Check out the top performances from Tuesday’s high school baseball and softball action and look forward to Wednesday’s schedule.
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Tyler Floyd singled home Chase McDaniel with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to give Pahrump Valley a 5-4 baseball victory over visiting Virgin Valley.
Kalsey Kekahuna-Lopes went 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBIs on Wednesday to lead host Faith Lutheran’s softball team to an 8-3 win over Cheyenne.
Vangeli Zimmerman was 3-0 in singles on Thursday to lift Spring Valley’s boys tennis team to a 15-3 home victory over Tech.
Addison Thummel won the final singles set for Foothill’s girls tennis team on Thursday to clinch a 10-8 home win over Basic.
Justin Ahlstrom dished out 25 assists, and teammate Andrew Wyatt had 24 assists in the Shadow Ridge boys volleyball team’s 25-17,25-17, 23-25, 25-20 win over Arbor View on Tuesday night.
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Arbor View’s Autumn Westmoreland scored nine of her game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter to help the Aggies girls basketball team hang on for a 55-52 home win over Shadow Ridge on Friday.
Maris Nelson was 2-1 in singles for the Bonanza girls tennis team Tuesday, as the Bengals held off Durango at home on a tiebreaker, 10-9.
Michael Pasimio went 3-0 in singles to help Clark’s boys tennis team take a 10-8 victory at Bishop Gorman on Tuesday.
Nick Tapuala won the discus at the Division I state track and field meet with a mark of 178 feet, 9 inches despite unfavorable conditions at Carson High and became the third Liberty thrower to take home a state title in the event since 2011.
Paolo Sarnataro made 13 saves Tuesday to allow Durango’s boys soccer team to earn a 1-0 home victory over Legacy.
Abbie Barnum scored on an assist from Kari Wakefield in the 52nd minute Tuesday to lift Virgin Valley’s girls soccer team to a 1-0 home win over Tech.
Cimarron-Memorial senior shortstop Niko Decolati has been named the Division I Southern Nevada Player of the Year by area baseball coaches. He hit .411 with 10 home runs and 25 RBIs this season for the Spartans.
Coronado junior Basia Query has been named the Southeast League”s Most Valuable Player. She hit .452 with 12 doubles and 36 RBIs for the Cougars, who won the Southeast softball title. Query floated between catcher and shortstop, depending on where her team needed her.