Faith Lutheran’s baseball team rebounded in the Connie Mack 18U summer season to go 12-4 and roll into the state tournament that begins Monday.
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With the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft approaching, here’s a look back on last year’s draft — one which had 12 Southern Nevada players selected.
Garett Lake drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning and picked up the save after pitching two innings as the fourth-seeded Coronado baseball team held on for a 7-3 home win over No. 5 seed Liberty on Tuesday.
Jack Sellinger induced a game-ending 1-6-3 double play as the Spring Valley baseball team held on for a 5-4 road victory over Palo Verde in the Sunset Region tournament.
On a two-strike count, senior Elijah Glaze lined a double into left field to score batterymate Scott Wilson with no outs in the seventh inning and lift the Rattlers to a 5-4 victory over visiting Chaparral, for the school’s first home playoff win.
Here’s a look at some of the week’s top high school sports events.
Spring Valley starting pitcher Nick Rupp and reliever Jaxson Otis combined on a no-hitter, as the Grizzlies’ baseball team blanked host Boulder City on Thursday, 6-0.
Bishop Gorman’s Abbey Archambault, a 6-foot senior outside hitter/middle blocker, signed a letter of intent with Idaho State during a ceremony in Gorman’s gymnasium attended by more than 100 friends and family. Wednesday was the first day of the early signing period.
Clark (14-15) finished fourth in the Division I-A Sunset League to earn a berth in the Southern Region tournament, and will make its first postseason appearance since 2001 when it travels to Boulder City (21-7) at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Division I Sunrise and Sunset Region tournaments also begin Tuesday at host sites.
Dax Fellows scored from third base on a one-out fielder”s choice by Justin DeLeon in the 13th inning as Silverado outlasted ninth-ranked Green Valley 4-3.
Kelton Lachelt had a two-run double with no outs in the top of the eighth inning to lift the Foothill baseball team to a 7-5 win at Canyon Springs on Saturday.
He shares a name and a frame with a man famous for leading UCLA to an NCAA basketball title. But Liberty”s Ed O”Bannon III decided to give up his father”s game in search of his own success on the baseball diamond.
Preseason capsule previews for baseball teams, as submitted by coaches.
