Centennial won the Class 4A state championship, and Boulder City won the 3A crown.
Justin Emerson
Former reporter: Nevada Preps
Justin Emerson reported for the Review-Journal from May 2016 to November 2018. He graduated with a master’s degree from Arizona State University. He covered prep sports and had previous bylines with MLB.com, NFL.com, Sports Illustrated, USA Hockey Magazine and the Arizona Republic. He was born and raised in Phoenix.
Centennial took the lead after the first day of the Class 4A state girls golf tournament, and Pahrump Valley grabbed the Day 1 lead in the 3A tournament.
When the Class 4A tournament begins Monday at Dayton Valley Golf Course, it will do so without four-time defending champion Coronado, which did not have enough golfers in the region tournament to qualify for state.
Zyrus Fiaseu blew by Green Valley to the tune of 235 yards and four touchdowns in leading the host Patriots to a 45-19 victory on Friday night.
Centennial’s McKenzi Hall won the Mountain Region individual title, and helped the Bulldogs win the team girls golf title. Riana Mission did the same for Clark, winning individually and powering her team to the Desert Region crown.
Both Morgan Goldstein and Gracie Olkowski have won a Northwest League match this year, and the Crusaders will rely on them to help deliver the Mountain Region title when the two-day tournament begins Tuesday at Siena Golf Club.
Foothill won its rivalry football game at Basic 21-17 on Friday, then celebrated by planting its flag at midfield.
Senior forward Ashtyn Fink is one of the top college prospects in Nevada, a four-star recruit by TopDrawerSoccer.com. She committed to Vanderbilt as a sophomore in 2016.
Aaron Holloway’s big-play threat blended with a methodical second half as Legacy captured a 27-9 road victory against Las Vegas on Friday.
The Liberty-Desert Pines football game last Friday — during which a benches-clearing fight broke out — will be ruled a double forfeit and each team will forfeit its next game, both coaches said Tuesday.
For the third time in the last two seasons, a benches-clearing altercation has become the story of a high school football game. This time, officials are getting worried.
Durango held visiting Silverado off the scoreboard, and did not allow the Skyhawks to complete a pass. The run game was good, the passing game was deadly, and Durango rolled to a 33-0 victory.
Tech’s boys soccer team is 7-2-2, ranked No. 7 among 4A schools. Last week, it picked up perhaps the signature win in school history by any sport: a 2-1 road win over defending Sunset Region champion Bishop Gorman.
Las Vegas Review-Journal staffers make their picks for Week 6 of the high school football season.
