On Thursday night, Tyler Buchanan helped lead the No. 2 seed Desert Shields into the Class 3A state semifinals with a 25-18, 25-12, 25-15 sweep of No. 7 Chaparral.
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Pahrump Valley earned a 5-2 victory Thursday, sending the Trojans to their first state tournament since 2014.
Moapa Valley’s baseball team converted seven of nine stolen-base attempts and took advantage of five errors on Wednesday to pull away for a 12-4 home win over Mojave in the Class 3A Southern Region semifinals.
Losi Brown tossed a four-inning one-hitter to help Chaparral’s softball team to a 16-1 road win over Cheyenne in a Class 3A Southern Region elimination game on Wednesday.
Nathaniel Barton had 14 kills and three blocks on Wednesday as Del Sol’s boys volleyball team wrapped up the No. 4 seed for the Class 3A state tournament with a 25-22, 25-20, 25-19 home win over Sunrise Mountain.
On a two-strike count, senior Elijah Glaze lined a double into left field to score batterymate Scott Wilson with no outs in the seventh inning and lift the Rattlers to a 5-4 victory over visiting Chaparral, for the school’s first home playoff win.
Tech scored a pair of runs in the fifth inning, then broke the game open with a five-run sixth, as the Roadrunners stopped Mojave, 7-1.
E.J. Yearby had six aces and 22 digs to lead Cheyenne’s boys volleyball team to a 20-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-16 home win over Del Sol on Monday.
Lili Gutierrez hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh Friday, and Rancho’s softball team rallied with nine runs in its final at-bat to stun Foothill, 15-14.
Noah Thompson won two events Friday to lead Mojave’s boys track team to the team title at the Grant Bushman Invitational in Overton.
Shaun Kampshoff had 16 kills, 21 assists, and seven digs, and Las Vegas High’s boys volleyball team rallied for an 25-18, 20-25, 25-17, 18-25, 16-14 victory over host Durango on Friday.
Kevin Clark hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning Friday to lift Liberty’s baseball team to a 6-4 road victory over Las Vegas in the completion of a game suspended on March 9.
Ryan Garlick had a match-high 28 kills to lead Coronado’s boys volleyball team to a 25-19, 25-14, 23-25, 25-21 win at Silverado on Thursday.
Shelby Basso hit an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth inning to give Basic’s softball team a 3-2 home victory over Rancho on Thursday.
Garrett Lucas struck out six in 5⅔ innings on Thursday to lead Pahrump Valley’s baseball team to a 5-2 home win over Mojave.