Despite having severe bilateral hearing loss in both ears, Legacy’s Joelle Beachler developed into one of the top breaststroke swimmers in the valley.
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The Gatorade Company announced its 2016-17 boys and girls track athletes of the year on Thursday.
Athletes in three sports will take part in all-star games this week.
Follow the link for postseason boys and girls swimming and diving honors, as selected by coaches. All-region teams will be posted as they are received.
Keaton Ogden and Dylan Wilson finished 1-2 in the 200-yard freestyle Saturday to help the Virgin Valley boys swimming team slip past Chaparral at Multi-Generational, 112-111.
The Legacy girls swimming team jumped out to an early lead and withstood a late surge to top Faith Lutheran at Pavilion on Saturday, 131-126.
Dax Fellows and Grant McCarty each doubled twice for the Silverado baseball team Saturday as the visiting Skyhawks downed Eldorado in eight innings, 7-4.
Liberty junior defensive back Allan Mwata made an oral commitment to Brigham Young on Saturday.
Tatum Spangler hit a grand slam and pitched a complete game to power the Coronado softball team to an 8-4 road victory over Foothill.
Bishop Gorman senior guard Christian Popoola signed a letter of intent Saturday with Utah, the school announced.
Anthony Pace and Pierson Mook each won two individual events and ran on a winning relay to lead Bishop Gorman’s boys track team to victory in a three-team meet at Faith Lutheran on Wednesday.
Pahrump Valley’s softball team scored six unearned runs in the fourth — all with two outs — and grabbed an 8-3 victory over Boulder City in a matchup between the favorites in the Class 3A Southern Region.
The Bonanza girls track team dominated the field events, securing the top three places in the discuss, long jump, pole vault and shot put Wednesday to edge Clark 63-61 in a home dual meet.
Senior Jaxson Otis pitched five shutout innings against the Durango Trailblazers Wednesday as the offense amassed 10 runs in four innings.
Cooper Kitrel’s two-out, two-run single in the top of the eighth inning broke a scoreless tie, and the Sierra Vista baseball team scored four more runs to beat Bonanza on the road Monday, 6-1.