Shadow Ridge forward Jaslyn Jefferson averaged 20 points in the Mustangs’ two wins last week to earn Nevada Preps Girls Athlete of the Week honors.
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All Southern Nevada high school football games will be held on Thursday with the Rosh Hashanah holiday beginning Friday evening.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association announced game times for four state football championship games that will be played Thursday at Allegiant Stadium.
Silverado remains No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s Class 4A rankings, but Coronado made a leap from No. 5 to No. 2 after beating last week’s No. 2 Shadow Ridge.
Western hosted Shadow Ridge on Monday in a Class 4A boys soccer game. Shadow Ridge won 1-0.
Taylor Bigby began what it hopes will be a run to a record-breaking sixth consecutive Class 4A state title with an 87-12 win over Arbor View on Thursday.
Green Valley and Spanish Springs have combined to win the past eight state titles, but Shadow Ridge coach Gus Gledhill thinks his team has the experience to compete with them.
Coronado senior Michael Sarro birdied the 18th hole Monday to grab a share of the lead at the halfway point of the Class 4A state boys golf tournament at Somersett Country Club in Reno.
Here are the all-region boys volleyball teams, as selected by coaches.
Chris Cortez fired a two-hit shutout Wednesday to lead Silverado’s baseball team to a 4-0 home win over Eldorado.
Jessica Meza singled home Kiana Young in the bottom of the eighth inning Wednesday to give Liberty’s softball team a 7-6 home win over Arbor View.
Croix Reganit had 29 kills, 19 digs and two blocks to help Sierra Vista’s boys volleyball team to a 28-26, 23-25, 33-31, 25-14 win at Rancho on Wednesday.
Here are the latest Nevada Preps Class 4A and 3A softball rankings.
Cheyenne hardly missed in the first half on its way to an 88-79 win at Faith Lutheran in the second round of the Mountain Region playoffs. The Desert Shields (12-14) will visit Legacy (16-10) in a quarterfinal at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
Jazlyn Camacho returned an interception 29 yards for a touchdown with about two minutes to play Wednesday to lead Green Valley’s flag football team to a 31-25 win over Clark in the Desert Region quarterfinals at Silverado.