This is my favorite week of the prep football season.
The Division I-A Southern Region playoffs begin, there are two league titles up for grabs, and all the games are Thursday because of Nevada Day.
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Green Valley’s Austin Rogers has been aiming all season long to run a 3.1-mile course in less than 16 minutes. The senior finally got his wish Saturday morning in a tune-up for the postseason.
Lani Potter carded a 3-over-par 75 at Wildhorse on Wednesday to help Boulder City’s girls golf team win a Sunrise League match.
Sami Dillow won two individual events at Heritage on Saturday to help Foothill’s girls swimming team to a 170-102 win over Rancho.
Michael Velazquez set two school records Saturday and helped Green Valley’s boys swimming team to a 190-73 win over Valley at Multi-Generational.
Sunrise Mountain’s softball team took advantage of a missed tag on a grounder up the first base line and a misplayed ball at third base to score two runs with two outs in the sixth inning and held on for a 2-1 win at Chaparral on Tuesday.
Valley’s Marty Heavey had 18 kills, and Jared Marchello added 10 kills Tuesday as the Vikings outlasted host Silverado, 25-22, 25-14, 24-26, 22-25, 17-15.
Branson Diaz had 20 kills and four blocks, and Shilo Chow dished out 51 assists to go along with four kills, three aces and three digs as Foothill’s boys volleyball team outlasted Rancho, 29-31, 25-20, 25-18, 19-25, 15-12 on Wednesday.
Only five high school athletes ever have cracked the famed 4-minute mile, the last being Lukas Verzbicas in 2011.
Jacob Klein singled down the left-field line to score Preston Pavlica with the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh, and Liberty’s baseball team held on for a 5-4 road victory over Las Vegas.
Patrick Savoy didn”t receive any scholarship offers after completing an all-state senior season with Las Vegas High. But the 6-foot-4-inch shooting guard hopes that will change this spring when he plays with Dream Vision AAU on the travel basketball circuit.
WINNEMUCCA — With just one returning state placer, Green Valley’s wrestling team didn’t appear to be a favorite to win its fourth straight state title.
WINNEMUCCA — Green Valley’s quest to win a fourth straight state wrestling title got off to a solid start on the first day of the Division I tournament Friday.
Teconna Dyer hit a tie-breaking free throw with 24 seconds to play, and Bianca Matlock added a layup eight seconds later to lift host Las Vegas High’s girls basketball team to a 53-50 win over Shadow Ridge on Thursday.
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