Bishop Gorman defeated Centennial to win the Class 5A girls basketball state title in February. The showdown was named the Nevada Preps Game of the Year.
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Here are the all-region and all-league girls volleyball teams, as selected by coaches.
Nicholas held off hard-charging Massimiliano Swenson of Bishop Gorman to become Desert Oasis’ first region cross country champion. The Diamondbacks also won the boys region team title, another first in school history.
Nathan Carlin pulled away from the field Tuesday and helped Foothill’s boys cross country team capture the freshmen race of the Bud O’Dea Classic at Desert Breeze Park.
Javonte Dorsey, Tanner Howard, and Christian Younger each finished 3-0 in singles as Eldorado’s boys tennis team earned a 13-5 home victory over Virgin Valley on Monday.
Centennials girls tennis team won four of six tiebreakers to edge host Bonanza 10-9 on Monday.
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.
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.
The Coronado girls soccer team scored a pair of first-half goals to hold off Arbor View on Wednesday and win 2-1 in the Las Vegas Kick-Off at Green Valley.
Christopher Bramasco and Marcos Delgado each scored two goals to lead Durango’s boys soccer team to a 5-3 home win over Liberty on Friday afternoon.
Connor Mikkelson went 3-0 in singles play Thursday to lead Boulder City’s boys tennis team over visiting The Meadows in a tiebreaker, 10-9.
Vanessa Booth and Cathereine Snow each went 3-0 in singles on Thursday as Silverado’s girls tennis team edged visiting Durango, 10-8.
Here is the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2018 all-state girls track and field team.
A look at Southern Nevada high school players selected in the MLB draft between 2008 and 2012.
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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.
