Despite being plagued with absences, the Boulder City boys and girls swim teams won their dual meet over Virgin Valley on Saturday at the Henderson Multigenerational Pool. The girls won 200-77; the boys won 133-126.
High School
The Lady Eagles continued their winning ways as they inch closer to the end of the season.
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 junior Samuel Gomez, who set a personal record in shot put with a throw of 46-7½, earning second place, and threw a meet record of 160-6 in discus at the Ocean View Small School Invite in Huntington Beach, Calif. He is the son of Holly Gomez.
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Friday afternoon, Boulder City hosted one of it’s biggest sporting events of the spring season: the Ron Resler Invitational, a track and field meet attended by more than 15 schools.
It only took one inning to put away the Boulder City baseball team, as the Eagles lost to Las Vegas High School Friday night 9-2.
A late game rally pushed the Wildcats to a 6-5 victory against the Lady Eagles softball team Friday night.
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 Luke Logan, a member of the boys golf team. He was the individual medalist in all three of the team’s Sunrise League matches, shooting a 1 under par 71 twice and 6 over par 77, leading the team to victory each time. He is the son of Jennifer and Shawn Logan.
Luke Logan hits a chip shot on the first hole in the Division I-A match held April 9 at the Boulder City municipal golf course. Logan shot a 1 under par 71 to help Boulder City win the event, coming in with a team score of 411. Quentin Turner shot 83, Kyler Atkinson shot 84, Hunter Ulibarri shot 85, Samu Jancuk shot 88 and Jackson Wright shot 90. It was the team’s third consecutive league victory.
Junior pitcher Charlene Masterson led the Lady Eagles softball team to a 12-2 win over Chaparral on Tuesday, giving Boulder City its sixth consecutive league win. The team is now 6-0 in the league.
The tension at Tuesday’s baseball game against Chaparral was so thick you could cut it with a knife.
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 junior Nolan DeSantis, who was 13-for-17 in the Eagle’s spring break tournament in Anaheim, Calif., giving him a .765 batting average. The team was 1-4 in the tourney’s five games. He is the son of Susan and William DeSantis.
Boulder City girls basketball forward Megan Morton was selected to the Division I-A all-state first team March 20. She also received all-state honors in 2014 when she was second-team.
In the short span of three years, Chris Morelli and the girls of his flag football team went from experimental to undefeated. It was a learning process for everyone involved, but Morelli had the utmost confidence in his girls and himself.