Palo Verde, No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s Class 5A boys volleyball rankings, defeated No. 3 Arbor View in four sets Tuesday night. Here are photos from the match.
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Arbor View outside hitter Mark Blanchard had 13 kills in the Aggies’ win over Shadow Ridge on Thursday to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
Two players — Liberty’s Saco Alofipo (Utah State) and Faith Lutheran’s Jordan Pollard (San Jose State) — signed with Football Bowl Subdivision schools Wednesday.
Clark has been removed from the Class 4A football playoffs for use of two ineligible players in last week’s 30-0 win over Spring Valley.
When Green Valley running back Jaylen McKnight went out with an injury Friday, Josiah Edwards stepped in and helped the Gators to a 21-14 victory at Desert Pines.
High school football teams will have more players available after a temporary rule allowed students to become eligible after a three-week grade check.
Centennial needs a win over a Cimarron-Memorial team that is out of the playoff race to claim its first league title since 2002 and the No. 1 seed in the Northwest League.
Jaden Terrana, a senior forward, scored her 75th career goal last week, breaking the Bishop Gorman career mark that was set by Hannah Borgel from 2014-17.
Ariana Simmons was 5-for-6 with a triple and four RBIs Thursday to help Valley’s softball team to a 25-15, six-inning win at Del Sol.
Bryce Robison spun a four-hit shutout Thursday as Palo Verde’s baseball team clinched the No. 2 seed for the Mountain Region tournament with a 4-0 home win over Centennial.
Sho Hampton had 17 assists Tuesday to help Canyon Springs’ boys volleyball team to a 22-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-16 home win over Cheyenne.
Cimarron-Memorial’s Matthew Rodgers avenged three regular-season losses to Shadow Ridge’s Marc Williams by winning 3-1 in overtime in the 160-pound division, to help the Spartans win the region championship, 231-228½.
The Foothill girls basketball team opened the Gator Winter Classic with a 61-32 win over Silverado in the morning and finished its first day of pool play with a 55-29 victory over Boulder City in the afternoon.
Arbor View showed why it is the top seed from the Northwest League on Friday night by pounding Mojave 52-6 in the first round of the Class 4A Mountain Region playoffs.
Jesus Leon scored the second of his two goals with two minutes remaining in Tuesday’s game to lift Rancho’s boys soccer team over visitin Faith Lutheran, 4-3.