Here is the 2021 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada girls golf team.
Jason Orts
Jason Orts is a born-and-raised Texan who has more than a decade of experience covering high school sports there. The last six of those came as the high school sports coordinator at the Waco Tribune-Herald, where he also covered a myriad of Baylor University sports. Orts was the sports editor of the University Star at Texas State University prior to beginning his professional career.
Silverado found out it was facing Spring Valley three days ago, but the lack of preparation time didn’t show in a 51-0 win in the Class 4A state quarterfinals.
No. 1 Coronado and No. 2 Faith Lutheran, who met for the 2019 state championship, will face off for the Class 5A Southern Region title Saturday.
The Sky League championship afforded Coronado, along with Desert League champion Silverado, Mountain League champion Las Vegas and Sky League second-place Shadow Ridge, a needed bye week.
Arbor View and Foothill are the last teams with a chance to stop a potential Liberty-Bishop Gorman matchup in next week’s state semifinals.
Fourth-seeded Coronado advanced to the Class 5A Southern Region boys soccer championship game after tying No. 1 Las Vegas 2-2 and winning a 5-4 shootout.
Sixth-seeded Desert Oasis advanced after a 1-1 tie against No. 3 Bishop Gorman with a 3-1 win in the shootout. The Diamondbacks face No. 2 Faith Lutheran next.
Clark has been removed from the Class 4A football playoffs for use of two ineligible players in last week’s 30-0 win over Spring Valley.
Vicente Ayala scored two goals, and Coronado edged Bishop Gorman 2-1 for its ninth straight win in the Class 5A Southern Region quarterfinals.
Palo Verde’s Jessica Bernales won the Class 5A girls singles championship Saturday, and teammates Cambell Ricci and Paisha Douglas took the doubles crown.
The Faith Lutheran boys defeated Palo Verde to win their first state championship, and the Palo Verde girls rolled past Faith Lutheran to claim their sixth title.
The Bishop Gorman boys and Desert Oasis girls claimed their first cross country state championships at the Class 4A meet Friday.
The first night of the playoffs took a turn for the worse when Green Valley’s Josiah Kiaaina was injured and taken to a hospital. His coach said Friday the senior has a spinal contusion.
Durango led 21-0 at halftime and used a prevent defense to force Desert Oasis into long drives and bleed the clock in a road playoff victory Thursday night.
Check out the top five performances and scores from Thursday’s high school football action.