Pahrump Valley beat Sunrise Mountain in penalty kicks Thursday in the Class 3A Southern Region semifinals, avenging a last-minute loss last year in the region title game.
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Western and Sunrise Mountain earned berths in the Class 3A Southern Region final and next week’s state tournament with victories on Thursday.
Hannah McElheny recorded 14 saves — most of them in the second half — to lead the Trojans past Moapa Valley 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the Class 3A Southern Region tournament at Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.
Mojave’s boys soccer team won 11 games this season based on speed, agility and an explosive offense that averaged 5.9 goals per game in the regular season. But in the opening round of the Class 3A Southern Region tournament Tuesday, it was a defensive prowess that led the Rattlers to a 3-1 victory over Chaparral at Bettye Wilson Park.
Nicholas held off hard-charging Massimiliano Swenson of Bishop Gorman to become Desert Oasis’ first region cross country champion. The Diamondbacks also won the boys region team title, another first in school history.
The Desert Shields opened Class 3A Southern Region postseason play in style Thursday, rolling past visiting Sunrise Mountain’s football team, 42-6.
Chania Scott had 12 kills to help the Mojave’s girls volleyball team clinch the Sunset League’s top seed for the Class 3A Southern Region playoffs with a 25-8, 25-10, 25-20 home sweep of Del Sol.
Madison Manns scored in the second half on an assist from Samantha Bahde, and Boulder City’s girls soccer team held on to blank visiting Moapa Valley on Wednesday, 1-0.
Chaparral’s Bryan Macias and Gabriel Caro each scored twice Wednesday to power the visiting Cowboys by Virgin Valley’s booys soccer team, 5-2.
Destiny Dobiesz had 36 assists and seven aces Monday to lead the Western girls volleyball team to a 31-29, 14-25, 21-25, 25-23, 15-7 road win over Somerset-Losee.
Christian Martinez had two goals Monday to lead Virgin Valley’s boys soccer team to a 4-2 road victory over Sky Pointe.
Brisa Caamano scored twice Monday as Sunrise Mountain’s girls soccer team edged visiting Boulder City, 5-4.
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Boulder City running back Thorston Balmer ran for 200 yards and five touchdowns to help the Eagles land a 48-12 home victory over Sunrise Mountain on Friday night.
Kierston-Joy Kuresa had nine kills, two aces and 20 digs to propel Desert Oasis’ girls volleyball team to a 25-22, 25-21, 24-26, 23-25, 15-5 home win over Liberty on Thursday night.
