Nicholas held off hard-charging Massimiliano Swenson of Bishop Gorman to become Desert Oasis’ first region cross country champion. The Diamondbacks also won the boys region team title, another first in school history.
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Jason Sharman singled home Zac Czerniawski with two outs on the top of the 10th to give the Desert Oasis baseball team a 7-6 road win over Bishop Gorman on Thursday.
James Cobian was 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs to lead Chaparral’s baseball team to a 5-3 home win over Clark in the Cowboy Classic semifinals.
Sierra Vista’s Rahul Gupte went 2-1 in singles Monday, leading the visting Lions to a 10-9 victory over Durango on a tiebreaker.
Kristie Thomas finished 3-0 in singles play for Eldorado on Monday as she led the Sundevils to a 10-8 home victory over Rancho.
Tanner Durkin had 15 kills, and Grant Nelson added 39 assists and seven aces Thursday to lead host Centennial’s boys volleyball team to a 25-17, 19-25, 25-16, 22-25, 15-11 win over Arbor View.
Kayla Watterson hit the game-winning basket with two seconds left Monday to lift Coronado’s girls basketball team to a 43-41 win over visiting Rancho.
Zach Collins would be the focal point for most high school basketball programs.
Spring Valley’s Tyson Perkins told his coach before each of the last four seasons that he would break the school record for goals scored in a season.
Coronado’s Berkeley Oblad didn’t see the most playing time on her own team this season.
Jerryon Sueing won three events Wednesday to lead Canyon Springs to a 74-63 win over host Valley.
DaNiece Dixon won two individual events and ran on a winning relay to lead Valley’s girls track team to an 89-48 home victory over Canyon Springs on Wednesday.
Kyle Hageness knew Justin Burks was playing well. But it wasn’t until after the game that the Arbor View boys basketball coach realized just how much his senior standout had done.
For at least some of her sophomore basketball season, Arbor View’s Ariona Gill was able to fly under the radar as opponents got their first glimpse of the talented wing.