Las Vegas High’s Shayne Marquez might not have been the most physically imposing player on the volleyball court this past season.
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Certain players are quite simply building blocks for a program’s success.
Brandy Marlett didn’t win a league title in her first three years as a member of Rancho’s softball team.
CARSON CITY — All the other competitors in the girls 1,600-meter relay left the podium Saturday, but Centennial’s Sydney Badger and Tiana Bonds remained on the top step so they could be honored by the crowd at Carson High for the final time.
A few weeks ago, Bishop Gorman’s girls swimming coach Ronald Aitken wasn’t sure his squad was capable of winning a regional championship, let alone a state title.
CARSON CITY — The rivalry simmered for more than three months and finally reached its conclusion Friday.
Legacy’s boys volleyball team wasn’t going to let anyone get in the way of its year-long goal of a state final appearance.
Eldorado High School’s Troy Sirat didn’t arrive at the Sunrise Region Championships at UNLV on Saturday to win titles in the two events he competed in. After what he’s been through the past few years, winning has become trivial.
If Vashti Cunningham had to predict the day she would make history, Saturday would have been way down the list.
When he’s not playing the sport as a member of the U.S. Air Force team, Stewart Sherman volunteers his time as an assistant coach for the Shadow Ridge boys volleyball team.
Shadow Ridge boys volleyball coach Travis Underwood said his team has taken on the role of dark horse, always flying under the radar as far as recognition goes.
Heather Bowen has played in well over 100 softball games in her Centennial High School career.
Shadow Ridge boys golfer Ben Davis thought he had no chance to win after a double bogey on the 11th hole at Wildhorse Golf Club.
It was far from conventional wisdom.
During the regular season, Shadow Ridge’s boys volleyball team was swept by its closest Northwest Division rivals — Palo Verde and Arbor View. But it was a season-ending loss to first-place Palo Verde that instilled belief into the Mustangs, just in time for the postseason.