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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Emma Wilson went 2-0 in singles to help Virgin Valley’s girls tennis team land a 10-8 road victory over Del Sol on Tuesday afternoon.
Faith Lutheran’s Maxwell Blum went 2-1 in singles to help the Crusaders beat Centennial 10-8 at Darling Tennis Center on Tuesday, and win for the 100th time in the school’s boys tennis history.
Aaliyah Hanley and Destiney Guerrero each went 2-1 in singles Tuesday as Cimarron-Memorial’s girls tennis team nipped host Las Vegas in a tiebreaker, 10-9.
Here are the 2018 boys golf honors, as selected by the coaches.
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.
Branson Tressler was 2-for-4 with two doubles, two runs and an RBI as Shadow Ridge’s baseball team edged host Centennial 4-3 on Wednesday.
Tyler Edlefsen and Trajan Houston each won two individual events Saturday at Pavilion to lead Palo Verde’s boys swimming team to a 213-70 win over Faith Lutheran.
Allison Wiegand won two individual events on Saturday to lead Silverado’s girls swimming team to a 116-85 victory over Canyon Springs at Multi-Generational.
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.
Austin Pfeifer’s three-run double in the bottom of the sixth broke a 4-4 tie and lifted Arbor View’s baseball team to a 7-4 home win over Palo Verde on Thursday.
Sarah Aguilar pitched a shutout to lead Bishop Gorman’s softball team to a 3-0 win over Savanna (California) in the Savanna Tournament on Thursday afternoon past the Rebels.
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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.