Cross Country Regionals
Both of the Moapa Valley High School Cross Country teams won the NIAA Southern Region 3A Championship meet on Friday, Oct. 29 at Veterans Memorial Park in Boulder City.
The MVHS Boys team stormed the meet ending with 27 points, and far outpacing the 2nd place Somerset Academy Sky Pointe team which had 56 points.
The Virgin Valley boys team took 4th place in the meet with 108 points.
There were four MVHS runners that ended in the top ten of the race. Taking the top three spots in the Region were Pirate runners Cyrus Katich, who ran the 5K course with a time of 17:36.6; Ethan Witter at 18:01.7; and Marcus Shambaugh at 18:03.8.
Trevor Witter crossed the finish line in 7th place with a time of 18:27.8.
Virgin Valley junior Owen Rappley took 12th place in the race with a time of 19:06.3.
The Lady Pirate team won the regional meet with 32 points, coming in just three points ahead of 2nd place Somerset Academy Sky Pointe which had 35 points.
Three Pirate runners ended in the top ten of the race. Emma Humes finished first in the region with a time of 20:41.3. Linn Engelgren came in 5th at 22:39.8. And Kenzie Hughes took 7th place at 23:04.1.
Though the VVHS girls didn’t have enough runners to field a team, there were two individual Bulldogs who ran in the top 5 of the meet. Kelly Denninghoff took 3rd place with a time of 21:58.1. Jenna Walters was just a few steps behind her, coming in 4th place at 22:02.5.
The 3A State Championship meet will take place in Sparks, Nevada on Saturday, November 6.
MVHS Girls Soccer
The Moapa Valley High School Girls Soccer team hosted its final match of the season with a game against Cheyenne on Thursday, Oct. 28. The Pirates dispatched the Desert Shields with a final score of 8-0.
The Pirates dominated on both sides of the field. Two Moapa players scored hat tricks in the match. Freshman Mallory Tobler and junior Talli Fairchild scored three goals apiece. The other two goals were scored for the Pirates by Brooke Sherwood and Ariana Lester.
Assists were made by Tobler and Paige Tobler who had one apiece.
The Pirate defense was solid, led by goalkeeper Savanna Burt who let nothing go past her.
The win left the Pirates with a 15-4 overall record, 6-1 in the league. That puts the Moapa team at the top of the Desert league.
On Tuesday, Nov. 2, the Pirates will travel to the Regional Playoffs at Bettye Wilson Park in Las Vegas. In the first round, they will take on #8 seed Mojave High School beginning at 6 pm. The Pirates beat Mojave 5-1 earlier on Oct. 22.
VVHS Girls Soccer
By LOU MARTIN
The Virgin Valley High School Girls Soccer team finished the regular season well last week shutting out Cheyenne 1-0, Mojave 6-0 and Chaparral 8-0. The Dawgs finished regular play with an 11-2-1 season record.
All 11 of those wins were by shutouts as the Bulldog defense, led by midfielders, closed down opponents.
The Bulldogs shutout Cheyenne 1-0 on Friday October 22 led by Katrina Beltran’s lone goal with the assist going to Emma Hughes.
The Dawgs 6-0 win Tuesday over the Mojave Rattlers was led by Dani Correa and freshman Natali Isidro with two goals each followed by Emma Hughes and Natalia Zarate with one apiece.
Scoring assists for the Dawgs were Beltran, Hughes, Emily Jimenez and Jackie Valdez.
Virgin Valley seemed to find their game against the Rattlers scoring immediately 30 seconds into the match.
“Our seniors controlled the midfield,” said Bulldog coach Scott Trimming. “Our center backs Kacie Garrett and Alexia De Santiago did not let Mojave penetrate the back line.”
The Lady Dawgs faced off against Chaparral on Wednesday evening during senior awards night coming away with an 8-0 victory.
The Bulldogs saw five different players strike goal in the first 25 minutes of play as they completely overwhelmed the Chargers.
Scoring goals for the Dawgs were Josselyn Hernandez, Emma Hughes, Dani Correa, Angela Ludena and Jaymie Hulet.
The Bulldogs ended the first half of play with a 5-0 advantage. Correa added her second goal of the game to begin the second half, followed by goals from Raeanna Slack, Natalia Zarate.
Hulet had two assists followed by Correa, Ludena, and Hughes with one assist each.
“Our girls played clinical soccer,” said Coach Trimming. “We found holes in the inexperienced Chaparral defense which made scoring at will possible.”
The Bulldogs will play next week at the 3A Southern Nevada Regionals at Bettye Wilson Park in Las Vegas. They go into the playoffs as the #2 seed in the Desert Division.
In the first round, the Bulldogs will go up against #6 seed Durango at 6 pm.
VVHS Volleyball
The Virgin Valley High School Volleyball squad captured two road wins last week before facing rival Moapa Valley.
The Lady Bulldogs defeated Somerset Academy-Losee, 3-0, in North Las Vegas. They then followed that up with a 3-0 win over Sunrise Mountain in Las Vegas.
In the victory over Losee, the Lady Bulldogs prevailed by scores of 26-16, 25-20 and 25-17.
Calla Haviland led the way for VVHS with 17 digs and 14 kills while Reggi Frei had 14 digs and six kills. Marian Leavitt recorded 21 assists and Evia Toone added 5 service aces. Hana Iverson chipped in with seven digs while Kinzley Lee added six.
The Lady Bulldogs swept Sunrise Mountain by scores of 25-11, 25-8 and 25-11 to improve to 6-3 in league play and 7-16 overall prior to the match against Moapa Valley.
Virgin Valley will open the 3A Southern Region playoffs on Tuesday in a rematch with Moapa Valley at 6 p.m. on the Lady Pirates’ home floor. The regional championship match will be played in Mesquite on Friday inside the VVHS gymnasium.
MVHS Volleyball
By NICK YAMASHITA
Early last week, the Pirates over-ran Eldorado 3-0 with tough serving. The Moapa team traveled to Las Vegas and won in a slaughter that lasted three sets: 25-15, 25-6, 25-9. Emily Matheson had 7 aces, Laila Frei had 4, and Edyn Bennet 3. Talley Blackwell added another 3 aces.
The Pirates headed into the weekend to play in the Aggie Invitational Tournament at Arbor View High School in Las Vegas. There on Friday, they beat Southeast Tech 2-0 with scores 25-9, 25-6; and advanced on to beat Spring Valley 2-0 with scores of 25-11, 25-20. The third opponent on Friday, was against Basic which they won 3-1: 25-22, 22-25, 15-12.
Then the team ran into a tough Silverado team who gave them their first challenge all year. This ended in a loss for the Pirates in two sets: 15-25, 16-25.
MVHS went into Single Elimination Gold Bracket and went on to play Liberty on Saturday, losing to the Patriots 0-2 by scores of 10-25, 13-25. Liberty is 10-0 in the 4A Lake League.
