Virgin Valley rallied for a 25-20, 21-25, 20-25, 25-22, 18-16 victory over The Meadows to win the Class 3A Southern Region volleyball championship at home Saturday. Kinley Hughes led the Bulldogs with 27 kills, while Sutton Tobler added nine kills and 17 digs and Mayzie Tobler contributed 41 assists and 16 digs. The loss was the first to a Nevada opponent this season for The Meadows. Both teams advance to the 3A state tournament starting Friday at Sierra Vista, where Virgin Valley (25-13) will face Truckee in a semifinal and The Meadows (27-4) will meet South Tahoe.
In 2A volleyball, GV Christian captured the Southern League title with a 23-25, 27-25, 25-16, 25-19 win over Lincoln County. The Guardians (25-11) and Lynx (21-10-2) both advance to the state tournament at UNR's Virginia Street Gym, with GV Christian playing Yerington at 3:40 p.m. Thursday and Lincoln County facing North Tahoe at 2 p.m. Thursday in the semifinals.
Pahranagat Valley won the 1A Southern League title, defeating Liberty Baptist 25-19, 25-27, 25-19, 25-16. Both the Panthers (17-7) and Knights (17-13) move on to the 1A state tournament beginning Thursday at Sierra Vista. In the Central League, Round Mountain swept Beatty 25-18, 25-12, 25-15 for the title, sending both teams to the state tournament as well.
On the soccer side, Pahrump Valley upset top-seeded Virgin Valley 5-2 in the 3A Southern Region final at Pahrump Valley. The third-seeded Trojans (9-5-1) earned the South's top seed for the state tournament at Reed High in Reno, where they will face Truckee at 6 p.m. Friday in a semifinal. Virgin Valley (17-5-2) will play South Tahoe at 4 p.m. Friday.
Moapa Valley claimed the other 3A Southern Region soccer title with a 2-0 shutout of Boulder City at Pahrump Valley. Presley Adams scored in each half for the top-seeded Pirates (20-5-2), with Kali Kynaston adding an assist and goalkeeper Kylie Bennion recording the clean sheet. Moapa Valley enters the state tournament as the South's No. 1 seed and will face South Tahoe at 2 p.m. Friday at Reed, while Boulder City (20-3-4) meets Truckee at noon.
Sources: Las Vegas Review-Journal
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