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Centennial girls, Shadow Ridge boys win 5A track team state titles

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Centennial reclaimed its title as the state’s best girls track and field team by winning the Class 5A state championship Saturday at Carson City.

Centennial’s run of 10 straight state championships was snapped last season. The Bulldogs ran away with this year’s title with 122 points. Liberty, last season’s champion, was second with 79 points. Palo Verde finished third with 68.

The Bulldogs won the 4×100-meter (47.35), 4×200 (1:40.31) and 4×400 (3:48.44) relays as part of their team title.

Centennial’s Iyonna Codd won individual titles in the 100 meters (11.61 seconds), 200 meters (23.92) and 400 meters (53.49). Codd’s time in the 100 meters is a state record. She entered as the defending champion in all three events.

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Kemarah Howard added individual titles in the triple jump (38-10) and high jump (5-10) for the Bulldogs. Howard was the defending champion in the high jump.

Palo Verde’s Tia Brown earned individual titles in the 300 hurdles (42.74) and long jump (19-4).

“It definitely feels good to get the girls state title back,” Centennial coach Roy Session said. “Our girls team was motivated by coming up short last year in the team title and have been working relentlessly to get their title back. Which they did. We had an amazing season led by the defending state champion and Nevada all-time record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 meters, Iyonna Codd.”

In the 5A boys meet, Shadow Ridge won the state title with 113 points. Liberty (97) and Faith Lutheran (85) were second and third, respectively, after being co-champions last year.

“Winning the 5A state championship is incredible,” Shadow Ridge coach Michael Smith said. “Since winning the 4A title last season and being put into 5A this season, our only goal was to show that we belong. The boys worked tremendously hard this season. All their effort shined here at the state meet.”

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The Mustangs won the 4×800 relay (7:49.22) as part of their championship performance. Evander Thomas also claimed the individual title in the 200 meters (21.37).

“These boys know how to pick each other up,” Smith said. “If someone had a less-than-expected performance, another athlete would step up and make up for it. I couldn’t be more proud of how this team ended their season. Back-to-back state champions in two different divisions, sounds like a perfect ending to me.”

Faith Lutheran’s Preston Beery won individual titles in the shot put (66 feet, 3 inches) and discus (183-7) for the second straight year. Beery set the unofficial state record in the shot put earlier this month (68-10).

Bishop Gorman’s Chase McCallum claimed individual titles in the 800 (1:54.01) and 300 hurdles (38.67). Liberty’s Ronnie Kendrick successfully defended his title in the 400 (46.84).

Class 4A

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Arbor View won the 4×100 (48.13), 4×200 (1:42.1) and 4×800 (9:39.54) relays to run away with the girls title with 180 points Saturday at Desert Oasis.

Bridget Guevara won individual titles in the 400 meters (57.63) and 800 meters (2:21.43) for the Aggies.

Desert Oasis finished second in the team competition with 131 points. Sky Pointe was third with 78.

Desert Oasis won the boys title with 134.5 points. Mojave finished second with 99 points and Green Valley was third with 88.

Kenan Dagge won individual titles in the 1,600 (4:20.18) and 3,200 (9:28.88) for Desert Oasis. Noah Lara claimed the title in the 110 hurdles (14.49) for the Diamondbacks.

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Mojave’s Tony Williams won individual titles in the 200 (21.79) and 400 (47.54) meters.

Class 3A

Moapa Valley scored 100 points to win the boys title over Sparks (69) and Tahoe-Truckee (62) at Carson City. Mordechai Yadegar was Moapa Valley’s lone individual title winner, finishing first in the 3,200 (9:31.31).

Tahoe-Truckee won the girls title with 84 points. South Tahoe was second with 71. The Meadows was the top Southern school and finished fifth with 45 points. Boulder City’s Sancha Jenas-Keogh won individual titles in the 100 (12.40) and 200 (25.36) meters.

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Coral Academy-Reno claimed the boys title with 127 points. Lincoln County was second with 119 points and Lake Mead Academy finished third with 77.

Coral Academy-Reno also won the girls title with 146.5 points. North Tahoe was second with 135. Tenaya Brown won her second straight title in both shot put (33-7¾) and discus (126-1) for Lake Mead Academy, which was the top Southern team. It finished fourth with 61 points.

Class 1A

Mineral County won the boys title with 129 points at Carson City. Smith Valley finished second with 111 points and Word of Life was third with 52.

Whittell won the girls title with 125 points. Wells was second with 91. Oriyah Clay won individual titles in the 100 hurdles (15.80), 300 hurdles (47.62) and triple jump (34-4) for Indian Springs, which finished third with 88 points.

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Court OK’s counting late-arriving mail ballots in Nevada, 29 other states

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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Nevada’s laws allowing the counting of mail-in ballots that arrive up to four days after Election Day — so long as they are postmarked by that date — is constitutional under a Monday ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.

In a 5-4 ruling, justices upheld a challenge to a Mississippi law that’s similar to Nevada’s statute. Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts joined with the court’s three liberal members, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Katanji Brown Jackson, to uphold the law.

Conservatives Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch dissented.

The ruling affects 30 states, all of which allow some ballots received after Election Day to be counted. That includes Nevada, which allows ballots postmarked by Election Day to be received and counted up to four days later, and ballots without a postmark to be received and counted up to three days later.

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Plaintiffs in the case — including the Republican National Committee and the Mississippi Republican Party — had contended that federal laws referring to “elections” mean both the casting and counting of ballots, which they said must occur on Election Day.

“The federal election-day statutes do not preempt Mississippi’s law because the defining element of an ‘election’ has always been the electorate’s choice of candidate,” the case summary reads. “And a related federal statute — the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act — confirms that while federal law dictates when ballots must be cast, state law governs when they must be received.”

In Nevada, critics have contended that late-arriving ballots erode confidence in elections, because they delay learning final election results for days and, in some close races, can change the outcome.

Gov. Joe Lombardo has called the weeklong wait for final, unofficial results “a national embarrassment.”

Plaintiffs in the case made similar arguments, but were turned away by the court: “Finally, plaintiffs policy arguments about election integrity and voter confidence are properly addressed to legislatures, not courts,” the case summary reads.

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Several attempts to require ballots to be received by Election Day have been introduced in Nevada’s Legislature, but none have been successful in the Democratically controlled body.

Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar has argued that the overwhelming majority of ballots are in and counted by Election Day, and only the closest races may be changed by late-arriving ballots. He’s advocated for more resources for county clerks and voter registrars to be able to count mail ballots more quickly.

Under the ruling, nothing will change for Nevada voters going to the polls in four months to vote in the November election. But officials still encourage voters to send in their mail ballots early, or to put them in drop boxes at voting centers during early voting or on Election Day.

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One dead, four hospitalized after head-on crash on I-15 in Clark County

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One dead, four hospitalized after head-on crash on I-15 in Clark County


LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada Highway Patrol responded to a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 15 near mile marker 94 Sunday evening.

The crash was reported at 6:43 p.m. on June 28.

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A passenger sedan and a pickup truck were involved in the crash. One vehicle was traveling southbound, lost control, crossed through the median, and struck the other vehicle head-on in the northbound travel lane.

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One adult male died at the scene. Two people were transported by ground ambulance, and two others were transported by life flight to a local hospital.

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All northbound I-15 travel lanes were closed at mile marker 94, but have since opened as of Sunday night.

Nevada Highway Patrol said further information will be provided following the preliminary investigation.

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