Taylor Okamura had a breakout senior season, earning co-Player of the Year honors in the Class 4A Sunrise League, and will try to help Coronado to its first state title when the Class 4A softball tournament opens Thursday at Bishop Gorman.
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Palo Verde (28-9) will visit Sunrise Region runner-up Coronado (27-15) in a Class 4A state boys volleyball semifinal at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
Coronado ended a five-year drought by claiming the Sunrise Region softball title, and Cara Beatty hit two home runs, including a grand slam, to lead Palo Verde to the Sunset Region crown.
Neither Spencer Raban nor his family like to talk about the Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of cancer, he was diagnosed with at age 9. It’s not that the now-cancer-free Moapa Valley High School student is embarrassed or even trying to repress the memories; he just doesn’t want to be identified by it.
Twenty-nine years passed between state baseball titles for Basic High when a team led by 10 seniors won last year’s Division I crown, a magical run that united a school and its alumni in a manner only sports can.
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Centennial (30-9) will meet Durango (22-16) in a Sunset Region boys volleyball quarterfinal at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Arbor View, and will be seeking its first region title since 2010.
Manny Llamas, 24, graduated from Rancho in 2011 and has the Rams poised to make a strong postseason run as they begin the Class 4A Sunrise Region tournament on Tuesday.
Desert Oasis softball had the best season in school history. Tuesday it will find out if that’s enough to beat Centennial in the playoffs for the first time in school history.
Charlie Magruder has grown from an exuberant freshman into a steady senior and will lead Faith Lutheran on Monday when the Class 4A Sunset Region tournament tees off at 10:30 a.m. at Siena Golf Club.
Nick Benham’s shot put of 53 feet, 9 inches was more than 7 feet better than second place and gave Desert Oasis’ boys track team an early winner in the Sunset Region meet Saturday at Foothill.
Palo Verde’s Dylan Orlando blasted a pair of two-run homers to untie the game Friday, and the Panthers held on to beat visiting Cimarron-Memorial, 9-8.
Bonanza senior R.J. McCarter carries a tattoo of his late grandmother on his forearm as a motivator for the region track meet Saturday at Foothill.
A former girlfriend of Kenny Sanchez, the head coach of Bishop Gorman High School’s state champion football team, says she fabricated a story of domestic abuse, according to an affidavit released Thursday.
Legacy senior swimmer Joelle Beachler, who has severe bilateral hearing loss, has developed into one of the top breaststrokers in the valley.
Thanks to a new rule mandated by the National Federation of State High School Associations, baseball coaches in Nevada are required to adhere to a strict pitch count for their hurlers.
A recent Wall Street Journal poll of leading economists put the probability of the United States going into recession over the next 12 months at 63 percent. Conventional wisdom is that the Federal Reserve Bank will continue raising interest rates to combat stubborn high inflation, thereby slowing the economy and causing gross domestic product to […]
Sierra Vista boys basketball center Xavion Staton, Nevada’s No. 1 basketball recruit in the class of 2025, announced his college commitment.
No. 2-ranked Bishop Gorman lost to No. 1 Mater Dei in what was billed as the de facto high school football national title game Friday in Santa Ana, California.
Raiders defensive lineman Jonah Laulu, a Las Vegas native, is living his dream with his hometown team. He even gets to eat at his mom’s house after practice.
Bishop Gorman, ranked No. 2 nationally, plays at No. 1 Mater Dei (California) on Friday. The game has been billed as the de facto high school football national title game.
