The Basketball playoffs have started for high school for the boys and girls. Ben Gotz and Elaine Emerson go over which teams to look out for in the playoffs and which teams will likely make it to the championships.
Ben Gotz and Elaine Emerson go over all the high school basketball matchups to watch as teams are starting to look for a playoff opportunity.
Both Coronado and Bishop Gorman will compete in this year’s Tarkanian Classic in the Platinum Division. See how both high school basketball boy’s teams did in the first round.
Elaine Wilson discusses Coronado’s upset win over Green Valley.
Coronado’s baseball team rolled to a 12-2 home win over Foothill on Tuesday. The Cougars pounded out 16 hits, including seven doubles, in the six-inning win. Cristian Herrera doubled twice and drove in three runs. His two-run double in the first inning got Coronado on the board. Coronado has four regular-season games remaining
including games against Basic, Green Valley and Liberty. Coronado is 17-8 overall, 12-4 in the Sunrise League.
Foothill fell to 14-10, 9-7.
Layton Walls went the distance to lead Rancho to a 5-1 home win over Coronado. The Rams righty struck out six, and started two double plays to escape jams. His lone blemish was a solo homer by Cristian Herrera in the fourth. Rancho’s bats chipped away at Coronado, scoring in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Edarian Williams scored twice for the Rams, and scored the first run after leading off the third with a double. The win moved Rancho to 22-4, and 14-2 in the Sunrise League. Coronado fell to 16-8, 11-4.
Basic softball beat Coronado on Thursday, 4-3 for the first time since 2012. Shelby Basso pitched a complete game, allowing three runs, five hits and striking out eight. Mikayla Berg was 2-for-2 with a two RBIs, two runs and a walk. Basic went ahead 3-2 in the third, then after Coronado tied it in the fifth, regained the lead in the bottom half. Basic defeated Coronado ace Tatum Spangler, who threw a complete game, did not allow and earned run, and struck out 11. The win moved Basic to 8-0 in Sunrise League play with a 2.5-game cushion in first place.
Rancho is back in the playoffs, claiming a No. 2 seed in the Sunrise Region Kyndal Ricks leads the Rams with 16 points and 2.8 assists per game, and is second with 6.4 rebounds The Rams went 18-10 this year, the second-most wins in the Sunrise Region behind Liberty They also beat league rival Canyon Springs for the first time since 2009 Rancho hosts Coronado in the Sunrise Region quarterfinals Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
Game highlights from Durango’s game against Coronado during Nevada Preps’ Week 4. Coronado won 20-6. (Morgan Liberman/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Best plays and touchdowns from Coronado at Shadow Ridge football game Friday night. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Ben Gotz and Justin Emerson preview week two of Nevada Preps. They go over the games between Gorman’s main weakness that can potentially be exploited at their game against DeMatha Catholic. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)