Eagles pitcher Jacob Hubel worked himself out of two bases-loaded jams with double plays Tuesday to help Boulder City’s baseball team beat Elko 6-2 in a Class 3A state winners’ bracket semifinal game at Faith Lutheran.
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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.
Mike Valenzuela, who led Mountain View to appearances in the Class 2A state title game in 2012 and 2013, confirmed Tuesday he has been hired as the football coach at Del Sol.
Brett Brocoff struck out 13 in a two-hitter as No. 5 Desert Oasis earned a 5-1 home baseball victory over second-ranked Bishop Gorman.
Matthew Cox went 4-for-5 with a double, a triple, three RBIs and three runs scored, and Jay DeSoto was 3-for-3 with two RBIs to power Bonanza’s baseball team to a 17-8 nonleague victory over visiting Cimarron-Memorial on Tuesday.
Host Basic wriggled out of trouble on a handful of occasions Saturday and came away with a 4-3 victory over Santa Margarita (California).
It’s the fifth time Cerrone has delivered the Bulldogs to this desirable moment of any season, and it might define his program’s best chance yet at standing alone at the top when a final out is made.
Basic (33-4) plays Reno (28-6) in the second Division I game at 4 p.m. Thursday at Bishop Manogue High in Reno. Centennial (27-9) plays Galena (27-7-1) in the 1 p.m. game.
Liberty’s baseball team scored six runs on just three hits in the top of the seventh inning Monday to rally for an 8-5 road win over Coronado.
Garrett Giles’ sacrifice fly with one out in the top of the seventh inning plated Ryne Nelson with the deciding run as Basic’s baseball team edged host Las Vegas, 5-4 on Monday.
Visiting Silverado came out swinging from the start and made quick work of Cimarron-Memorial, scoring 11 runs in the top of the first en route to a 14-4 five-inning victory.
Corben Bellamy had a two-run double in the top of the sixth inning Friday to spark a six-run rally as the Coronado baseball team came from behind to beat host Liberty, 10-5.
Cade Adams could be at the top of any pitching rotation in Southern Nevada, but the 6-foot-2-inch sophomore doesn’t mind waiting his turn on the Desert Oasis baseball team behind seniors A.J. Landis and Nolan Kingham.
Chandler Gehring’s RBI single with two outs in the top of the fifth inning Wednesday gave Tech’s baseball team a 1-0 road win over Del Sol.
Bonanza’s baseball team pounded out 15 runs and 23 hits in two victories over Silverado this season at the Bengal Varsity Tournament.