Frank Sessa hit a three-run home run in the third inning to lead the Sunset to an 8-3 win over the Sunrise in the Division I All-Star Game at the College of Southern Nevada.
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Desert Oasis’ Andrue Aguilera, much to his own surprise, came off the bench to lead five double-figure scorers with 17 points in the Sunset Region’s 103-85 win over the Sunrise Region at Foothill High.
Centennial rising senior Jamaal Evans became the second area QB to make an oral commitment for 2017 when he recently pledged to UNR.
The Skyhawks seemingly contend for a state team title every five years, and Saturday was no different as they overcame injuries and wintry conditions to claim the championship at the Division I state track and field meet at Carson High.
The Panthers took control early, with both teams cruising to victories. It was the second consecutive state title for the girls and the fourth straight for the boys.
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.
The college-bound quartet of Izzy Goldsmith, Hailey Houck, Adriana Piccininni and Kasdyn Rafie won the final race of the Division I Sunset Region boys and girls swimming and diving meet Saturday — a swimming curtain call — to cap off Palo Verde’s second straight girls team title.
Karina Haymore won two individual events and finished second in another to lead Centennial’s girls track team to its ninth consecutive Sunset Region title.
Centennial shrugged off a pair of seventh-inning mistakes, and Jake Rogers completed a three-hitter as the Bulldogs topped visiting Cimarron-Memorial 5-1 in the winners’ bracket final of the Sunset Region baseball tournament.
Sofia Meza singled into center field with one out in the 10th, plating Shae Clements from second base with the decisive run as the Mustangs nipped Palo Verde, 5-4 at Bishop Gorman and earned a spot in Saturday’s Division I Sunset Region final.
Cameron Meeks’ steady play late in the round helped him hold off teammates Jack Trent and Jun Oshimoto for medalist honors, and Palo Verde ran away with the team title at the Division ISunset Region boys golf tournament on Wednesday.
Centennial’s Jake Rogers got a strikeout, then induced a grounder back to the mound to end the game and preserve a 5-4 home victory over Shadow Ridge in the Division I Sunset Region baseball tournament.
Taylor Askland struck out a season-high 10 batters and scattered nine hits to lead Palo Verde to a 12-4 win over visiting Centennial in a winners’ bracket semifinal of the Division I Sunset Region tournament.