Bishop Gorman football won the Class 5A Division I state title and a fourth mythical national championship to earn Nevada Preps Team of the Year honors.
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Andrada and Ariana Stanciu each went 3-0 in singles play to help Sierra Vista’s girls tennis team to an 11-7 home victory over Foothill on Wednesday afternoon.
Puskas surged to the lead entering the final mile and held off the rest of the field to finish the 3-mile course in 18 minutes, 25.7 seconds, for her biggest cross country win of a still-young prep career.
Leilani Vitale had 12 kills on Thursday to lead Sierra Vista’s girls volleyball team to a 25-23, 19-25, 27-25, 18-25, 16-14 road win over Liberty.
The Canyon Springs boys soccer team scored four goals in the second half Wednesday to overcome a 2-0 halftime deficit and host Desert Pines, 4-2.
Shad Gettman and Andrew Spencer 3-0 in doubles to lift Basic’s boys tennis team to a 12-6 home victory over Tech on Wednesday.
Adriana Benjamin, McKenna DeMarce and Raquel Roshak all posted 3-0 records in singles to help Desert Oasis’ girls tennis team to a 10-8 road victory over Silverado on Wednesday afternoon.
Catherine Ceroni and Cady Williams went 3-0 in doules on Monday to lead Green Valley’s girls tennis team to an 11-7 road win over Desert Oasis.
Daniel Saravia and Jacob Chairsell finished 2-0 in doubles to help Del Sol’s boys tennis to a 10-9 tiebreaker victory over host Valley on Monday.
Skyla Faught had 14 kills and three aces to lead the Las Vegas High girls volleyball team to a 25-19, 25-21, 25-15 win over visiting Tech on Thursday.
Connor Mikkelson went 3-0 in singles play Thursday to lead Boulder City’s boys tennis team over visiting The Meadows in a tiebreaker, 10-9.
Vanessa Booth and Cathereine Snow each went 3-0 in singles on Thursday as Silverado’s girls tennis team edged visiting Durango, 10-8.
Here are the Southern Nevada American Legion baseball standings, as of June 18.
Here is the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2018 all-state softball team.
Here is the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2018 all-state girls track and field team.
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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.