The Miners return just one letterman and will be a young team.
Sunrise Mountain
The Miners return only two starters from last year’s playoff team.
The Miners have a new coach and are hoping to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2015.
Mauricio Muniz took a pass down the left sideline, made a move past a Sparks defender and converted a goal from about 25 yards in the second overtime, giving the Warriors a 3-2 victory in the Class 3A state semifinals at Bettye Wilson Park.
Here are the all-Southern Nevada, all-region and all-league boys soccer teams, as selected by coaches.
Here are the all-Southern Nevada, all-region and all-league girls soccer teams, as selected by coaches.
Western built a three-goal lead during the first half, then hung on to beat Sunrise Mountain 3-2 to earn the Class 4A Southern Region title.
Pahrump Valley beat Sunrise Mountain in penalty kicks Thursday in the Class 3A Southern Region semifinals, avenging a last-minute loss last year in the region title game.
Western and Sunrise Mountain earned berths in the Class 3A Southern Region final and next week’s state tournament with victories on Thursday.
Hannah McElheny recorded 14 saves — most of them in the second half — to lead the Trojans past Moapa Valley 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the Class 3A Southern Region tournament at Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.
Mojave’s boys soccer team won 11 games this season based on speed, agility and an explosive offense that averaged 5.9 goals per game in the regular season. But in the opening round of the Class 3A Southern Region tournament Tuesday, it was a defensive prowess that led the Rattlers to a 3-1 victory over Chaparral at Bettye Wilson Park.
Nicholas held off hard-charging Massimiliano Swenson of Bishop Gorman to become Desert Oasis’ first region cross country champion. The Diamondbacks also won the boys region team title, another first in school history.
The Desert Shields opened Class 3A Southern Region postseason play in style Thursday, rolling past visiting Sunrise Mountain’s football team, 42-6.
Chania Scott had 12 kills to help the Mojave’s girls volleyball team clinch the Sunset League’s top seed for the Class 3A Southern Region playoffs with a 25-8, 25-10, 25-20 home sweep of Del Sol.
Madison Manns scored in the second half on an assist from Samantha Bahde, and Boulder City’s girls soccer team held on to blank visiting Moapa Valley on Wednesday, 1-0.