Silverado cruised to the Class 4A state football championship last season, but coach Andy Ostolaza expects a more difficult path to the title this year.
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Silverado returns many of its top players after a season in which it went 12-0, won the Class 4A state championship and outscored its opponents 628-128.
Silverado has a talented group of returning players from last year’s team that went 12-0 and cruised to its first state championship.
Bonds, who also ran on the winning 400 relay team and finished third in the 100, helped Centennial build a big lead heading into Saturday’s events.
Trace Evans threw a five-hitter and struck out two on Wednesday to guide Basic’s baseball team to a 5-2 win over Faith Lutheran in the Blazer Spring Bash at Durango.
Charlotte Randolph, Alexie Johnston and Ayanah Cason each won two individual events on Saturday to lead the Desert Oasis girls swimming team to a 150-135 win over Arbor View at Pavilion.
Nikita Nazarov won two events on Saturday to lead Sierra Vista’s boys swimming team to a 133-101 win over Cheyenne at Pavilion.
Eden Whitmore had 22 kills and Aria Messer had 34 assists to lead the Pirates to lead Moapa Valley’s vollyeball team to a 25-22, 14-25,15-25, 25-23, 15-8 home victory over The Meadows on Tuesday night.
Green Valley’s Austin Rogers has been aiming all season long to run a 3.1-mile course in less than 16 minutes. The senior finally got his wish Saturday morning in a tune-up for the postseason.
Ariana Witecki completed only three passes Tuesday, but all were for touchdowns as Legacy’s flag football team topped visiting Arbor View, 31-22, in a Sunset Region quarterfinal.
Victoria Cera scored two second-half goals Wednesday to lead Centennial’s girls soccer team to a 2-0 win over visiting Shadow Ridge.
Robert Cowan scored three goals Wednesday, and Foothill’s boys soccer team rolled to a 4-1 victory over visiting Canyon Springs.
Eldorado High School’s Troy Sirat didn’t arrive at the Sunrise Region Championships at UNLV on Saturday to win titles in the two events he competed in. After what he’s been through the past few years, winning has become trivial.