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.
Schools
Hannah Goddard had 22 kills and five aces Wednesday to help Arbor View’s girls volleyball team clinch its second consecutive Northwest League title with a 25-17, 25-14, 25-10 sweep of host Bonanza.
Some area football teams already have concluded their seasons, and others are playing games this week with little riding on the outcome.
But tonight at Arbor View, there will be plenty on the line.
Here is the latest Southern Nevada Football Coaches Poll.
Ryan Pappas went 3-0 in singles Monday to help Silverado’s boys tennis team to a 10-8 win at Las Vegas.
Kianna Arizmendi carded a 7-over-par 43 at Paiute on Monday to lead Centennial’s girls golf team to victory in a three-team match.
Eduardo Sanchez took a short pass off a corner kick and scored the lone goal of the match with four minutes remaining Friday to lift Tech’s boys soccer team to a 1-0 win over Palo Verde in the Southern Nevada Kick-Off Classic at Cimarron-Memorial.
Eldorado’s girls tennis team swept the nine singles sets Friday on its way to a 10-8 win at Moapa Valley.
Centennial”s Stephanie Day started the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings with singles and scored both times in the Bulldogs” 5-1 win over Arbor View on Tuesday in a Northwest League game. Centennial moved into a first-place tie with the Aggies with one league game left.
After a record-breaking career at Bishop Gorman, punter and place-kicker Gage Wilson is headed for Lehigh. Wilson started a charity last year that raised money for diabetes research every time he made a kick and hopes to continue fighting the disease during his college career.
Liam Harris’ two-run single to right-center with two outs in the top of the 10th inning Tuesday broke a 7-7 tie and lifted Mojave’s baseball team to a 10-7 win at Pahrump Valley.
Only five high school athletes ever have cracked the famed 4-minute mile, the last being Lukas Verzbicas in 2011.
Alyssa Sotelo belted a two-run home run in the third inning to lift Legacy’s softball team to a 7-2 win over host Faith Lutheran in the Crusader Invitational on Saturday.
Josh Villaros poured in 33 points Wednesday to help Basic’s boys basketball team rally for a 73-69 home win over Eldorado.
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