Southern Nevada teams did not have the best run in the state tournament. First Basic lost to Douglas Thursday. The Wolves were eliminated by Shadow Ridge on Friday. Shadow Ridge lost a three-run lead in the seventh to Spanish Springs on Thursday, then got bounced by Douglas on Friday. Boulder City and Pahrump Valley were both eliminated from the Class 3A tournament Friday. Needles and Laughlin were eliminated from the 2A tournament. Indian Springs got bumped form the 1A tournament. Pahranagat Valley is the only team still alive entering Saturday.
Shadow Ridge knocked off Palo Verde twice Saturday to claim the Sunset Region softball title. Palo Verde had beaten Shadow Ridge three times in the regular season, and once in the playoffs. Shadow Ridge won 3-2 in the first game, then outslugged Palo Verde 10-8 in the second. Shadow Ridge last won the region title two years ago, but has never reached the state title game. The Mustangs will get their chance next week when they head to Reno.
Shadow Ridge used a late home run to take a 5-4 road win against Centennial on Wednesday. Alyssa Stanley hit it, turning a 4-3 deficit into a 5-4 lead with two outs in the seventh. Mia Voges finished it off by striking out the final hitter, and stranding the tying run at second. Centennial led 4-1 after four innings, but Shadow Ridge fought back with two in the fifth. The win moved Shadow Ridge to 19-8 (11-3 Northwest League), and dropped Centennial to 20-13, 11-6.
Palo Verde softball picked up a key league win over Shadow Ridge on Tuesday. Palo Verde had 12 hits, including homers from Makall Whetten and Lauryn Barker. Shadow Ridge led 2-1 after two innings, but the Panthers scored three in the third. They took the lead for good in the fifth, and held off a rally in the seventh. Palo Verde improved to 9-5, 4-0, and moved into first place in the Northwest League.
Ben Gotz and Justin Emerson bring you a preview of some of the games to watch this week for high school football including Spring Mountain and Pahranagat Valley and Faith Lutheran at Shadow Ridge.
Highlights from the Shadow Ridge at Cimarron-Memorial football game Thursday night. Shadow Ridge won with a score of 59-20. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Ben Gotz and Justin Emerson of Nevada Preps preview Week 6 of high school football. They go over the matchup between Faith Lutheran and Legacy, Shadow Ridge and Cimarron-Memorial and the differences between the quarterbacks of Liberty and Green Valley.
Elaine Wilson and Ben Gotz go over the highlights from today’s football games. They go over Arbor View dominating Shadow Ridge, Faith Lutheran making a comeback against Palo Verde and Virgin Valley getting the upset against Sunrise Mountain.
Justin Emerson goes over some of the highlights from Arbor View at Shadow Ridge, where the Aggies dominated Shadow Ridge showing why they are one of the top teams in the northwest league.
Highlights from Arbor View at Shadow Ridge on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Shadow Ridge beats Las Vegas, 47-13, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, led by running back Aubrey Nellems’ three touchdowns in the first half. (Zac Pacleb/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Best plays and touchdowns from Coronado at Shadow Ridge football game Friday night. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. The Mayweather-McGregor fight is tomorrow night, and airport officials are bracing for an influx of private jets. Private plane traffic usually jumps during major fight weekends, so this weekend pilots and plane owners are being asked to make reservations. Officials are hoping to avoid the traffic issues experienced during the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight when a taxiway had to be converted into a makeshift parking lot.
2. The driver arrested in the fatal crash that killed a Shadow Ridge student in February was sentenced to eight to 20 years in prison on Thursday. David Fensch pleaded guilty to DUI resulting in death in June, after admitting to police he had taken Xanax and consumed “four drinks” of Captain Morgan rum before plowing into the back of 16-year-old Jaelan Fajardo’s car. Fensch had 4 previous DUIs.
3. The man arrested after attacking a mannequin with a hammer downtown last year, was ordered to spend eight to 20 years behind bars on Thursday. Shane Schindler pleaded guilty to attempted murder in June, after police set up the mannaquin as a decoy to look like a sleeping homeless man. Detectives linked the attack to the deaths of two homeless men who were attacked while sleeping in the same area, but did not file charges. (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)