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Playoff roundup: Silverado pitcher fans 17 in 4A state semifinal win

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Silverado pitcher Giovanni Guariglia struck out 17 over 6 2/3 innings to lead the Skyhawks (20-13) to a 5-4 win over Bonanza on Friday in a Class 4A state baseball losers’ bracket semifinal at Bishop Gorman.

Silverado, the Sky League’s No. 2 seed, will play Mountain League champion Durango at 9 a.m. Saturday for the 4A state title at Faith Lutheran. The Skyhawks must win twice to claim the title.

Bonanza, the No. 3 seed from the Sky League, defeated Sky League champion Sierra Vista 7-4 in an earlier elimination game to get a crack at Silverado.

Silverado blew open a 1-0 game in the bottom of the fifth, scoring five runs to take 5-1 lead. The Bengals (15-18) showed life too late in the seventh scoring three before leaving a runner stranded on third to end the game.

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No. 3S Bonanza 7, No. 1S Sierra Vista 4: At Gorman, Darren McGee earned the win for the Bengals, allowing six hits and no earned runs in 5 1/3 innings in an elimination game. A 3-3 tie was broken in the top of the fifth when Bonanza’s Mike Garcia doubled, scoring two. Tyson Owens hit a solo home run to right field in the sixth inning to pad the lead. The Bengals collected 10 hits, two each from Gonzalez, McGee, Garcia and Klump.

Class 3A

No. 1S Virgin Valley 11, No. 1N Churchill County 0: At Churchill County, Dodger Smith drove in four runs while going 3-for-4 for the Bulldogs (30-1) in a victory over the Greenwave (25-6). The Bulldogs secured the victory by notching seven runs in the top of the seventh inning in the winners’ bracket state semifinals.

Virgin Valley will play The Meadows, which defeated Churchill County 8-3 in an elimination game, at 9 a.m. Saturday at Churchill County for the 3A state title.

No. 2S The Meadows 8, No. 1N Churchill County 3: At Churchill County, the Mustangs (27-11) took control against the Greenwave (25-7) in the fifth inning, scoring five runs on four hits in a losers’ bracket state semifinal. James Nelson earned the win, pitching seven innings while giving up three runs.

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No. 2S The Meadows 7, No. 2N Spring Creek 1: At Churchill County, Aiden Otano got the Mustangs’ win over the Spartans (27-7) in an elimination game, striking out six and surrendering no earned runs in six innings. The Mustangs scored in every inning but the third.

Class 2A

No. 1S Needles 10, No. 2S Lake Mead Academy 0: At Durango, the Mustangs (27-8) scored six runs in the fourth inning and defeated the Eagles (21-4) in a winners’ bracket semifinal. Collin Smith got the win, striking out eight in five innings. The Mustangs totaled 11 hits.

Needles will play Lake Mead Academy for the 2A state title at 9 a.m. Saturday at Durango. Lake Mead Academy must win twice to claim the title.

No. 2S Lake Mead Academy 12, No. 1N West Wendover 5: At Durango, Cameron Lapres’ hitting lifted the Eagles over the Wolverines (25-8) in a losers’ bracket state semifinal. Lapres went 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs. The Eagles scored five runs on two hits in the seventh inning.

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Class 1A

No. 1S Indian Springs 8, No. 2S Pahranagat Valley 1: At Fernley, the Thunderbirds (20-2) cruised past the Panthers (20-10) in a losers’ bracket state semifinal.

Indian Springs will play Smith Valley at 10 a.m. Saturday for the state title at Fernley. It will have to win twice to claim the title.

Adam Groeblinghoff pitched seven innings, allowing seven hits while striking out seven. He also went 2-for-2 with two walks and an RBI.

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Class 4A

No. 1S Basic 8, No. 1M Desert Oasis 1: At Bishop Gorman, Melaine Hughes earned the win for the Wolves (23-7), striking out seven in a complete game victory over the Diamondbacks (15-10) in a losers’ bracket state semifinal. The Wolves tallied 14 hits, and Braeyln Yakubik, Gabrielle Clayton and Taimane Lavea each drove in two runs.

Basic won an earlier elimination game over Rancho to get a shot at Desert Oasis. It will play Sierra Vista at 9 a.m. Saturday for the state title at Faith Lutheran. The Wolves must win twice to claim the title.

No. 1S Basic 16, No. 1D Rancho 0: At Bishop Gorman, Halley Redd drove in four runs on three hits as the Wolves routed Rams (16-15) in an elimination game. Redd had four RBIs, homering in the third, tripling in the second and doubling in the fifth. Hughes got the win, going four innings with four strikeouts.

Class 3A

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No. 2N Fernley 9, No. 1S Boulder City 2: At Churchill County, the Vaqueros (24-14) eliminated the Eagles (24-8) in a losers’ bracket state semifinal. Boulder City defeated Pahrump Valley 18-3 in another elimination game to get a crack at Fernley, which faces Churchill County for the state title Saturday.

No. 1S Boulder City 18, No. 2S Pahrump Valley 3: At Churchill County, Baylee Cook hit two home runs and drove in five as the Eagles stormed past the Trojans (19-9) in an elimination game. Alexis Farrar went 3-for-4 and stole four bases for the Eagles.

Class 2A

No. 1S Needles 15, No. 2S White Pine 0: At Durango, the Mustangs (27-4) scored eight runs in the fourth inning against the Ladycats (18-12-1) in a winners’ bracket semifinal to advance to Saturday’s state title game. Needles will face White Pine, which won an elimination game 10-6 over Pershing County, for the 2A title at 9 a.m.

Jaelyn Garcia hit a three-run homer in the first inning for Needles. He also earned the win, striking out five while giving up one hit in four innings.

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No. 2S White Pine 10, No. 1N Pershing County 6 : At Durango, Gianna Sedlacek went 3-for-4 with a solo home run in the third inning to lift the Bobcats (19-12-1) past the Mustangs (26-2) in an elimination game. Sedlacek also earned the win, striking out six in seven innings.

Class 1A

No. 1S Pahranagat Valley 11 No. 2N Carlin 7: At Fernley, Hadee Walch got the win for the Panthers (25-7) in a losers’ bracket state semifinal over the Railroaders.

Pahranagat Valley will play Coleville at 10 a.m. Saturday for the 1A state title. Pahranagat Valley lost to Coleville in a winners’ bracket semifinal to be forced into the elimination game.

Contact Jacob Powers at jpowers@reviewjournal.com. Follow@jaypowers__ on X.

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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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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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