DON McDERMOTT / PVT The Beatty girls track team gave that Nye County high school its first Southern Nevada regional championship since 1993 Saturday, when the Hornets won the Class A title at Moapa Valley in Overton. The Lady Hornets are coached by Jerry Adcox (back row, center). DON McDERMOTT / PVT Maria Martinez, Darian Venezio, Sara Gray and Ana Martinez won the 4x800-meter relay, giving Beatty 10 of its 150 points that led to the Southern Nevada Class A Regional Girls track championship Saturday, at Overton. Advertisement

OVERTON -- When it was reported in some Sunday publications that Beatty won the Southern Nevada Class A girls regional track championship, that information was relegated to one line at the end of a roundup story.

Well, here's the facts, sports fans.

For the first time since 1993, a Beatty High School girls track team won a regional championship, Saturday, at Moapa Valley High School here.

The Lady Hornets, coached by Jerry Adcox, accumulated 150 points, with 17 girls participating. There were Emily Salisbury and Markie Cohan, along with Britney Caskey, Darina Clark, Jessica Cottrill, Heather Dunsterville, Trista Eastman, Sara Gray, Ana Martinez, Maria Martinez, Lissette Mendez, Liz Moen, Amanda Revert, Kaci Schroeder, Lispeth Thompson, Darian Venezio, Cristal Williams and Meesha Worden.

Maria Martinez, Venezio, Gray and Ana Martinez won the 4x800-meter relay in a school-record 12:32:47, earning 10 points, unopposed.

In the pole vault, Adcox entered four girls -- Emily Salisbury and Markie Cohan, as well as Maria Martinez and Worden. No other team had a participant.

On her first attempt, Salisbury cleared the 5-foot starting height -- and earned another 10 points without opposition.

The Lady Hornets will compete in the state meet at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas Friday and Saturday, starting at 3 p.m. each day.

Beatty's boys scored 102 points and finished second to Spring Mountain's talented team.

Dominic Jones set two league meet records and won two other events to carry Spring Mountain to the title.

Jones set records in the 100 (11.17 seconds) and 200 meters (22.63). He also won the long jump (20 feet, 11 inches) and was a member of the Eagles' 400 relay team, which won in a meet-record 45.88.

Jones helped Spring Mountain score 241 points.

Elsewhere:

* Joi Goynes and Krystal Onyema won two events each to lift Faith Lutheran to the 3-A Southern League girls title. Goynes won the 100 (12.89) and 200 (26.54), and Onyema won the long jump (15-51/2) and triple jump (35-51/4). Faith Lutheran scored 262 points, beating Moapa Valley (156) and Boulder City (126).

Also for Faith Lutheran, Keely Bakken won the 1,600 (5:42.57) and 3,200 (12:36.02). Boulder City's Cally Stanton won the 100 hurdles (17.96) and 300 hurdles (49.82).

* Boulder City won the boys title with 204 points, followed by Faith Lutheran and Virgin Valley (tied at 1741/2) and Moapa Valley (107).

Faith Lutheran's John Cartier won the 100 (11.43), 200 (23.02), 400 (51.17) and anchored the Crusaders' winning 400 relay team (46.02).

Virgin Valley's Alex Thurston won the 100 hurdles (15.92) and 300 hurdles (41.77), and Shandon Miera won the long jump (19-61/2) and triple jump (39-81/4).

* Calvary Chapel's girls won the 2A Southern League title with 188 points, followed by The Meadows (1551/2).

The Meadows had three double winners: Kristyna Fong in the 100 hurdles (17.9) and long jump (14-81/2); Lauren Henry in the 100 (12.97) and 200 (27.57); and Brianna Capanna in the shot put (30-101/2) and discus (100-5).

Calvary Chapel's Sammy Forsberg won the 1,600 (6:00.92) and 3,200 (14:05.11).

White Pine's boys (2521/2) edged Calvary Chapel (236).