Pahrump Valley earned a 5-2 victory Thursday, sending the Trojans to their first state tournament since 2014.
Softball
Sam Pochop launched a two-run homer to left field to give her team the lead, and Rancho never looked back en route to a 13-4 victory over host Liberty in a winners’ bracket semifinal of the Class 4A Sunrise Region softball tournament.
Kalei Watkins smashed a grand slam in the fourth inning, and host Sierra Vista claimed a 6-1 win over Shadow Ridge in a winners’ bracket semifinal of the Class 4A Sunset Region softball tournament.
Losi Brown tossed a four-inning one-hitter to help Chaparral’s softball team to a 16-1 road win over Cheyenne in a Class 3A Southern Region elimination game on Wednesday.
The schedules and results (when available) for Southern Nevada’s region softball tournaments are here.
Holly Severance spun a four-hit shutout, and Meaghan McInerney had a double and three RBIs as the Desert Oasis softball team put a 9-0 home drubbing on Centennial in the first round of the Sunset Region tournament on Tuesday.
After Foothill plated nine runs over the first two innings, the Las Vegas softball team rallied and held on for a 17-16 home victory over the Falcons in Tuesday’s opening round of the Sunrise Region tournament.
Tech scored a pair of runs in the fifth inning, then broke the game open with a five-run sixth, as the Roadrunners stopped Mojave, 7-1.
Kyla Shumway went 3-for-3 with two home runs in the opener as Pahranagat Valley’s softball team concluded its regular season Tuesday with an 18-3, 14-4 sweep of visiting Tonopah.
Lili Gutierrez hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh Friday, and Rancho’s softball team rallied with nine runs in its final at-bat to stun Foothill, 15-14.
Junior Harmony Dominguez allowed one hit in six innings, and host Sierra Vista topped Durango 8-1 to clinch the outright Southwest League softball title.
Shelby Basso hit an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth inning to give Basic’s softball team a 3-2 home victory over Rancho on Thursday.
Led at the mound by senior Breanna Alvarez and at the plate by senior Marisa Olmos, Liberty made the hits it needed to against one of the best pitchers in the state to top the Rancho Rams 4-1 on the road.
Sisters Jaden and Kiana Tate homered in the same game for the first time in their high school careers, and Centennial’s softball team rolled to an 8-1 victory over visiting Faith Lutheran.
Izabelle Morales tossed a five-hitter with three strikeouts, and Mikayla Berg went 3-for-3 with a triple, two runs and four RBIs to help Basic’s softball team rally from a five-run deficit to top host Eldorado 18-5 in six innings on Wednesday.