Five starters return for the Desert Shields, who qualified for the playoffs last year.
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The Sundevils will have a new look under first-year head coach David Ostler.
The Bulldogs return 10 starters from last year’s squad.
The Warriors have a new head coach, but remain focused on a Sunset League title.
The Mountain Lions will be young, but hope to be successful.
The Pirates are young, despite returning 12 letter winners.
This week, beginning Wednesday, there will be plenty of more basketball around the Valley, when top AAU travel teams visit Las Vegas to compete in gyms around Southern Nevada.
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Pahranagat Valley’s football team captured its eighth consecutive state title, running its winning streak to 93 games, matching a national record for the longest winning streak in eight-man football. The Panthers were the Review-Journal’s Team of the Year.
Bishop Gorman’s Biaggio Ali Walsh rushed for 33 touchdowns in helping the Gaels to a seventh consecutive state championship and a second straight No. 1 national ranking. He was the Review-Journal’s Male Athlete of the Year.
Centennial junior Karina Haymore won the Division I state cross country title, then posted the state’s fastest times in the 800- and 1,600-meter runs in track. She was Review-Journal’s Female Athlete of the Year.
Ryne Nelson, wearing No. 29, singled home Gehrig Timmons with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Wolves a 3-2 win over Reno in the Division I state tournament at Bishop Manogue High.
Reed’s Julia Jensen struck out 15, including 12 of the final 16 hitters, and led the Raiders to a 2-0 win over Rancho in a Division I state tournament opening-round game at UNR’s Hixson Park.
Jake Hubel’s three-run double highlighted a seven-run sixth inning, and Boulder City’s baseball team rallied for a 13-9 victory over Churchill County in the opening round of the Division I-A state tournament Thursday at Galena High in R
Michaela Hood tossed a five-hitter with 10 strikeouts and hit the go-ahead, two-run double in the fourth inning Thursday to rally Spring Valley’s softball team to a 9-2 victory over Churchill County in the opening round of the Division I-A state tournament at Shadow Mountain in Sparks.