenna DeMarce and Raquel Roshak all posted 3-0 records in singles to help Desert Oasis’ girls tennis team to a 10-8 road victory over Silverado on Wednesday afternoon.
Edarian Williams went 2-for-3 with a double, a grand slam, two runs and four RBIs to lead the Las Vegas Aces to a 12-2 victory over the Southern Nevada Blue Sox in a rematch of the last two state championship games
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