Seniors Ali Rants, Zoe Dodd and Katie Robbins gather for a picture following practice on Monday. The trio has helped lead the Lady Eagles volleyball team to a 26-7 record, including 14 wins in a row. The team defeated Cimarron-Memorial in Four sets Tuesday. Photo by Pedro F. Fonteboa

By Pedro F. Fonteboa, Boulder City Review

It is not the winning streak that matters, as much as whom you beat. At least that is the way senior middle blocker Katie Robbins sees it.

Robbins and her teammates on Boulder City High School girls’ volleyball team are going for their 15th consecutive win today, Thursday, when they play at home against visiting Moapa Valley, at 5 p.m.

“The winning streak is nice, but it is not the focus of our team,” Robbins said. “We play to win and the streaks are whatever they are. We want to beat Moapa Valley because they are in our league and because it is Senior Day.”

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By Pedro F. Fonteboa, Boulder City Review

Tonight’s season finale against league rival Moapa Valley is personal for this year’s senior class.

Kaeden Gonzalez (21) grabs the runner during Boulder City's 33-7 victory against Clark on Oct. 21. Gonzalez is one of 13 seniors playing their final home game tonight, Thursday, against league rival Moapa Valley. Photo by Etch-Pic's Photography

In recent years Moapa Valley High School has dominated Boulder City on the football field. But several Eagles seniors believe this is the year that the losing streak ends.

“We plan to bring it against Moapa Valley,” said senior nose guard James Morgan. “We haven’t played well against them in recent years, but this team has a different heart. I think we can beat Moapa Valley. We just have to believe and play like we mean it. We can end their streak and start one of our own. It would be a great victory not only for the seniors but for everyone on the team and the coaches.”

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By Pedro F. Fonteboa, Boulder City Review

A return trip to the girls’ volleyball state tournament begins with a tough summer workout.

With that in mind, Boulder City High School coach Cherise Roe will begin the girls Aug. 8 with the intense, three-day Gold Medal Squared camp at the school.

“There will be several college coaches running the camp for our girls,” said Roe, who enters her 13th season as the Lady Eagles coach. “It is a way to start with the basic skills and have each player be on the same page and improve as much as possible heading into the season.”

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By Staff, Boulder City Review

Boulder City High has won its second consecutive Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association’s Award of Excellence in Academics, Athletics and Citizenship in Class 3A, the state’s governing body of high school athletics announced June 3.

This is the second consecutive school year the Eagles have earned the award and the fifth time since it was introduced in 2000-01.

The winning school is based on a scoring system that awards points to schools based on the varsity team’s performance in the classroom, in athletics and sportsmanship.

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By Arnold M. Knightly, The Editor’s Desk

I spent the weekend in Mesquite getting back to my journalistic roots: covering high school sports.

For three days I covered the Boulder City baseball and softball teams’ appearances in the Class 3A state tournaments.

For the baseball team, it was their first appearance since 2006. For the softball team, it was their third consecutive trip, having won the state championship last season.

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MESQUITE- The Boulder City diamond squads seasons ended Saturday in Mesquite short of their ultimate goal.

The Eagles baseball lost to Churchill County, 5-0, to finish Class 3A state runner-up in the program’s first trip to state since 2006. 

The defending state champion Lady Eagles lost to Elko, 9-5, in the finals of the losers bracket, finishing third.

Senior Michael Fonteboa won the 200-meter dash on Friday at Del Sol, the Eagles lone win during the opening day of the Class 3A state track meet.

Fonteboa finished in 22.5 seconds withe senior Joe Woodbury finishing third. 

Shot putter James Morgan won his second state championship with a throw of 59 feet, 1 1/2 inches, setting a new state meet record.

Woodbury sprinted to a second-place finish in the 100, 400 and the 110 hurdles.

Fonteboa finished third in the 100 and helped the 4×100, and 4×200 relay finish second.

The 4×400 relay team also grabbed second.

Top performers for the girls were the 4×100 and 4×200 relays, which finished second, and Heather Phelp’s second-place finish in the triple  jump.

Boulder City boys team finished second behind Churchill County, 133 1/2 to 98. The girls team finished a distant third.

MESQUITE- The Lady Eagles need to win three games on Saturday in Mesquite to repeat as Class 3A state champions.

Boulder City (32-4) lost to Churchill County, 4-1, in the final of the winners bracket Friday afternoon.

The Lady Eagles must defeat Elko (16-8) in a 10 a.m. elimination game, and then beat Churchill (26-10) twice to repeat as champions.

The Green Wave took advanage of four Boulder City errors, while adding seven hits in the win.

The Lady Eagles loaded the bases in the first inning with three singles, but failed to score. Their loan run came in the sixth inning when junior catcher Taylor McKeever scored on sophomore Alex Frye’s two-out single.

Frye was then picked off at first to end the rally. Boulder City had seven hits but left six runners on base.

Coach Bruce Reid declined comment after the game, stating he had to get to a coaches’ meeting.

MESQUITE- The Eagles rebounded from a loss Friday afternoon to eliminate Lowry from the Class 3A state tournament in Mesquite.

Boulder City (18-11) has to win two games Saturday against Churchill County (24-10) to win its first state championship since 2006.

The Eagles lost to Churchill in the first game Friday, 12-2.

Against Lowry (20-10), Boulder City scored five runs in the first inning helped by two Lowry errors on the first two batters.

Sophomore catcher Billy Barth had an RBI double, and junior left fielder Michael Hernandez got a two-run single in the first.

Senior center fielder Jack LaMarca added a two-run triple, and scored on sophomore first baseman Tanner Howell’s sacrifice fly.

Junior pitcher Thomas Shelley gave up four hits and two walks in the win.

They might have to make the run without number two pitcher and power hitter Nate Hafe.

Hafen hurt his hand against Churchill and missed the Lowry game. Coach Bill Strachan said he is waiting for the medical report to come back before making a decision on Hafen.

Hafen started the game against Churchill, but left after 1 1/3 innings after the Green Wave had built an 8-1 lead.

Strachan said he will decide who will start the 10 a.m. game after meeting with his coaches.

Top starter LaMarca is eligible to pitch six innings Saturday after pitching five during the 20-3 win against Truckee on Thursday. Shelley is also available for six innings.

MESQUITE- Boulder City surrendered seven runs in the second inning in a 12-2 loss to Churchill County in the Class 3A state tournament.

The Eagles will now face Lowry in an elimination game at 4 p.m. If they win, Bouler City would have to beat Churchill County twice on  Saturday to win the state championship.

Churchill County pitcher Roman Hucks only surrendered two runs on four hits, striking out six in the five-inning game.

Hucks also hit a three-run homer, one of three Green Waves homers in the game.

Junior Nate Hafen started the game for the Eagles, but was pulled after 1 1/3 inning trailing 8-0. Replacement pitcher DJ Koopman was ejected in the same inning for shoving a player near the plate going fow a ball in play.

Junior Aubrey Wrightsman pitched 2/13 innings, giving up two home runs in the fourth inning. Sophomore Tino Ragone pitched the scoreless fifth for Boulder City.

Sophomore Tanner Howell and Wrightsman had RBIs for the Eagles.

The Eagles play at the same time the Lady Eagles softball team plays Churchill, with the winner moving into Saturday’s championship game.