Drew Dennis had 20 kills and 12 digs to help the Bishop Gorman boys volleyball team earn a 27-25, 25-16, 26-24 home victory over Sky Pointe on Friday to advance to the Class 4A state championship game.
The Gaels (22-9), the No. 2 seed from the Sky League, will face Basic, the Sky’s top seed, for the title at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Sunrise Mountain.
Rome Ramos had 38 assists, and TJ Woodson added 10 kills, eight digs and three aces for Gorman.
Sky Pointe, the No. 3 seed from the Sky League, finishes 24-14.
— No. 1S Basic 3, No. 1M Del Sol 0: At Basic, the Wolves (17-10) earned a 25-21, 25-22, 25-21 win over the Dragons (20-13) in the other state semifinal.
Softball
Class 4A
— No. 3D Legacy 13, No. 2D Cimarron-Memorial 6: At Cimarron-Memorial, Aofia Noa went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double and three RBIs to lead the Longhorns (16-13) past the Spartans (16-13) in an elimination game. Kristin Raudez went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and three RBIs, and Madison Castellon went 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs for Legacy. The Longhorns host No. 4S Doral Academy, which advanced via forfeit over Mojave, at 11 a.m. Saturday in another elimination game.
— No. 3S Spring Valley 15, No. 4D Clark 0: At Spring Valley, Carlee Melton struck out four while pitching a three-inning no-hitter as the Grizzlies (13-15) rolled past the Chargers (8-12). Isabella Lenahan added two doubles and five RBIs, and Aubreyana Sanchez had two RBIs and scored three runs for Spring Valley. The Grizzlies play at Foothill at 11 a.m. Saturday in an elimination game.
— No. 3M Foothill 9, No. 2M Tech 6: At Tech, Isabella Higuera allowed one earned run in six innings to earn the win, and the Falcons (14-10) held off a seventh-inning rally to defeat Tech (10-12). Higuera, Camren Van Thomme and Hailey Gilbertson each had two hits for Foothill.
Class 3A
— No. 1M Boulder City 18, No. 2M Pahrump Valley 3: At Boulder City, Baylee Cook went 3-for-3 with a home run, a double and six RBIs, and the Eagles (23-6) needed just three innings to defeat the Trojans (19-7) in the Southern Region championship game. Alexis Farrar went 3-for-3 with a home run and four RBIs, and Payton Rogers tossed a four-hitter for Boulder City. Both teams advance to next week’s state tournament.
Class 2A
No. 1 Needles 10, No. 2 White Pine 0
No. 3 Lincoln County 16, No. 4 Awaken Christian 1 (Awaken eliminated)
No. 2 White Pine 9, No. 3 Lincoln County 8 (9 innings) (Lincoln County eliminated)
Class 1A
No. 1 Pahranagat Valley 4, No. 2 Round Mountain 3
No. 3 Indian Springs 14, No. 4 Tonopah 13 (Tonopah eliminated)
No. 2 Round Mountain 11, No. 3 Indian Springs 10 (9) (Indian Springs eliminated)
Baseball
Class 4A
— No. 2D Clark 13, No. 3D Cheyenne 3: At Clark, Nicholas Maffey went 2-for-3, and the Chargers (13-11) scored eight runs in the second inning to roll past the Desert Shields (21-7) in five innings in an elimination game. Cole Baren had three RBIs, and Bryan Humes struck out four while pitching a three-inning two-hitter for Clark. The Chargers host Western at 11 a.m. Saturday in another elimination game.
— No. 4M Western 10, No. 4S Eldorado 3: At Western, the Warriors (13-11) defeated the Sundevils (15-15) in an elimination game.
— No. 1D Tech 10, No. 4D Doral Academy 0: At Tech, Toren Wolf went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and an RBI as the Roadrunners (26-6) cruised past the Dragons (10-15) in an elimination game. Nathan Johnson went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI, and Bruce Trzpis pitched a five-inning two-hitter for Tech. The Roadrunners will host No. 2M Rancho, which advanced via forfeit over Cimarron-Memorial, at 11 a.m. Saturday in another elimination game.
Class 3A
— No. 1D Virgin Valley 14, No. 1M The Meadows 4: At Mesquite, Kurt Felix went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and seven RBIs to lead the Bulldogs to victory in the Southern Region championship game. Mason Montoya added two doubles and three RBIs, and Tray Hughes scattered seven hits to earn the six-inning victory for Virgin Valley. Both teams advance to next week’s state tournament.
Class 2A
No. 2 Needles 13, No. 1 Lake Mead 5
No. 3 White Pine 14, No. 4 Awaken Christian 4 (Awaken eliminated)
No. 1 Lake Mead 16, No. 3 White Pine 1 (White Pine eliminated)
Class 1A
No. 1C Indian Springs 17, No. 1S Pahranagat Valley 5
No. 2C Round Mountain 8, No. 2S Liberty Baptist 6 (Liberty Baptist eliminated)
No. 1S Pahranagat Valley 9, No. 2C Round Mountain 8 (Round Mountain eliminated)
A recent Review-Journal letter to the editor mischaracterized Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, also known as the Clark County Lands bill. As the former executive director of the Nevada Conservation League, I wholeheartedly support this legislation, so I wanted to set the record straight.
Sen. Cortez Masto has been working on this bill for years in partnership with state and local governments, conservation groups like the NCL and local area tribes. It’s true that the Clark County lands bill would open 25,000 acres to help Las Vegas grow responsibly, while setting aside 2 million acres for conservation. It would also help create more affordable housing throughout the valley while ensuring our treasured public spaces can be preserved for generations to come.
What is not correct is that the money from these land sales would go to the federal government’s coffers. In fact, the opposite is true.
The 1998 Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act is a landmark bill that identified specific public land for future sale and created a special account ensuring all land sale revenues would come back to Nevada. In accordance with that law 5 percent of revenue from land transfers goes to the state of Nevada for general education purposes, 10 percent goes to the Southern Nevada Water Authority for needed water infrastructure and 85 percent supports conservation and environmental mitigation projects in Southern Nevada. This legislation has provided billions to Clark County and will continue to benefit generations of Southern Nevadans. Sen. Cortez Masto’s lands bill builds upon the act’s success.
So here’s the good news: All of the money generated from land made available for sale under Sen. Cortez Masto’s bill would be sent to the special account created by the 1998 law. Rather than going to an unaccountable federal government, the proceeds would continue to help kids in Vegas get a better education, bolster outdoor recreation and modernize Southern Nevada’s infrastructure.
I know how important it is that money generated from the sale of public land in Nevada stay in the hands of Nevadans, and so does the senator. That’s why she opposed a Republican effort last year to sell off 200,000 acres of land in Clark County and other areas of the country that would have sent those dollars directly to Washington.
Public land management in Nevada should benefit Nevadans. We should protect sacred cultural sites and beloved recreation spaces, responsibly transfer land for affordable housing when needed and ensure our state has the resources it needs to grow sustainably. I will continue working with Sen. Cortez Masto to advocate for legislation, such as the Clark County lands bill, that puts the needs of Nevadans first.
Paul Selberg writes from Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas High’s baseball team claimed a 3-2 home win over Coronado on Friday.
Las Vegas (9-13-1) next hosts Rancho at 10 a.m. Saturday. Coronado (13-14) hosts Chaparral at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada’s jobless rate is holding steady, but the state is still adding jobs.
A new report from DETR shows February’s unemployment rate unchanged at 5.3 percent, with the labor force growing by nearly 3,800 people.
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Nevada now has about 1.6 million nonfarm jobs, up 2.2 percent over the past year and 1,500 more jobs than in January.
“This month’s report shows a strengthening labor market,” said David Schmidt, Chief Economist. ”Compared to the report for January, the pace of job gains in the past year increased from 1.9% to 2.2%, building on what was already the fastest pace of job growth in the country. While the unemployment rate remained stable, the labor force participation rate rose to 63.7%, 1.7 percentage points higher than the national level.”
In Las Vegas, employment ticked up by 1,100 jobs in February, about 0.1 percent, and is up more than 25,000 jobs compared to last year.
Reno added 1,000 jobs on the month, while Carson City shed about 200 but is still slightly above where it was a year ago.
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