Basic’s baseball team was forced to miss last year’s playoffs, but the Wolves are the top seed in the 5A state tournament this postseason.
Alex Wright
High School Sports Reporter
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Alex Wright joined the Review-Journal staff as a high school sports reporter on October 2022. He was previously a sports intern at the RJ. Alex was born and raised in Las Vegas and is in his fourth year at UNLV, majoring in journalism and media studies, with a concentration in sports media. Alex currently serves as the editor-in-chief for UNLV's student newspaper, the Scarlet & Gray Free Press. He previously was the sports editor for the paper last school year after being a sports staff writer for a year and a half.
A year after being swept for the title, Coronado’s boys volleyball team defeated Palo Verde in five sets to win the Class 5A state championship.
Coronado’s boys volleyball team will meet Palo Verde for the Class 5A state championship Tuesday at Sunrise Mountain in a rematch of last year’s title match.
Here are the results and photos from the Class 5A Southern Region track and field meet Saturday at Durango.
Basic’s baseball team claimed the Class 5A Southern Region title after a marathon second game against Faith Lutheran on Saturday.
The Palo Verde boys and Coronado girls won the 5A Southern Region team titles Friday and have their sights set on adding to their state title streaks.
Basic’s baseball team clinched a spot in next week’s Class 5A state baseball tournament Thursday on a walk-off home run against Faith Lutheran.
Bishop Gorman’s baseball team got a strong performance on the mound and a key defensive play to keep its season alive in the Class 5A Southern Region playoffs.
Drake Harvey won the Class 4A individual state title, and Doral Academy won the 4A team title Wednesday. The 5A and 3A region tournaments were also held Wednesday.
Palo Verde, the defending Class 5A state champion, beat Foothill in a playoff game Tuesday. It’s the first game the Panthers played without coach Dustin Romero.
Palo Verde athletic director Joe Aznarez would not say why Dustin Romero was not coaching the defending state champions when the region baseball playoffs began Monday.
Coronado’s boys volleyball team is looking to win its first state title since 2013 when the 5A playoffs begin Tuesday with quarterfinal matchups.
California high schools Truckee and North Tahoe are dropping out of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, citing the NIAA’s new policy on transgender athletes.
Palo Verde’s softball team went 18-0 in the regular season. The Panthers are looking to stay undefeated when the Class 5A Southern Region playoffs begin Monday.
The high school baseball playoffs begin Monday. Two teams lead a loaded Class 5A as the co-favorites for the Southern Region title.