Sports Roundup: High School Fall Sports Get Started

The Progress

Bulldog Volleyball
The Virgin Valley High School volleyball team went 1-5 at the season-opening Las Vegas Invitational tournament on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 20-21 in Las Vegas.
The lone victory for the Lady Bulldogs came against Cheyenne of Las Vegas. Virgin Valley prevailed 2-0 in that match.

Virgin Valley lost to Durango of Las Vegas, Las Vegas High School, Liberty of Las Vegas, Boulder City and Imperial, California. All by scores of 2-0.

After playing at Legacy in North Las Vegas on Tuesday, Aug. 24, the Lady Bulldogs will host Lincoln County of Panaca in their home opener on Thursday at 6 p.m. inside the VVHS gym.

Pirate Tennis
The Moapa Valley High School Tennis teams travelled to the Darling Tennis Center on Saturday, Aug. 21 to participate in a scrimmage with Faith Lutheran and Shadow Ridge.

In these unofficial scrimmage games, the Boys tennis team lost to Faith 2-16 and to Shadow Ridge 5-13, according to MaxPreps reporting. The players of the matches were Kenny Dobrev (Faith Lutheran) and Samuel Roe (Shadow Ridge).

The Girls Team also lost to Faith Lutheran by score of 1-17 and Shadow Ridge 4-14. The player of the match for the contest against Faith Lutheran was Madison Pettigrew (FL) and then for the Shadow Ridge competition was Hailey Morrow (SR).
The first official home match will be against Adelson on Wednesday starting at 3:00 pm.

Pirate Volleyball
The Moapa Valley High School Volleyball team travelled to Yerington for a weekend tournament that had 32 teams competing. On Friday, August 20, the Pirates played Fernley, Wooster, Sierra Sage Academy/Right of Passage in their assigned pool. All their matches were victories in straight sets.

On Saturday, the Pirates played in another assigned Pool and won over Carson City, North Tahoe, and Yerington in two straight sets each.

From the outcome of both pools, the Moapa girls then qualified for the 4-Team Single Elimination Gold Bracket Play. The team played Galena for the Semifinals, losing in a 3 set thriller by the scores of 33-31, 15-25, 8-15. No consolation match was played.

“The girls showed a lot of grit throughout the weekend, especially being behind many times and fighting their way to the win,” said MVHS head coach Mandie Matheson. “The most exceptional part of the weekend was watching different players in each game make big plays in clutch situations. They grew together each match.”

Matheson also outlined the bench play as well. “The players on the bench provided fire and energy to keep the girls on the court encouraged and working hard. It was a great start to the season and gave us the opportunity to really pinpoint the many areas we need to continue to improve upon.”

The B, JV, and Varsity Girls Volleyball Teams will be in play at the Meadows Academy in Las Vegas on Tuesday, August 24 at 5:00, 6:00, and 7:00 pm respectively. The Pirates’ first home match will be the following week against Las Vegas High on September 2.