Derrick Thomas scored 19 points Saturday to lead Boulder City to a 70-50 win over Moapa Valley in the championship game of the Lake Mead Holiday Classic.
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Ian White had 25 points and 12 rebounds to lead Bonanza’s boys basketball team to an 84-67 home win over Basic on Friday.
Here are the all-region and all-league girls volleyball teams, as selected by coaches.
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.
Kierston-Joy Kuresa had nine kills, two aces and 20 digs to propel Desert Oasis’ girls volleyball team to a 25-22, 25-21, 24-26, 23-25, 15-5 home win over Liberty on Thursday night.
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.
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.
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.
Christopher Rose’s walk-off hit capped a three-run seventh inning for Cheyenne’s baseball team in a 6-5 home win over the Mojave on Thursday.
Carson Wells scored on a sacrifice fly by Santino Panaro in the top of the seventh as Bishop Gorman’s baseball team rallied for an 8-7 road win over Clark on Friday.
Shelby Carvalho had a triple and three RBIs Friday to power Liberty’s softball team to a 7-6 road victory against Green Valley.
Austin Wells hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning on Wednesday to help Bishop Gorman’s baseball team to a 9-7 home win over Riverton (Utah) in the Desert Classic.
Clara Heislen went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs on Saturday to help Faith Lutheran’s softball team to a 13-7 road win over Cimarron-Memorial.
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