VIRGIN VALLEY
Head coach: Jon Felix, fifth season
2012 record: 11-2 (11-1 I-A Sunrise, tied for first)
Returning lettermen: Five
Top players: Nathan Hughes (Sr.), Jacob Mikkelsen (Sr.), Tyler Hughes (Jr.)
Outlook: Nathan Hughes and Mikkelsen were regional quarterfinalists in doubles last season.
“They’ll be playing singles, and I expect that they will do well,” Felix said. “We had a great season last year, and we are hoping to do as well this year.”
Here is the 2023 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada boys tennis team.
Boulder City won the Class 3A girls tennis team title, and two Adelson School players claimed the 3A singles titles. Northern teams took the 4A team titles.
A week after winning its fourth straight girls tennis team state title, Palo Verde swept the singles and doubles individual state titles Friday.
Palo Verde’s boys and girls tennis teams repeated as Class 5A state champions with victories in the state title matches Friday at Liberty.
Nevada high school state championships aren’t exclusive to just teams in the Silver State. Six out-of-state schools compete athletically for state titles against Nevada schools.
On Aug. 17, new seasons will start for high school sports teams in nine fall sports across the state. The recent realignment process has made some changes to the leagues.
Here is the 2022 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada boys tennis team.
Coronado set a state record with its score of 11-under at the Class 5A girls golf state championship. In tennis, Palo Verde swept the boys and girls 5A championships.
Here is the 2021 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada boys tennis team.
Palo Verde’s Jessica Bernales won the Class 5A girls singles championship Saturday, and teammates Cambell Ricci and Paisha Douglas took the doubles crown.
