Palo Verde avenged a loss in last year’s state title match and swept Coronado on Tuesday night to win the Class 5A state title. The 4A and 3A titles were also decided.
Alex Wright
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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.
Durango baseball’s Xander Mercurius threw a complete game and had two hits in the Trailblazers’ playoff win to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
Palo Verde softball pitcher Bradi Odom started each of the Panthers’ four playoff wins last week to earn Nevada Preps Girls Athlete of the Week honors.
Coronado and Palo Verde split their two regular-season meetings. The two teams will play a third time in Tuesday’s Class 5A boys volleyball state championship match.
All spring sports in Nevada will crown a new state champion this week. Here’s a breakdown of every title race as the season comes to a close.
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.
Coronado’s baseball team had a walk-off win in extra innings against Green Valley on Thursday to clinch a spot in next week’s Class 5A state baseball tournament.
Palo Verde’s softball team defeated Shadow Ridge on Wednesday to advance to Friday’s 5A Southern Region title game and next week’s state tournament.
The Doral Academy boys golf team won the Class 4A state championship by 43 strokes over Green Valley.
Liberty got a clutch hit in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Las Vegas High in a Class 5A Southern Region baseball elimination game Tuesday.
Centennial softball center fielder Ashley Madonia hit a home run in the Bulldogs’ road win at Liberty to earn Nevada Preps Girls Athlete of the Week honors.
Faith Lutheran thrower Preston Beery set the unofficial state record in the shot put Friday to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
Most Class 5A boys volleyball teams played one another in the regular season, and the close matches showed the state title races are wide open. Here’s a preview.
All four playoff teams from the Mountain League have a case to make a run in the 5A softball Southern Region playoffs. Here’s a look at how the playoffs shape up.
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