Marcella Brooks didn’t start the season on Centennial’s varsity soccer team.
The freshman did, however, continue to prove she belonged there the whole time on Thursday evening.
Soccer
Soccer is often seen as a game of quickness and skill played with the feet.
On Thursday, Coronado’s boys soccer team showed how important it is to play with your head in the air.
Cimarron-Memorial boys soccer coach Mark Bailey ideally would have preferred a few more goals from his Spartans on Thursday.
Tech’s boys soccer team struggled this season, needing to win its last two regular season matches just to qualify for the playoffs.
Despite those early struggles, the Roadrunners punched a ticket to the Division I-A state tournament with a 2-1 victory over Sunrise Mountain in the Southern Region semifinals Thursday at Bettye Wilson Park.
Samantha Meyers scored two goals Thursday to lead Spring Valley’s girls soccer team to its first state tournament appearance with a 3-1 win over Cheyenne in a Division I-A Southern Region semifinal at Bettye Wilson Park.
All girls region soccer has been postponed Wednesday after the City of Las Vegas closed Bettye Wilson Park following early morning rainfall.
Durango boys soccer coach Richard Cuellar pulled aside Christopher Barmasco before the start of overtime Tuesday and gave the freshman a brief pep talk.
Michael Carnahan seemed to find himself in the right place at the right time on Tuesday night.
And that saved the season for Foothill’s boys soccer team.
Clark boys soccer coach Juan Chavez said his team’s good fortune this season started when senior Ivan Lopez became a leader.
The Chargers’ good fortune on Tuesday came largely because of Lopez.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association last year quickly rebuffed a proposal to allow member schools to play in a postseason football bowl game.
Fourteen months later, the NIAA is at least willing to reconsider a similar request.
A sudden-death overtime can rattle even the most seasoned athlete.
But it didn’t bother Centennial freshman Marcella Brooks on Monday.
Green Valley girls soccer coach Catherine Davis might not have liked her team’s shot to goal ratio in the opening round of the Sunrise Region tournament on Monday.
Clark’s girls soccer team had enough chances to score at least six goals Monday.
Fortunately for the Chargers, the two goals they did score were more than enough.
Palo Verde girls soccer coach Frank Messina has learned to withstand having players miss games in the past three seasons because of club participation.
Edgar Donate’s goal with 12 minutes left in the match broke a 2-2 tie and allowed Canyon Springs’ boys soccer team to clinch the Northeast League title with a 3-2 win at Las Vegas High on Thursday.