Games with league title implications and a pair of games against the top 5A Division I teams highlight a loaded Week 9 Southern Nevada high school football slate.
Schools
Greg Burrell got a stop for the Desert Pines boys basketball team in the final minute to preserve a home victory over Foothill on Thursday.
Raquel Patalon scored two goals and assisted on another to lead the Foothill girls soccer team to a victory Wednesday over visiting Arbor View.
The Friday game was suspended, and a review is underway by the Southern Nevada Officials Association and the NIAA. A double forfeiture is the likely outcome.
Chaparral’s Dennis Perez make field goals of 24 and 33 yards in the game’s final three minutes, and the Cowboys claimed a 6-3 Southeast League victory over Basic.
Defenses are scrambling to figure out how to deal with some of the valley’s most explosive quarterback-wide receiver tandems.
Ashley Ward spun a six-hitter and struck out 11 on Friday to lead host Coronado’s softball team to a 5-0 win over Basic in a battle of Desert League leaders.
Noah Glaser and Julian Herrera combined on a no-hitter Friday to lead Bishop Gorman’s baseball team to a 5-0 win at Silverado.
Donovan Gladney’s infield single plated Tanner Albright with the winning run in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday to lift Rancho’s baseball team to a 4-3 win at Spring Valley.
Allie Fox and Ashlyn Cowdell combined on a two-hitter Tuesday to help Foothill’s softball team to a 7-1 win over visiting Eldorado.
Host Foothill’s girls cross country team grabbed seven of the top eight spots to easily win a Southeast League cross country meet Wednesday.
Hayden Hillegass scored an unassisted goal with 15 minutes to play to give host Faith Lutheran a 1-0 boys soccer win over Legacy on Wednesday.
Arbor View’s boys cross country team grabbed six of the top seven spots, including the top three overall, as the Aggies easily won an eight-team race at Shadow Ridge on Wednesday.
Stephen Dobrev went 2-0 in singles to life Faith Lutheran’s boys tennis team to a 12-6 home win over Shadow Ridge on Wednesday afternoon.
Andrada and Ariana Stanciu each went 3-0 in singles play to help Sierra Vista’s girls tennis team to an 11-7 home victory over Foothill on Wednesday afternoon.