Palo Verde senior third baseman Drew Kaplan earned a prestigious honor Monday after helping lead the Panthers to the 5A state title.
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Evan Walling fired a four-hit shutout as Bonanza’s baseball team held on for a 3-0 road win over Clark on Tuesday.
Kaitlin Fazendin had a home run and a double Thursday as Durango’s softball team scored three in the seventh inning to stun host Desert Oasis, 11-9.
Cody Prince won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.06 seconds and a margin of victory of .32 seconds to lead the Shadow Ridge boys swimming team to a 149-145 victory over Centennial at Pavilion on Saturday.
Maddy Pewtress won two individual events and swam on two winning relay teams Saturday at Multi-Generational to lead Eldorado’s girls swimming team to a 118-62 win over Chaparral.
Kennedy Brace finished first in two individual events and ran on the winning 800- and 1,600-meter relay teams Saturday to lead host Centennial’s girls track team to victory in the the Sunset FAST Classic freshman and sophomore meet.
Arbor View’s Cameron Gambini shot a 6-under-par 66 at Paiute on Wednesday to earn medalist honors in a Northwest League match.
Chryshelle Abril-Ryan and Brianna Villarreal each homered for Spring Valley’s softball team Thursday as the Grizzlies rallied to beat visiting Bonanza, 8-7.
Joseph Rush and Andrew Gallegos each had two RBIs Thursday to lead Liberty’s baseball team to a 9-3 road upset of top-ranked Rancho.
Mitchell Abbott carded a 1-over-par 73 at Spanish Trail on Tuesday to earn a share of medalist honors and help Bishop Gorman’s boys golf team to victory in a Southwest League match.
Brandon Nellis swam the 50 freestyle in 22.27 seconds to help Coronado’s swim team to a 176-136 winover Foothill at Heritage on Saturday.
Skylar Shannon and Samantha Difulvio each won two individual events Saturday to help Clark’s girls swimming team to a 166-128 win over Faith Lutheran at Pavilion.
Andrew Guba rolled a 268 opening game and a 722 series Tuesday to help Spring Valley’s boys bowling team to a 9-0 win over Cimarron-Memorial in the opening round of the Sunset Region team tournament at The Orleans Bowling Center.
Generosity is any act of kindness or support given with no expectation of exchange or return from the recipient(s).
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.
Former Bishop Gorman standout Rome Odunze was selected ninth by the Chicago Bears, and former Liberty athlete Troy Fautanu went 20th overall to the Steelers.