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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Brooke Vokoun scored in the first minute to propel the Foothill’s girls soccer team to a wire-to-wire 2-0 home victory over Tech in Desert Region tournament play on Thursday afternoon.
Colton Cook scored twice and had an assist for Foothill’s boys soccer team in a 3-0 home victory over visiting Basic in the Desert Region tournament on Tuesday afternoon.
Eldorados Cynthia Barrientos had 12 saves Thursday as the Sundevils earned a 1-0 girls soccer win over visiting Bonanza.
Mojave’s Aniya Marshall had 12 kills, eight aces and four blocks Monday to lead the Rattlers to a 25-27, 25-7, 25-18, 25-17 girls volleyball victory over visiting Chaparral.
Conner Nicholas picked up his fourth victory in an invitational meet this season by capturing the large-school race of the Lake Mead Invitational on Saturday at Veteran’s Memorial Park.
Skyla Faught had 26 kills and 31 digs, and Brooklyn Stone had 40 assists and 24 digs Wednesday as the Las Vegas girls volleyball team rallied to beat host Legacy, 25-27, 17-25, 25-20, 25-20, 15-11.
Destiny Garcia had 28 assists and three digs as Cimarron-Memorial’s girls volleyball team defeated visiting Shadow Ridge on Monday, 20-25, 25-16, 25-22, 25-14.
Claire Rawlins trailed Basic’s Raquel Chavez for much of the race, but stayed within striking distance to the end. She then raced past Chavez and held off Sierra Vista’s Sarriah Brown to win the 3.1-mile race in 19 minutes, 16 seconds.
Isabella Skrinjaric had one goal and one assist to help Legacy’s girls soccer team earn a 2-2 tie with host Palo Verde on Friday afternoon.
The doubles teams of Maggi Concannon and Matti Concannon, and Jocelyn Jauregui and Emily Pham each went 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon to lead Durango’s girls tennis team to a 10-5 win at Del Sol.
Joshua McElroy went 3-0 in singles play Wednesday afternoon to help Rancho’s boys tennis team to a 10-9 road victory over Las Vegas High.
Las Vegas High’s Brooklyn Stone recorded 40 assists, eight digs and four aces and Skyla Faught chipped in with 16 kills, 13 digs and three aces as the host Wildcats turned back Centennial, 22-25, 25-11, 25-13, 25-16.
Arbor View’s Katie Whalen and Makena Haugh went 2-0 in doubles Monday as the Aggies defeated visiting Cimarron-Memorial, 11-7.
Zachary Billot and Ilan Gonzalez each went 2-1 in singles Monday as Spring Valley’s boys tennis team edged visiting Foothill 10-9 on a tiebreaker.
Clark’s boys soccer team scored three goals in the second half Monday to come from behind and defeat visiting Green Valley, 3-2.
Dani Correa’s second-half goal powered the Virgin Valley girls soccer team to a 2-1 road victory over Boulder City on Monday.
Javonte Dorsey, Tanner Howard, and Christian Younger each finished 3-0 in singles as Eldorado’s boys tennis team earned a 13-5 home victory over Virgin Valley on Monday.
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There’s a weird, exhausting pressure in our culture to constantly be “growing.” It’s become an unwritten commandment: your career, your portfolio, even your mindfulness practice, everything must relentlessly climb upward. Downtime, traditionally a refuge, now feels like another chore penciled into an app, tracking your sleep like a stock price that better not dip.
Three former Southern Nevada high school baseball players were selected on the second day of the MLB draft Monday.
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.
