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.
Senior Shea Clements hit a home run to lead off the bottom of the sixth inning to help the Mustangs to a 7-6 victory over Coronado on Friday in the winners’ bracket final.
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.
Taylor Etopio scored 17 points, and Faith Lutheran’s girls basketball team went 8-for-8 from the free-throw line in the final four minutes to score a 53-49 overtime victory against visiting Shadow Ridge on Thursday night.
Julian Strawther hit a 3-pointer as time expired Thursday to give Liberty’s boys basketball team a 67-64 road win over Green Valley.
Laila Loring scored two goals Wednesday afternoon to lead Durango’s girls soccer team to a 3-2 road victory over Spring Valley.
Juan Ponce scored with two minutes remaining in regulation to lift Sierra Vista’s boy soccer team to a 2-1 road home win over Basic on Wednesday afternoon.
Javonte Dorsey, Tanner Howard, and Christian Younger each finished 3-0 in singles as Eldorado’s boys tennis team earned a 13-5 home victory over Virgin Valley on Monday.
Centennials girls tennis team won four of six tiebreakers to edge host Bonanza 10-9 on Monday.
Ossian Makin had 31 assists, five digs and an ace, and James Pool posted 15 kills, five aces and two digs for Tech’s boys volleyballteam in a 32-34, 25-17, 25-12, 23-25, 15-12 home win over Sunrise Mountain on Tuesday night.
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.
Basic scored 10 runs in the top of the first inning on Saturday and rolled to an 18-4 victory over Coronado in the championship game of the Borras Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona.