Needles defeated Lincoln County 20-6 on Saturday at The Meadows, winning their first state championship since 2013.
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Angela Hammond won three state titles, one individual, and helped Cheyenne’s girls track team finish second at the Class 3A state championship at Foothill on Saturday, the best placement of any Southern Nevada school.
Hunter Wilkin, nicknamed “Kersh” after Los Angeles Dodgers star Clayton Kershaw, pitched 2⅔ innings in his final game, as Lincoln County turned back Needles, 6-2 at The Meadows to win the Class 2A state baseball title.
Musio Jimenez-Vazquez of Sunrise Mountain broke a 27-year-old record in the 3,200-meter run on Friday during the Class 3A state track and field meet at Foothill, winning in a time of 9 minutes, 35.32 seconds.
Needles topped Yerington 7-6 on Friday, preventing the Lions from reaching the Class 2A baseball state title game for the seventh straight year.
Needles will look to add another state title to its record total after winning a 16-14 slugfest against Lincoln County on Friday in the Class 2A state tournament semifinals at The Meadows.
Raecheal Lowenthal’s pinch-hit, RBI single in the eighth tied the game, and the senior later scored the winning run on Jaycee Fragoso’s base hit to give Needles a 6-5 victory over West Wendover in the Class 2A state softball tournament at The Meadows.
Lincoln County’s Hunter Wilkin went the distance and struck out five while scattering two hits in a 5-2 win over West Wendover on Thursday in the opening round of the Class 2A state baseball tournament at The Meadows.
Kobe Walker went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, and Lincoln County’s baseball team pounded out 19 hits on Saturday to capture a 20-10, five-inning win over Needles in the Class 2A Southern Region final at Mountain View.
Paige Murch went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs and two RBIs to lead Needles’ softball team to its first region title in eight years with a 7-1 win over Lincoln County on Saturday.