DESERT OASIS
Head coach: Jim Dinkel, sixth season
Returning lettermen: Six
Top athletes: Frankie Martinez (Sr.), T.J. Ness-Pavlinsky (Jr.), Sam Jimenez (Sr.), Nathan McIntosh (Sr.)
Outlook: The Diamondbacks should be primed for a good seaons with the return of the team’s top four runners.
Martinez placed 11th in the state meet last year.
“Frankie Martinez will lead the team again this season,” Dinkel said.
The playoff races in boys and girls high school tennis in Southern Nevada are heating up, and the girls golf postseason is about to begin as well.
With less than a week remaining in the season, Coronado tennis coach Dave Willingham is clinging to two dreams, as his boys and girls teams chase Class 5A state titles.
Check out the weekly notebook for high school cross country, tennis and girls golf, including a look at a boys cross country runner who has dominated his races.
Shadow Ridge junior cross country runner Elynn Okuda won the 68-school Larry Burgess-Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday at Sunset Park.
A lot happened in high school tennis, cross country and girls golf last week, including a Clark standout winning a tournament at Angel Park.
Desert Oasis senior Kenan Dagge won the cross country race Saturday at the Red Rock Running Company Invitational at James Regional Sports Park.
More than 600 cross country runners from across Southern Nevada raced in the Red Rock Running Company Invitational on Saturday. Here are photos from the event.
Most of the top 5A Southern Nevada cross country teams return several top runners from last season, which should create an interesting title fight.
Here are the Nevada Preps selections for the 2023 All-Southern Nevada boys cross country team.
Sky Pointe win the Class 4A boys and girls team cross country titles Saturday. Northern teams won the 5A and 3A team titles in Reno.
