Coronado knocked out reigning state champion Bishop Gorman, and Palo Verde defeated Eldorado to qualify for the 5A boys soccer state tournament next week in Carson City.
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.
Centennial swept Faith Lutheran in a girls volleyball Class 5A Southern Region quarterfinal. Here are the results from Tuesday’s high school playoff action.
Bishop Gorman High sophomore forward Chase Stewart scored six goals and registered two assists in the Gaels’ two soccer victories last week.
Legacy High girls volleyball senior outside hitter Jocelyn Taveras had 16 kills, six digs and four aces in the Longhorns’ 3-0 win over Mojave on Oct. 23.
Eldorado scored in overtime to defeat Arbor View in a Class 5A Southern League quarterfinal on the first day of the soccer and volleyball playoffs in Southern Nevada.
Here is the schedule and results for this week’s high school soccer and volleyball playoff action across Southern Nevada.
Erica Enders (Pro Stock), Robert Hight (Funny Car) and Mike Salinas (Top Fuel) won the finals of their respective classes at Sunday’s NHRA Nevada Nationals.
Bob Tasca III set the NHRA Funny Car track speed record at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to take the No. 1 spot in qualifying for Sunday’s Nevada Nationals.
Boulder City won the Class 3A girls tennis team title, and two Adelson School players claimed the 3A singles titles. Northern teams took the 4A team titles.
Tony Stewart Racing drivers Matt Hagan (Funny Car) and Leah Pruett (Top Fuel) hold the points leads entering the NHRA Nevada Nationals.
Shadow Ridge and Coronado, which played in Class 4A the last two seasons, upset two of the state’s top teams in 5A Division I state quarterfinals Thursday.
Coronado avenged a regular-season loss to Desert Pines by rolling the Jaguars in the Class 5A Division I state quarterfinals. Bishop Gorman awaits.
Sixth-seeded Shadow Ridge capitalized on a pair of turnovers by No. 3 Arbor View to win its Class 5A Division I state quarterfinal on Thursday night.
Erica Enders, a nine-time winner at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, became the winningest female driver in all of motor sports with her win at Texas earlier this month.
Arbor View hosts Shadow Ridge in a 5A Division I quarterfinal matchup to highlight the opening round of the Nevada high school football playoffs.