The NIAA moved up its football schedule to begin games as early as Aug. 14, and state championship games will be completed before Thanksgiving.
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Daejah Phillips scored 18 points Tuesday as Centennial’s girls basketball team opened defense of its fourth straight large school state title with a 90-31 home win over Cimarron-Memorial .
Bulldogs quarterback Colton Tenney and running back Jordan Smith each had two touchdowns and Centennial beat the Mustangs 26-19 on Friday at home for its first Northwest League win.
Palo Verde won 14-6 at home to improve to 2-0 in the Northwest League and 4-1 overall for the first time since 2013.
The Mustangs allowed three home runs and dropped a 5-1 decision to Douglas on Friday in the losers bracket final of the Class 4A state softball tournament at Bishop Manogue High School.
Shadow Ridge beat Palo Verde 3-2 in the early game at Bishop Gorman on Saturday, then took a 10-8 decision in the second game to win the Sunset Region softball team and clinch a spot in next week’s state tournament.
Amanda Sink set the Nevada state record with 20 strikeouts in a seven-inning game, leading Centennial to a 12-0 road win against Durango in the first round of the Sunset Region tournament.
Spring Valley 132-pounder Andres Garcia beat the Sunrise Region champion, the Sunset runner-up and last week’s Sunset Region champion to claim his first Class 4A state championship Friday at The Orleans Arena.
Isaiah Cottrell, a 6-foot-9-inch sophomore, is the latest elite prospect to man the middle for the top-ranked Gaels. He already has 19 scholarship offers and is the No. 30 prospect in his class, per Rivals.com.
Legacy opened the game on offense by scoring TDs on eight of their first nine drives to defeat Shadow Ridge 54-21 and clinch a playoff berth for the fifth straight season.
Aubrey Washington rushed for 195 yards and four touchdowns on 10 carries in Legacy’s 35-0 home win over Cimarron-Memorial.
To say Shadow Ridge ran past Las Vegas in Friday’s night’s 47-13 home win would be an understatement.
Shadow Ridge running back Aubrey Nellems ran for 255 of Shadow Ridge’s school-record 578 rushing yards in a 51-30 win over Coronado.