A look at the Review-Journal’s Athletes of the Year from the spring season
Schools
Centennial swept both genders in the Class 4A state track meet at Foothill on Saturday, winning the seventh consecutive state title for the girls, and fourth in six years for the boys.
Troy Bell finished with 45 digs to lead Foothill’s boys volleyball team to a 25-21, 19-25, 25-20, 21-25, 17-15 road win over Basic on Thursday.
Palo Verde’s Jack Trent fired a 4-under-par 68 on Monday at Canyon Gate to lead the Panthers to team title in a Northwest Leaguematch.
Coronado’s baseball team scored seven runs in the second inning on Monday and held on for an 8-7 road win over second-ranked Bishop Gorman.
Palo Verde’s Makena Martin had a hand in all the runs of a four-run second inning, smacking a bases-clearing triple and later scoring as the Panthers rolled to a 7-0 win at Arbor View.
Arbor View’s Autumn Westmoreland scored nine of her game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter to help the Aggies girls basketball team hang on for a 55-52 home win over Shadow Ridge on Friday.
Foothill used a dominant first half to run away with a 90-66 victory over Arbor View in the championship game of the Foothill Holiday Classic.
For the third consecutive year and the fourth time in five years, the Aggies clinched the Northwest League title with a 55-21 road victory over Legacy.
Corrigan Neville scored twice Thursday to lead Bishop Gorman’s boys soccer team to a 3-1 home win over Durango.
Annick Haczkiewicz shot 1-under-par 70 on Tuesday at TPC Las Vegas to lead Palo Verde to victory in a Northwest League match.
The latest Southern Nevada soccer coaches polls, compiled by Tech coach Josh Jones.
Nick Tapuala won the discus at the Division I state track and field meet with a mark of 178 feet, 9 inches despite unfavorable conditions at Carson High and became the third Liberty thrower to take home a state title in the event since 2011.
Nick Quintana, a 5-foot-10-inch, 190-pound shortstop, is rated 64th overall among draft-eligible players by Perfect Game USA. He is the No. 77 prospect in Baseball America’s Top 100 draft rankings,which includes college and high school players. Based on those rankings, Quintana, an Arizona commit, theoretically would be taken in the second or third round.
Blake Porter hit for the cycle, going 4-for-4 with three RBIs, to help Palo Verde’s baseball team stun top-ranked and host Bishop Gorman, 13-7 on Wednesday.