Nicholas held off hard-charging Massimiliano Swenson of Bishop Gorman to become Desert Oasis’ first region cross country champion. The Diamondbacks also won the boys region team title, another first in school history.
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Chania Scott had 12 kills to help the Mojave’s girls volleyball team clinch the Sunset League’s top seed for the Class 3A Southern Region playoffs with a 25-8, 25-10, 25-20 home sweep of Del Sol.
Destiny Dobiesz had 36 assists and seven aces Monday to lead the Western girls volleyball team to a 31-29, 14-25, 21-25, 25-23, 15-7 road win over Somerset-Losee.
Audrey Boch-Collins, a junior from Clark, defeated Madison Smith of Coronado 6-0, 6-1 in the 4A girls state championship match at Bishop Manogue to become only the second girl in state history to win three individual state championships in singles.
Palo Verde’s Michael Andre rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Green Valley’s Andre Millet to capture the boys singles championship in his first year of high school tennis.
Clark rolled to a 14-4 victory over Reno in the state semifinals at Bishop Mangoue on Thursday to set up a rematch with the two-time defending state champion Panthers, who beat Coronado, 11-7, in the other semifinal.
Aiyana Evans tallied 17 assists and three aces for Liberty’s girls volleyball team Tuesday, and Alana Chun notched 17 digs as the host Patriots outlasted Spring Valley, 25-21, 20-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-7.
Julia Whiting-Reed had 18 kills, two aces, seven digs and two blocks Wednesday to lead Green Valley’s girls volleyball team to a 25-10, 25-15, 11-25, 17-25, 15-11 victory over visiting Silverado.
After the first day of the region tournaments, Faith Lutheran (Mountain Region), Clark (Desert Region) and Pahrump Valley (Class 3A Southern Region) all hold a lead going into the final day.
Nathan Carlin pulled away from the field Tuesday and helped Foothill’s boys cross country team capture the freshmen race of the Bud O’Dea Classic at Desert Breeze Park.
Conner Nicholas picked up his fourth victory in an invitational meet this season by capturing the large-school race of the Lake Mead Invitational on Saturday at Veteran’s Memorial Park.
Clark, Palo Verde and Boulder City’s boys tennis teams won their respective region tournaments on Friday afternoon.
Aiyana Evans and had 32 assists and O’ceana Clemens added 29 assists as Liberty’s girls volleyball team earned a 16-25, 25-15, 25-15, 25-20 victory over visiting Silverado on Thursday.
Stephen Dobrev went 3-0 in singles play Wednesday to lead the Faith Lutheran tennis team to a 10-8 victory over Las Vegas in a Mountain Region tournament match at Darling Tennis Center.
Sophia Dominguez had 21 kills and 16 digs Tuesday as Durango’s volleyball team handed Coronado its first Desert League loss, 25-16, 20-25, 25-23, 20-25, 17-15.
