Coronado softball’s Bailey Goldberg went 2-for-3 with a home run in the 5A state title game to earn Nevada Preps Girls Athlete of the Week honors.
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The good far outweighed the bad, though, as the Gaels pulled away for a 79-48 win over Lone Peak (Utah) in their Tarkanian Classic opener at Orleans Arena.
Anthony Hunter hit a 3-pointer with four seconds to play to give Durango’s boys basketball team a 67-66 road win over Sierra Vista on Friday.
Jasmine Richardson scored 13 of her 29 points during a third-quarter run that lifted host Basic’s girls basketball team to a 50-40 win over Mojave on Friday.
Jalyn Joule tossed two touchdown passes Monday as Legacy’s flag football team snapped Coronado’s 27-game winning streak with a 14-6 win.
Elise Young poured in 36 points Friday to lift Cimarron-Memorial’s girls basketball team to a 76-48 road win over Cheyenne.
Here are the all-Southern Nevada, all-region and all-league girls soccer teams, as selected by coaches.
Brooklyn Slater had 12 kills on Tuesday to lead Liberty’s girls volleyball team to a 19-25, 25-15, 20-25, 25-19, 15-9 road victory over Green Valley in the Desert Region tournament.
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.
Eldorados Cynthia Barrientos had 12 saves Thursday as the Sundevils earned a 1-0 girls soccer win over visiting Bonanza.
Mojave’s Aniya Marshall had 12 kills, eight aces and four blocks Monday to lead the Rattlers to a 25-27, 25-7, 25-18, 25-17 girls volleyball victory over visiting Chaparral.
Skyla Faught had 26 kills and 31 digs, and Brooklyn Stone had 40 assists and 24 digs Wednesday as the Las Vegas girls volleyball team rallied to beat host Legacy, 25-27, 17-25, 25-20, 25-20, 15-11.
Destiny Garcia had 28 assists and three digs as Cimarron-Memorial’s girls volleyball team defeated visiting Shadow Ridge on Monday, 20-25, 25-16, 25-22, 25-14.
Isabella Skrinjaric had one goal and one assist to help Legacy’s girls soccer team earn a 2-2 tie with host Palo Verde on Friday afternoon.
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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.
Bishop Gorman announced Wednesday that its baseball team was forfeiting games over paperwork related to the eligibility of a transfer student.