The Southern Nevada Bengals took advantage of six walks in the opening inning on their way to seven-run lead and never looked back in taking a 14-2 victory over Desert Hills (Utah) in the Connie Mack state baseball tournament at the College of Southern Nevada.
Here is the #NVprepsfb list of Southern Nevada’s top five running backs.
Former Faith Lutheran standout Erich Uelmen, a Cal Poly (California) junior right-hander, was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the fourth round and 135th overall Tuesday in the Major League Baseball draft.
Tatum Spangler doubled home the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning and tossed a complete game to lead Coronado to a 3-2 win over Rancho in the Class 4A Sunrise Region final at Bishop Gorman.
Cara Beatty hit two home runs, including a grand slam in the fourth inning, and Palo Verde awakened for a 9-2 victory over Sierra Vista in the Class 4A Sunset Region championship at Bishop Gorman.
Christian Sanford pitched a two-hitter, and Christian Rivero went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI as Basic’s baseball team routed Rancho 11-1 in five innings in the Class 4A Sunrise Region final at Las Vegas High on Saturday.
Gabby Carson of Liberty broke her personal record, school record and region record with a mark of 12 feet, 11 inches in the pole vault Saturday during the Class 4A Sunrise Region track and field meet at Foothill.
Cheyenne’s Angela Hammond won two individual events and ran on two winning relays Friday and Saturday to lead the Desert Shields to the Class 3A Southern Region girls track title in Overton.
Bishop Gorman’s Jarrod Billig struck out Zack Simon with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning to secure an 11-8 victory over host Centennial for the Sunset Region baseball title.
Boulder City baseball rallied from a 5-0 deficit in the first game against Moapa Valley before surging to a 10-7 victory and the region title in Game 2 on Saturday at Tech.
Moapa Valley’s softball team scored the winning run on a bases-loaded walk in the eighth inning Saturday to beat Pahrump Valley 6-5 in the championship game of the Class 3A Southern Region tournament.
The Cougars led the way on the scoreboard in both the boys’ and girls’ meets to clinch a pair of Sunrise Regional titles at UNLV.
Palo Verde swim rolled Saturday, as both its boys and girls swim teams clinched the top spots in the Class 4A Sunset Region swim championships at UNLV with gaudy score totals.
Palo Verde senior Daniel Ziems completed a sweep of the distance events by winning the 1,600-meter run at the Class 4A Sunset Region track and field meet Saturday with a school-record time of 4 minutes, 21.40 seconds.
Kobe Walker went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, and Lincoln County’s baseball team pounded out 19 hits on Saturday to capture a 20-10, five-inning win over Needles in the Class 2A Southern Region final at Mountain View.
