Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2017 spring sports season and will be looking to defend this upcoming season.
Baseball
Follow the link for postseason baseball honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
Asher Bouldin singled home Ryan Merino with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning on Wednesday to lift Palo Verde’s baseball team to a 3-2 home win over Cimarron-Memorial.
Tim Jeffries, one of the most successsful wrestling coaches in state history, said Tuesday he is stepping down as Faith Lutheran’s coach after five seasons.
Richard Mascarenas entered the game with the bases loaded and nobody out in the seventh for Durango on Friday, and got a flyball and a double play to lock down the save in a 3-2 road win over Pahrump Valley.
Jack Wold singled off the right-field fence with one out in the bottom of the seventh to score Christian Rivero and lift Basic’s baseball team to a 3-2 home victory over Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Sophomore Gabriel Achucarro, using his unconventional delivery, threw a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts to stymie the Sierra Vista offense and lead Chatsworth (California) to a 4-0 win in the Steven Janvrin Championship game of the Blazer Spring Bash at Durango High.
Banning (California) produced all of its hits and runs in the top of the seventh inning and held on for a 3-2 win over Palo Verde’s baseball team in the Blazer Spring Bash at Durango High on Tuesday.
In his first pitching outing of the season, Anthony Guzman struck out four in three innings of relief to help Rancho’s baseball team secure a 6-4 victory over San Pedro (California) in the Blazer Spring Bash at Shadow Ridge High.
Rancho’s Layton Walls provided a two-run single, and the Rams’ baseball team added another run on a passed ball as part of a three-run eighth inning to defeat Liberty 4-1 on the road Tuesday.
Shadow Ridge’s baseball team rallied for seven runs in the top of the 10th inning on Wednesday to earn a 12-5 road victory over Arbor View.
Palo Verde’s Jaret Godman hit a three-run double with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning Thursday to lead the Panthers’ baseball team over Arbor View at home, 5-3.
Lasith Narasinghe went 3-for-3 with a home run, two runs and three RBIs as Cimarron-Memorial’s baseball team scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 4-4 tie and defeat visiting Shadow Ridge, 8-4 on Tuesday.
The Shadow Ridge baseball team scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to bring the game within two on Monday, but visiting Palo Verde was too much as the Panthers held on for a 10-8 win.
Miguel Elicerio hit a solo homer in the bottom of the sixth to break a 1-1 tie as Rancho’s baseball team edged visiting Las Vegas 2-1 on Monday.