Puskas surged to the lead entering the final mile and held off the rest of the field to finish the 3-mile course in 18 minutes, 25.7 seconds, for her biggest cross country win of a still-young prep career.
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Deborah Grant ran for 117 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries, and Green Valley’s flag football team overame a one-point halftime deficit to top visiting Tech, 25-13 on Thursday.
Briana Todd made 1 of 2 free throws with four seconds left to play Monday to lift Virgin Valley’s girls basketball team to a 51-50 win over Desert Pines in Mesquite.
Joe Gerencser rolled games of 225, 258 and 226 for a 709 series Monday to help Green Valley’s boys bowling team to a 9-0 win over Silverado in the Sunrise Region quarterfinals at The Orleans.
Chrystian Myles scored 17 points Tuesday to help Desert Pines’ girls basketball team hold on for a 41-39 win at Las Vegas.
Chaparral’s boys soccer team scored three second-half goals Thursday to rally for a 3-2 victory over host Sunrise Mountain.
Arlie Jones scored two second-half goals, including the winner off of Taylor Cox’s corner kick with six minutes left in the match Thursday to help Bishop Gorman’s girls soccer team to a 2-1 win over visiting Palo Verde.
Dajour Braxton could have sworn he heard footsteps in the closing stretch of Saturday’s Division I boys state cross country race at Sunset Park.
Understandably, Kayla Roberts looked a little dejected just after finishing the Division I state girls cross country meet Saturday at Sunset Park.
Jalen Randolph’s second-half goal Tuesday allowed Coronado’s boys soccer team to earn a 1-1 tie with visiting Eldorado.