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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Aaliyah Medina threw for 285 yards and five touchdowns as Sierra Vista’s flag football team routed visiting Desert Oasis on Thursday, 47-7.
Kallie Graves ran for two touchdowns and threw a pair of scoring passes to Madison Cheney on Tuesday as the Virgin Valley flag football team wrapped up the Sunrise League title with a 34-7 win over host Tech.
Las Vegas High’s flag football team stopped Rancho’s extra-point attempt with no time left as the Wildcats held on for a 42-41 home victory over the Rams on Wednesday.
Lajaei West hit two free throws with 0.1 seconds remaining in double overtime to lift Del Sol’s girls basketball team over Tech at home, 48-47.
Kevin Legardy drilled a half-court shot as time expired Tuesday to give visiting Canyon Springs a 78-75 victory over Eldorado.
Rhedisa Sua had three sacks, and Adriana Carrillo had two interceptions to help Tech’s flag football team rally to beat Boulder City at home Monday, 12-6.
Brinkley McCoy had 31 carries for 306 yards and four touchdowns Thursday to lead Las Vegas to a 59-24 home win over Eldorado.
Jalen McFadden led four players in double figures with 21 points to help Sierra Vista’s boys basketball team hold on for a 65-59 overtime win at Desert Oasis on Wednesday night.
Moapa Valley’s Lainey Cornwall poured in 18 points to help lift the Pirates’ girls basketball team to a 51-44 road victory at Chaparral on Wednesday.
Makenzie Leishman led Virgin Valley’s flag football team with 12 tackles and two sacks and added 36 yards receiving to help the Bulldogs to a 25-18 win at Del Sol on Tuesday afternoon.
Talaya Williams scored on a 10-yard rushing touchdown, and Hailey Nevil caught the game-winning conversion in overtime to lift Rancho’s flag football team to a 7-6 road win at Canyon Springs on Friday afternoon.
Summer Gibson threw two touchdown passes, including a 15-yard strike to Sol Gonzalez-Pacheco in overtime, to give Valley’s flag football team a 13-6 home win over Canyon Springs on Wednesday afternoon.
Nayeli Silva-Kahalewai tossed two touchdown passes and caught two TDs for Durango’s flag football team Thursday, and the Trailblazers downed visiting Desert Oasis, 36-29.
Taylor Barnum scored 15 points to power Virgin Valley’s girls basketbal team to a 48-42 road victory over Boulder City on Thursday.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. In the city, you get The Strip (along with the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
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.