Brandy Marlett didn’t win a league title in her first three years as a member of Rancho’s softball team.
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CARSON CITY — All the other competitors in the girls 1,600-meter relay left the podium Saturday, but Centennial’s Sydney Badger and Tiana Bonds remained on the top step so they could be honored by the crowd at Carson High for the final time.
A few weeks ago, Bishop Gorman’s girls swimming coach Ronald Aitken wasn’t sure his squad was capable of winning a regional championship, let alone a state title.
RENO — Liberty baseball coach Nick Didier couldn’t quite choke back the tears as his team celebrated on the field at UNR’s Peccole Park on Saturday.
CARSON CITY — The rivalry simmered for more than three months and finally reached its conclusion Friday.
RENO — Sometimes it takes more than talent to win a big game.
RENO — Liberty’s Jay Martz doesn’t have much big-game pitching experience. In fact, he doesn’t have much pitching experience at all.
Centennial’s veteran baseball players reached a crossroads pretty early in the season.
Eldorado High School’s Troy Sirat didn’t arrive at the Sunrise Region Championships at UNLV on Saturday to win titles in the two events he competed in. After what he’s been through the past few years, winning has become trivial.
Drea Austin tried to calm her nerves, but nothing seemed to work.
Momentum was against Liberty pitcher Dan Skelly as he took the mound in the second inning of Saturday’s Sunrise Region championship baseball game at Green Valley.
The Rancho softball team entered Friday’s Sunrise Region tournament losers’ bracket final with a reputation for having dominant pitching.
The Foothill softball team was given only one opportunity to score on Thursday against Rancho pitchers Samantha Pochop and Brandy Marlett.
Liberty’s baseball team was in search of a spark on Thursday.
Liberty junior Noah Jefferson made a nonbinding oral commitment to Southern California on Thursday, Patriots football coach Rich Muraco said.