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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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.
James Cobian was 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs to lead Chaparral’s baseball team to a 5-3 home win over Clark in the Cowboy Classic semifinals.
Hayley Coreas led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a solo home run to give Bishop Gorman’s softball team a 4-3 home win over Bonanza on Monday.
Devin Contreras scored on an error in the bottom of the seventh inning as Liberty’s baseball team earned a 3-2 home win over top-ranked Basic on Monday.
Two Moapa Valley girls track athletes won two events Wednesday as the host Pirates rolled to victory in a four-team meet.
Allen Tyes won one individual event, ran a leg on a winning relay team and finished second in another event Wednesday to help host Sierra Vista’s boys track team win a three-team meet against Durango and Calvary Chapel.
Garrett Lucas threw a five-inning perfect game on Tuesday to lead Pahrump Valley’s baseball team to a 10-0 home win over Del Sol.
Sierra Vista’s softball team scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning to edge Durango for a 6-5 home victory on Tuesday afternoon.
Spring Valley 132-pounder Andres Garcia beat the Sunrise Region champion, the Sunset runner-up and last week’s Sunset Region champion to claim his first Class 4A state championship Friday at The Orleans Arena.
Arbor View’s Keith Williams led at the front of a pack of five runners early. Eventually, he managed to hold off PahrumpValley’s Bryce Odegard and Centennial’s Alexander Miller in the final quarter mile, putting in a good finishing kick to cross the line in 16 minutes and 13 seconds.
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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.
