Fall Sports Roundup: VVHS Volleyball Beats Eldorado, Losee

VVHS Volleyball
By BOB SNELL

The Virgin Valley High School girls volleyball team picked up two victories last week in 3A South league play.

The Lady Bulldogs defeated Eldorado, 3-1, in Las Vegas on Wednesday and followed up with a 3-1 victory at home on Friday night over Somerset-Losee.
The two wins improve Virgin Valley to 2-4 in league play and 3-11 overall.

At Eldorado, senior Calla Haviland led the way for the Lady Bulldogs with 15 kills, five service aces and 16 digs. VVHS won the match with scores of 23-25, 25-16, 25-17 and 25-15.
Reggi Frei added 11 kills and 12 digs while Marian Leavitt recorded 29 assists for VVHS. Laila Ponce had eight digs and Kinzley Lee seven.

In the victory over Losee, Haviland came up with 17 kills to go along with 26 digs as the Lady Bulldogs prevailed 18-25, 25-19, 28-26, and 25-11.

Frei chipped in with 11 kills and 12 digs with Leavitt notching 29 assists and seven digs. Evia Toone had 14 digs and four service aces, Ponce seven digs and Hailey Vellinga five kills.

Virgin Valley will host rival Moapa Valley on Thursday at 6 p.m.

MVHS Girls Soccer
By VERNON ROBISON

The Pirate Girls Soccer team ended last week adding two more victories to its 11-4-1 overall record.
On Wednesday, the team travelled to Chaparral High School in Las Vegas and shut out the Cowboys 6-0.
Talli Fairchild and Taytum Yardley each scored two goals in the route. In addition, Paige Fairgchild and Ellie Cornwall also put the ball into the net for a goal apiece.
Cornwall also had an assist in the game.

The Pirates travelled to Las Vegas again on Friday to face Mojave High School where they won 8-0.
Lexy Fullman and Mallory Tobler each scored twice in the match. Also scoring goals were Talli Fairchild, Brooke Sherwood, Paige Fairchild and Cornwall.

Abbie Hammons got two assists in the game. Fullmer, Tallie Fairchild, Paige Bodily and Cornwall each got one.

The Pirates will host Cheyenne on Thursday night at 5 pm.

VVHS Girls Soccer
By LOU MARTIN

If records were kept for the number of consecutive shutouts by a Nevada soccer team, the Lady Dawgs would be on the list.

The Bulldog soccer gals took it to the Desert Shields from Cheyenne High School on Friday, Oct. 8, with a convincing 11-0 win.

There were a lot of heroes in the game, but the Bulldog defensive line, especially the mid-fielders, have been dominating during the run. Kudos should be given to goalkeeper Erin Ofori who when given the chance to save goals, performed perfectly.

Nine Bulldogs reached goal in the win led by Jaymie Hulet and Dani Correa with two goals, followed by Graciee Draney, Amparo Quirarte, Emma Hughes, Sophie Tobler, Tiana Tafili, Natalie Martinez and Ofori with a goal each.

Assisting on the score were eight Bulldogs. Tifli, Correa, Tobler, Hughes, Draney, Hulet, Adison Snyder and Natalie Zarate each had an assist. The Match was called off at the 15 minute mark of the second period. They say that football is America’s game now, but don’t let it fool you, come out and watch these players go through 40 minute halves without a timeout.

The Dawgs are in the top spot in the 3A Desert League with a 6-1-1 record. The Dawgs host Mojave High School on Tuesday October 12 before traveling to Chaparral on Thursday Oct. 14. Then they return to host Moapa Valley on Monday, Oct. 18.

MVHS Tennis
By NICK YAMASHITA

The Pirates took on the very strong (and full roster) play of Meadows Academy on Tuesday, Oct. 5. The Boys lost 2-11 with Cole Neilson and Mason Wheeler winning in doubles as well as Aidan Johnson and Braden Leavitt also claiming victory in doubles. The Girls played hard but unfortunately lost to the private school 0-18.

With regular season play ended, the Pirates head into Regionals this week. The boys faced off against Pahrump on Monday. The score will be reported in next week’s edition. The Girls will face off against Canyon Springs on Tuesday, Oct. 12. If both secure wins, then they will face off against their powerful rival, Boulder City on Thursday, October 14.

The Pirate teams have had full rosters this year with 22 student athletes on each of the boys and girls teams. The majority of the 44 students had never played tennis competitively before.

“This year brought us many new players,” said Head Coach Donna Swanson. “Both Coach Robbin Ozaki and I were excited to be able to inspire so many new players to learn and love the game of tennis.”