Bishop Gorman used an eight-run first inning to defeat Silverado and win the Class 4A state softball championship Saturday at Bishop Gorman.
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Bishop Gorman survived a 13-inning slugfest with Reno in the losers bracket final and will meet Basic in the Class 5A state baseball tournament championship game.
Brooke Ventrelle’s RBI triple in the third started a three-run inning, and Rylie Pindel struck out 10 as Bishop Gorman shut out Legacy in the Class 4A state tournament.
Aviators catcher Shea Langeliers is the Oakland A’s No. 2-ranked prospect after being traded by the Atlanta Braves in the deal for All-Star first baseman Matt Olson.
Lambo, a 3½-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever, is joining her brother Finn to retrieve bats at Aviators games at Las Vegas Ballpark.
The Aviators are seeing their game times go down with the implementation of a pitch clock that could be coming soon to Major League Baseball.
Forward Danny Trejo is making up for time lost to a torn quad last season. He’s leading the USL in goals and assists and was the league’s player of the month in March.
Lights forward Danny Trejo scored his league-leading sixth goal in the 27th minute to put Las Vegas ahead with the game’s only goal.
The Las Vegas Lights lost, but in the nightcap of doubleheader, UNLV drew 4,922 for its scrimmage against Arizona, to set state attendance record.
The Las Vegas Lights and UNLV women’s soccer team will play a doubleheader on Saturday in an attempt to break the record for the highest attended women’s soccer game in Nevada.
In a partnership with the Southern Nevada Health District, all Lights FC home games will be smoke free.
The Knight Hawks were limited to 66 yards of offense in the second half after accumulating 147 yards in the first half of Sunday’s Indoor Football League game.
The Las Vegas Lights had plenty of scoring chances in the second half against Memphis, but could not capitalize as they fell 1-0 after winning their last two games.
Forward Danny Trejo scored the Lights’ first goal and registered an assist in the win.
With the help of three turnovers, the Vegas Knight Hawks were victorious in their first game in franchise history with a 22-9 win over the Northern Arizona Wranglers.
