Nolan Sherwood scored the tie-breaking goal with 10 minutes left in the match Saturday to lift Palo Verde’s boys soccer team to a 2-1 win over Green Valley in the Southern Nevada Kick-off Classic at Liberty.
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After Friday’s season opener at Basic, the jury may still be out on just how potent Liberty’s offense will be this season.
Israel Hernandez scored two goals Friday to help defending Division I state champion Eldorado to a 3-0 home win over Cimarron-Memorial’s boys soccer team.
Ashlynn Ballard and Marta Albanese each went 3-0 in singles Friday to help Shadow Ridge’s girls tennis team to a 13-5 win at Canyon Springs.
Chaitanya Ingle, Andrew Lim and Michael Pasimio all went 2-0 in singles as Clark’s boys tennis team began its season Friday with a 13-5 win at Moapa Valley.
It was during my favorite episode of “The Simpsons” marathon — Homer had just devoured the hot peppers grown in a Guatemalan insane asylum at the Springfield Chili Cook-Off — when the notification popped up on my phone.
Two years ago, Green Valley goalkeeper Kiyana Lopez was a freshman and had to watch senior goalie Nicole Dunn face Arbor View in the Division I state championship match, which was decided by penalty kicks.