Jacqueline Hillegas drilled the golden goal in the seventh minute of overtime to send the Gaels to their first region title game since 2013 after a 2-1 win against Palo Verde at Bettye Wilson Park.
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Tommi Stockham had 17 kills, 14 digs and two aces as Bishop Gormans girls volleyball team held on for a 25-21, 25-10, 26-28, 26-24 win at Palo Verde on Wednesday night.
Arbor View’s Keith Williams led at the front of a pack of five runners early. Eventually, he managed to hold off PahrumpValley’s Bryce Odegard and Centennial’s Alexander Miller in the final quarter mile, putting in a good finishing kick to cross the line in 16 minutes and 13 seconds.
Palo Verde and Coronado’s girls golf teams braved the windy conditions Monday afternoon to take leads in the Class 4A Sunset and Sunrise Region tournaments at Boulder City Municipal.
Sydney Washington had 13 kills and four blocks Thursday as Faith Lutheran’s girls volleyball team downed host Legacy, 25-20, 29-25, 25-22, 25-21.
Desert Oasis relied on strong singles play for a 13-5 victory over Faith Lutheran in the Sunset Regional quarterfinals on Tuesday afternoon.
Bishop Gorman No. 3 singles player Blake Weismann won a tiebreaking point over Palo Verde’s top singles player, Jack Kostrinsky, to help the Gaels’ boys tennis team edge the Panthers on the road, 10-9.
Anna Pfarrer went 3-0 in singles as the Liberty girls tennis team beat Valley at home in the Class 4A Sunrise Region quarterfinals Thursday, 11-7.
Coronado’s Jensen Boman had one goal and one assist to lead the Cougars’ girls soccer team to a 3-0 win at Desert Oasis on Monday.
On Saturday, Green Valley’s Milton Amezcua had the biggest moment of his high school career, winning the junior-senior boys race at the Labor Day Classic at Palo Verde with a time of 16 minutes, 40 seconds for 3.1 miles.
Virgin Valley’s boys tennis team won the tiebreaker 4-2 over Chaparral en route to a 10-9 road win on Thursday afternoon.
The doubles teams of Hannah Robinson and Lainey Waldman, and Talia Williams and Ashlee Weger each went 3-0 to lead Centennial’s girls tennis team to an 11-7 home win over Shadow Ridge on Thursday.
Gabriel Miranda scored on a penalty kick in the final minute for Faith Lutheran’s boys soccer team Saturday to force a draw against Western. The Crusaders won 4-3 in penalty kicks at Green Valley to advance to the finals of the Southern Nevada Kick-off Classic.
Gustavo Garcia scored the go-ahead goal in the 58th minute as Cimarron-Memorial’s boys soccer team held on for a 3-1 home victory over Arbor View in the Southern Nevada Kick-off Classic on Friday.
Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2016 fall sports season and will be looking to defend this upcoming season.