Bishop Gorman football won the Class 5A Division I state title and a fourth mythical national championship to earn Nevada Preps Team of the Year honors.
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Estevan Zavala and and Alan Lopez each scored two second-half goals as Tech’s boys soccer team rallied to stun host Bishop Gorman and win 2-1 on Wednesday.
Silverado’s Kristyn Lommason and Vanessa Gallegos each scored second-half goals and the visiting Skyhawks blanked Spring Valley in girls soccer on Thursday, 2-0.
Stephen Dobrev went 2-0 in singles to life Faith Lutheran’s boys tennis team to a 12-6 home win over Shadow Ridge on Wednesday afternoon.
Andrada and Ariana Stanciu each went 3-0 in singles play to help Sierra Vista’s girls tennis team to an 11-7 home victory over Foothill on Wednesday afternoon.
Roycee Southerland carded a 5-over-par 77 at Siena on Wednesday to finish second individually and help Bishop Gorman’s girls golf team win a Southwest League match.
Here are the latest Southern Nevada boys and girls soccer coaches polls, as compiled by Tech coach Josh Jones.
Puskas surged to the lead entering the final mile and held off the rest of the field to finish the 3-mile course in 18 minutes, 25.7 seconds, for her biggest cross country win of a still-young prep career.
Kaimuki (Hawaii) got within two points with 32 seconds left, and had a two-point conversion attempt after its last touchdown to send the game into overtime. Instead, the Mountain Lions defense attacked from both sides of the offensive line, converged on Kaimuki quarterback Jonah Fa’asoa, and got the sixth sack of the game to preserve a 28-26 home win.
After splitting their 18 regulation sets, the teams also split six tiebreaker games, but the Diamondbacks outscored the Wolves, 34-32 in the tiebreaker games to clinch the win.
Ariana Stanciu finished 2-0 in singles to propel Sierra Vista’s girls tennis team to an 11-7 road victory over Silverado on Friday afternoon.
Leilani Vitale had 12 kills on Thursday to lead Sierra Vista’s girls volleyball team to a 25-23, 19-25, 27-25, 18-25, 16-14 road win over Liberty.
Juan Beltran-Diaz scored three goals to lead Clark’s boys soccer team to a 4-1 road victory over Spring Valley on Thursday.
Desert Oasis’ Endya Scott had a goal and an assist on Thursday to help the Diamondbacks to a 3-0 road victory over Liberty.
Foothill’s Stefan Sretenovic and Ben Crawford each went 3-0 in singles as the Falcons nipped host Silverado 10-8 in boys tennis on Wednesday.
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Bishop Gorman announced Thursday that baseball coach Chris Sheff will not return following an investigation into the program.
The school’s teams will have a new nickname in August after an agreement with Arizona State to use the Sundevils moniker and the Sparky mascot was discontinued.
Faith Lutheran thrower Preston Beery set the unofficial state record in the shot put Friday to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
Basic’s baseball team has been forced to forfeit all of its league games for using ineligible players, the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association confirmed.
