Josh Sharman and Dustin Mansell combined on a four-hitter to lead the Desert Oasis Aces to an 8-0 win over Greeley (Colorado) in the American Legion Western Regional in Denver.
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The Desert Oasis Aces, Nevada’s state champions for the American Legion baseball tournament, defeated California 3-2 on Wednesday in the first round of the regional tournament in Denver.
The region tournament pits Desert Oasis against the state champions from Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Utah, with an additional team from Colorado. The regional winner advances to the American Legion World Series.
Meeting for the third consecutive year for the American Legion state championship, after splitting the previous two, the Desert Oasis Aces won their second title in three years, defeating the Southern Nevada Blue Sox, 10-9, Wednesday night at UNLV’s Wilson Stadium.
Led by Parker Schmidt, Chaison Miklich, Jason Sharman and Josh Sharman, the Aces have their sights set on getting back to the American Legion state title game, after losing to Basic in the final last season.
After struggling through a 9-20 season in the spring, the Southern Nevada Bengals, as they are known during the summer, rolled through the Connie Mack American league with a 12-4 record this summer, and are looking for their second straight state title when the tournament begins Friday.
UNLV shortstop Bryson Stott, who also went to Desert Oasis High School, made the 26-man USA Baseball Collegiate National team for an international series. Team USA will play Japan in various U.S. cities from Tueday to Sunday and at Cuba on July 10-14.
A look at the Review-Journal’s Athletes of the Year from the spring season.
Here is the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2018 all-state baseball team.
The 2018 Breakthrough Series will feature D.J. Jefferson and Aaron Roberts, both of whom just finished their junior years at Desert Oasis. Jefferson is committed to Southern California and Roberts to California.