An overtime goal lifted the Coronado girls soccer team to a 1-0 win over Faith Lutheran in the Class 5A Southern Region championship game Saturday.
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Rigo Carrasco scored twice for the top-seeded and defending state champion Wildcats in a 3-1 win. Desert Region No. 1 Bishop Gorman beat Desert Oasis to stay unbeaten.
A handful of valley soccer teams are making national waves this season, led by the Aggies, who are 6-0 and ranked 14th in this week’s USA Today Super 25 poll.
Taylor O’Neill and Kylie Camp each scored a goal in the first half Friday to help host Green Valley’s girls soccer team to a 2-0 win over Liberty.
Basic’s Sara Syvertsen scored the go-ahead goal in the 30th minute, and the Wolves held on for a 2-1 girls soccer win over visiting Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Canyon Springs’ boys soccer team scored the go-ahead goal with about seven minutes to play and held on for a 2-1 road win over Foothill on Tuesday afternoon.
The latest Southern Nevada boys soccer coaches poll.
The latest Southern Nevada girls soccer coaches poll.
John Lynam had three goals, and Coronado rallied from an early two-goal hole to beat Valley 7-2 in the Class 4A Sunrise Region final at Bettye Wilson Park.
Coronado used a makeshift backline for the final 20-plus minutes and held on for a 1-0 victory over Foothill in the Class 4A Sunrise Region final at Bettye Wilson Park.
Basic’s girls soccer team scored twice in the final 10 minutes to earn a 2-2 tie with visiting Foothill on Wednesday afternoon.
Omar Miranda scored with a minute to play Wednesday to give Chaparral’s boys soccer team a 2-1 win over Boulder City.
Silverado’s soccer team suffered one of its most lopsided losses of the season when it faced Foothill on Sept. 8.
Soccer is often seen as a game of quickness and skill played with the feet.
On Thursday, Coronado’s boys soccer team showed how important it is to play with your head in the air.
Kapono Maruyama entered Wednesday’s soccer match cold off the bench and was put in a position he hadn’t played all season.
