Basic softball’s team rallied in two different games Saturday against Sierra Vista to win its first-ever state title at Faith Lutheran.
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Legacy scored late and held on to defeat Galena to win the Class 5A Division III state championship Saturday at UNR. SLAM Academy and Pahranagat Valley came up short.
Sparked by individual wins from Rome Odunze and Kyu Kelly, the Gaels wrapped up their second consecutive Class 4A title by scoring 99 points.
Centennial ran away with its ninth straight Class 4A team championship. The Bulldogs scored 126 points. Runners-up Carson and Sierra Vista each had 54.
Isiah Jones scored from first when Lucas Vandever’s double to left field was misplayed with no outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Thunderbirds a 4-3 victory.
After falling behind 10-3, the Panthers scored four runs in the third and six in the fourth to take the lead and never looked back.
Shamir Chambers hit a right corner 3-pointer as time expired Friday to lift Legacy’s boys basketball team to a 93-91 home win over Shadow Ridge.
O’Brien Pearce scored 19 points Tuesday to help Calvary Chapel’s boys basketball team hold on for a 63-59 road win at The Meadows.
Winning pitcher Kobe Walker went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and four RBIs Friday to lead Lincoln County’s baseball team into the championship game of the Class 2A state tournament with a 12-2 win over Lake Mead at Reed High in Sparks.
Ashlyn Wadsworth spun a two-hitter, and Pahranagat Valley capitalized on a three-base error and a passed ball in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull out a 2-1 win over Wells in the winners’ bracket final of the Class 1A state tournament at North Valleys.
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Stockton Maxwell allowed three hits, struck out two and walked four over 5⅓ innings to lead the Panthers to a 10-4 win over Mineral County in the Class 1A state baseball tournament.
Pahranagat Valley made quick work of Whittell in the first round of the Class 1A state softball tournament, winning 15-0 in four innings.
Host Basic wriggled out of trouble on a handful of occasions Saturday and came away with a 4-3 victory over Santa Margarita (California).
Liberty won the boys and girls team titles at the Liberty Invitational on Saturday, beating out Coronado for both victories.