ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
MALE
Chris Butler
Chaparral
The junior baseball player blasted two grand slams in a 15-3 win over Eldorado.
FEMALE
Melissa Bako
Durango
The junior catcher hit a two-run homer and drove in all four Trailblazers runs in a 4-3 win over Clark.
Preps Central
Palo Verde’s baseball team used a seven-run fourth inning to cruise to a home win over Coronado and earn the Class 5A Southern Region title Friday.
Three-star Faith Lutheran junior running back Cale Breslin announced his college commitment Friday. Breslin rushed for 1,226 yards for the Crusaders last season.
The now-defunct Houston Comets are the only WNBA team to win at least three championships in a row. The Aces plan to join them this season.
The Raiders began their two-day rookie minicamp Friday at their practice facility at the Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center in Henderson.
The Aces are favored at the Westgate SuperBook to win their third consecutive WNBA championship. The New York Liberty are the second choice.
They are few but mighty at the moment, small crowds of longtime diehards determined to cheer their beloved A’s this year before they relocate to Sacramento for the next three seasons and, later, Las Vegas.
Aidan O’Connell and Gardner Minshew will compete for the starting quarterback job after the Raiders failed to address the position during the NFL draft.
Golden Knights captain Mark Stone missed significant time for the third straight year, suffering a lacerated spleen that cost him the final 26 games of the regular season.
Two multibillion-dollar resorts — both with arenas that would be capable of hosting an NBA team — are in the works for Southern Nevada. Are both of them financially viable?
Ownership of the NHL’s team in Utah has given fans 20 choices to vote on for the franchise’s new name, according to a new survey.
