Bishop Gorman all-state middle linebacker Farrell Hester became the third Las Vegas Valley player to orally commit early to the Rebels’ 2017 recruiting class, joining Desert Pines’ Marckell Grayson and Isaiah Morris.
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Centennial rising senior Jamaal Evans became the second area QB to make an oral commitment for 2017 when he recently pledged to UNR.
Taylor Beaman hit a two-run single to right-center field with two outs in the bottom of the sixth Thursday to give the Arbor View softball team a 2-2 tie with Saint Lucy”s (Calif.) in the Savanna Invitational in Anaheim, California.
Beau Capanna had three hits and five RBIs on Thursday as the Bishop Gorman baseball team used an eight-run first inning to roll to a 16-3 win over St. Laurence (Ill.) in the Chris Moon Classic in Tucson, Arizona.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal announces its 2016 all-state wrestling teams.
Coronado (21-4) won its first Sunrise Region title last week and will play in the state tournament for the first time when they meet Northern Region champ Carson (24-4) in the Division I semifinals at 8 p.m. Thursday at UNR’s Lawlor Events Center.
Before I can graduate, there’s some basketball to discuss. The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association boys and girls state tournaments are in Reno this week, and I took a break from writing my book about the 2015 football season (“The Year of the Butt Punt”) to make the trip north and check out all the action.
In the past two seasons, Bishop Gorman senior Michael Geraghty has racked up nearly as many injuries as games played.
Coronado seniors Sam Grant and Ryland McDermott could have been contenders for the state singles tennis title this year. But the best friends couldn’t stand the possibility of ruining each other’s dream of being a champion.
State tournament championships and record-setting performances aren’t supposed to be bittersweet. Yet, Palo Verde sisters Chloe and Sophie Henderson couldn’t help feel a little sadness mixed in with a lot of joy Saturday.
The final opportunity to impress computer polls and human polls and any other entity that claims to know which are the nation’s finest high school football teams each season came for Bishop Gorman on Friday night, when the Gaels hosted a perennial power from New Jersey, complete with tough kids and one of those quintessential East Coast booster/hanger-on/Jersey Guys strolling the sidelines.
Biaggio Ali Walsh didn’t score a touchdown in the first three quarters as Bishop Gorman’s football team built its lead Friday night.
But the junior running back piled up some key clock-eating yards in the fourth quarter, and his 1-yard TD run sealed a 30-16 win over visiting Don Bosco Prep (N.J.).
Before the football season, Bishop Gorman running back Biaggio Ali Walsh might have been best known for being the grandson of Muhammad Ali. Four weeks into the season, Walsh has made his own name.
Rachel Klopfer had 35 kills, 14 digs and two aces Thursday as Green Valley’s girls volleyball team outlasted visiting Bonanza, 25-17, 18-25, 25-22, 26-28, 15-11.
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