After Boulder City High School’s boys tennis program was narrowly defeated by The Meadows 10-8 in the 3A state championship Friday at the Tahoe Donner Tennis Center in Truckee, California, the foundation for the team’s future success has been set.
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Friday’s 25-13 loss to Virgin Valley might have been another sign of disappointment on paper for the Boulder City High School football program, which dropped to 1-8 in its season finale, but following their respectable outing with the 3A Sunrise League champion Bulldogs, it’s easy to put this loss in the moral victory category.
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Claiming second-place finishes each at Saturday’s Sunrise division finals, the boys and girls Boulder City High School cross-country programs stepped up their performances during their first postseason test.
The Boulder City High School boys tennis program will be in search of their first 3A state championship since 1977 when it faces Northern Nevada challenger South Tahoe today in the state semifinals at the Reno Tennis Center.
Boulder City High School star golfer junior Lani Potter won the state’s individual title, ending a six-year drought, helping her teammates to a second-place finish against Northern Nevada challenger Elko during the state championships played Monday and Tuesday at Ruby View Golf Course in Elko, Nevada.
Each week the coaches at Boulder City High School nominate an athlete to spotlight for contributions made to his or her team. This week’s honoree is senior Camilla Sartor, who runs on the varsity cross-country team. Sartor has been a key member of the team, consistently improving her times at each race, according to coaches Canaan Petersen and Staci Selinger. She won the team’s home weekday meet Sept. 14 and was the first-place finisher in the region at the Spartan Invite on Oct. 1. An exchange student from Italy, she is the daughter of Stefano Sartor and Mara Benedetti; her host parents are Troy and Staci Selinger.
The Boulder City High School girls volleyball program (12-13 overall, 4-1 conference) got back to its winning ways Oct. 5, defeating Chaparral soundly with a 3-0 sweep.
The quarterfinals of the 3A Southern Region individual tennis bracket will be well represented by Boulder City High School when competitors from the Eagles and Lady Eagles take the court today at the Darling Tennis Center in Las Vegas.
Boulder City High School’s boys and girls cross-country programs got an added boost Saturday at the Lake Mead Invitational at Veterans’ Memorial Park, showing positive signs as they move toward the postseason.
Before Boulder City High School junior D.J. Reese attempts to hurl curveballs for the Eagles as a starter next spring, the two-year varsity wrestling veteran will attempt to achieve a bigger prize.
Boulder City High’s two-way star Peyton Koopman will find himself in good company next season, staying home to play for local junior college power College of Southern Nevada with a handful of the state’s premier prospects.
