The high school football season kicks off Friday in Southern Nevada with several intriguing matchups. Here are five to watch this weekend.
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Here are the 2018 baseball honors, as selected by the coaches.
Basic’s Skylar Freitas had 19 kills to lead the Wolves to a 25-16, 18-25, 24-26, 25-17, 15-9 boys volleyball victory over visiting Rancho.
Tanner Lester had 11 kills and 11 digs Tuesday to lead Foothill’s boys volleyball team over visiting Silverado, 24-26, 25-15, 27-25, 25-17.
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.
Brian Orellana had 34 assists and four aces to power Cheyenne’s boys volleyball team to a 25-21, 18-25, 17-25, 25-18, 15-13 road win over Desert Oasis on Friday night.
Jason Sharman singled home Zac Czerniawski with two outs on the top of the 10th to give the Desert Oasis baseball team a 7-6 road win over Bishop Gorman on Thursday.
Matt Wilson had 77 assists, six digs, three kills, three aces and two blocks Wednesday to power the host Coronado boys volleyball team over Liberty, 25-19, 24-26, 23-25, 25-23, 15-10.
Shaun Kampshoff had eight kills and served up 16 assists to lead Las Vegas High’s boys volleyball team to a 25-13, 25-20, 25-23 road victory over Eldorado.
Ossian Makin had 31 assists, five digs and an ace, and James Pool posted 15 kills, five aces and two digs for Tech’s boys volleyballteam in a 32-34, 25-17, 25-12, 23-25, 15-12 home win over Sunrise Mountain on Tuesday night.
Coronado’s Brett Sodetz carded a 3-under-par 69 at Reflection Bay on Tuesday to win the 36-hole Southern Nevada Invitational.
Max Leuga’s sixth-inning single plated Scott Gruber with the go-ahead run Monday and Green Valley’s baseball team held on to beat visiting Basic, 3-2
Alejandro Marin had 16 kills and one block Monday as Del Sol’s boys volleyball team rallied for a 21-25, 25-11,2 5-16, 22-25, 15-9 victory over visiting Cheyenne.
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.
Martin Velasco dished out 46 assists in Liberty boys volleyball’s 14-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-17, 15-10 home win over Green Valley on Tuesday.
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.
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The high school football season kicks off Friday in Southern Nevada with several intriguing matchups. Here are five to watch this weekend.
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