Palo Verde senior third baseman Drew Kaplan earned a prestigious honor Monday after helping lead the Panthers to the 5A state title.
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Junior running back Isaiah Lauofo rushed for 162 yards on 23 carries as Liberty held off visiting Kamehameha Kapalama (Hawaii) to snap a three-game losing streak.
A year after surrendering 18 points in the final 65 seconds to lose to Hamilton (Arizona), Bishop Gorman dominated the Huskies in the Polynesian Football Classic.
The Desert Pines defense held Legacy to negative-23 yards in pitching its second straight shutout, and Marquis Roby threw three touchdown passes for the Jaguars.
Centennial girls track standout Ashley Moore was named the Gatorade Nevada Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year.
Bishop Gorman plays top-seeded La Lumiere (Indiana) at 1 p.m. Thursday in the GEICO Nationals in New York City. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
Clark’s Jalen Hill and Faith Lutheran’s Brevin Walter and Clark coach Chad Beeten will participate in the Big Baller Brand All-American Game on Sunday at Orleans Arena.
Basic’s softball team pounded out 14 hits in a 9-1 win at Sierra Vista on Friday. Eight Basic starters had at least one hit, led by leadoff batter Sanoe Helenihi, who was 3-for-5.
Cimarron-Memorial first baseman Mike Overland made a diving stop of a grounder hit to his right, hopped to his feet and dived to the bag to beat the runner and end a sixth-inning threat to help the Spartans escape with a 5-2 road win over Bonanza.
Desert Oasis’ Josh Sharman picked off two runners to get out of a jam in the fifth inning on the way to throwing a four-hit shutout in a 4-0 victory over host Bishop Gorman.
Basic’s Shane Spencer fired a two-hitter on Tuesday to lead the Wolves to a 5-1 road victory over Liberty.
Clark senior Jalen Hill was named the Gatorade Nevada Boys Basketball Player of the Year on Friday.
Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team will get a shot at a national tournament.
Sierra Vista’s Mia Buranamontri drove a two-run homer over the center-field fence with one out in the seventh inning to lift the Mountain Lions to a 5-3 road victory over Palo Verde.
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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.
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.