Jovantae Barnes ran for 139 yards and four touchdowns to help Desert Pines beat Palo Verde 38-13 in the first-ever Class 5A game for both teams.
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Eight of the 11 teams that make up Class 5A won at least one playoff game in 2019, and all of them reached the postseason.
Las Vegas native Bella Sims, who swims for Sandpipers of Nevada, helped qualify the U.S. for the 800-meter freestyle relay in the Tokyo Olympics, where it finished second.
Erica Sullivan, who went to Palo Verde High School and swims for Las Vegas-based club Sandpipers of Nevada, will compete in the 1,500-meter freestyle at the Olympics.
Bishop Gorman outfielder Tyler Whitaker was taken No. 87 overall by the Houston Astros, the first of three Las Vegans picked Monday in the Major League Baseball draft.
Bishop Gorman outfielder Tyler Whitaker is ranked No. 37 on MLB.com’s top 250 prospect list — one spot out of the first round — as the draft begins Sunday.
After losing an entire season to COVID and half of another, Bishop Gorman defeated Palo Verde in a baseball region championship game that felt bigger than one.
Bishop Gorman is the No. 1 seed and favorite in the Class 5A South Region tournament, but Palo Verde leads a group of other teams talented enough to make a run.
Maddox Riske hit a two-run homer to ignite a four-run eighth inning as Bishop Gorman rallied past Palo Verde after blowing an early three-run lead.
Check out the top performances from Tuesday’s high school baseball and softball action and look forward to Wednesday’s schedule.
Pinch hitters Kaiden Smacka and Kody Bialas had RBI doubles in the eighth inning to lift Palo Verde to a 4-3 road win over Basic to open the season.
All Nevada high school sports will be played in the spring, with fall, winter and spring sports each being allowed a six-week window of competition.
Former Bishop Gorman catcher Austin Wells is expected to be a late first- or early second-round pick in the MLB draft, which begins Wednesday.
Here are the top five high school state softball championship games from the 2000s, as selected by the Review-Journal staff.
Here are the top five high school state boys soccer championship games from the 2000s, as selected by the Review-Journal staff.