School district documents offer a likely explanation for why Dustin Romero didn’t coach the defending state champions in this year’s playoffs.
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Glenn Taylor had 22 points, 10 rebounds and three steals Wednesday to help host Cheyenne’s boys basketball team battle back for a 53-50 win over Las Vegas.
Desi-Rae Young scored 22 points Wednesday to lead the Desert Oasis girls basketball team to a 42-37 win at Spring Valley.
Ryann Reese’s 19-yard touchdown run in triple overtime Wednesday lifted Boulder City’s flag football team to a 20-14 win over Moapa Valley in Overton.
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.
2018 all-league, region and all-state football teams as selected by coaches.
Nati Asfaw scored 31 points to propel host Del Sol’s boys basketball team to a 72-66 overtime victory over Calvary Chapel on Thursday night.
Taylor Etopio scored 13 points on Tuesday to lead Faith Lutheran’s girls basketball team to a 54-48 home win over Green Valley.
Milos Uzan’s steal and basket with 18 seconds left broke a 61-61 tie and led the Desert Pines boys basketball team to a 65-61 home win over Eldorado on Tuesday.
Deborah Grant rushed for three touchdowns Tuesday afternoon as Green Valley’s flag football pulled out a 28-13 home win over Cimarron-Memorial.
Jalin Arroyo had two sacks, and Chloe Dody picked off a pass to help Tech’s flag football team post a 14-0 home victory over Boulder City on Wednesday.
Here are the all-Southern Nevada, all-region and all-league girls soccer teams, as selected by coaches.
The Wildcats (25-9) utilized those basic skills to clinch a 25-22, 25-21, 25-22 win over Cimarron-Memorial at Palo Verde in Mountain Region tournament quarterfinal play.
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.
Kiffyn Andreasean had six kills and five aces to guide the Palo Verde’s girls volleyball team to a 25-9, 25-11, 25-3 win over the Desert Pines in their regular-season finale to complete the league schedule with a perfect record.
Jan Duhaylungsod had 30 assists, nine digs and five blocks to propel Rancho’s girls volleyball team to a 20-25, 25-18, 25-13, 21-25, 17-15 home win over Legacy on Tuesday night.
Rancho’s boys soccer team scored a pair of first-half goals Thursday and held on for a 2-1 home win over second-ranked Palo Verde.
Eldorados Cynthia Barrientos had 12 saves Thursday as the Sundevils earned a 1-0 girls soccer win over visiting Bonanza.
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Dr. Alfred Danielian is team cardiologist for the Raiders, the Golden Knights and Aces among others. He’s advocating for a “Smart Heart Law” for all high schools in Nevada.
Three state championship flag football games were contested Thursday at Allegiant Stadium. The Raiders played an instrumental part in making it happen.
All three Nevada high school flag football state championship games will be held in the state’s largest football venue Thursday.
Check out the results from Thursday’s high school basketball and flag football playoff action in Nevada.
