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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From down 11 points in the first half against Cheyenne on Thursday, the Pirates rallied in the second half to win 57-53 in the Class 3A Southern Region semifinals at Sunrise Mountain.
Trisa Butler scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter Wednesday to build a 10-point lead, and the second-seeded Jaguars held on for a 31-25 home win over No. 3 Boulder City in the Class 3A Southern Region girls basketball quarterfinals.
Eliyjah Pricebrooks led four double-figure scorers with 16 points Wednesday as the Desert Oasis girls basketball team staved off the Grizzlies to win 64-57 at home and clinch the first league title in school history.
Taylor Barnum’s layup at the buzzer gave Virgin Valley’s girls basketball team a 40-39 road win over Moapa Valley on Friday.
Las Vegas High’s Teconna Dyer scored 12 points Tuesday, and the Wildcats made 17 of 21 free throws to hang on for a 44-36 home win over Valley.
Rancho’s Kyndal Ricks scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Rams girls basketball team to a 42-33 win at Valley on Wednesday.
Savannah Blanchard-Davis was fouled on a 3-point attempt and made all of her shots with 7.2 seconds remaining to lift Mojave’s girls basketball team to a 36-35 home win over Valley on Monday.
Arbor View’s Autumn Westmoreland scored nine of her game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter to help the Aggies girls basketball team hang on for a 55-52 home win over Shadow Ridge on Friday.
Raymoni Bordenave led all scorers with 15 points as the Las Vegas High girls basketball team defeated host Valley 51-34 on Friday.
Alyssa Scott scored 13 points Wednesday as Spring Valley’s girls basketball team held off host Sierra Vista, 36-34.
Briana Todd poured in 30 points Saturday to lift Virgin Valley’s girls basketball team to a 37-27 win over Panguitch (Utah) in the championship game of the Lady Bulldog Invitational in Mesquite.
Charleea Armstrong scored 18 points Friday to lead Mojave’s girls basketball team to a 45-41 win over Dixie (Utah) in the Lady Bulldog Invitational in Mesquite.
Temerity Bauer scored 16 points on Tuesday as Green Valley’s girls basketball team earned a 68-41 home win over Tech.
Alaysia Reed scored 21 points, including two late free throws for the game’s final margin, as Arbor View’s girls basketball team rallied to edge host Shadow Ridge 59-56 on Wednesday in the Northwest League opener.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. On the inside, you get The Strip (and now, 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.” […]
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.