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.
Desert Pines
Claire Rawlins trailed Basic’s Raquel Chavez for much of the race, but stayed within striking distance to the end. She then raced past Chavez and held off Sierra Vista’s Sarriah Brown to win the 3.1-mile race in 19 minutes, 16 seconds.
Here are the 2018 baseball honors, as selected by the coaches.
Max Leuga’s sixth-inning single plated Scott Gruber with the go-ahead run Monday and Green Valley’s baseball team held on to beat visiting Basic, 3-2
Morgan Matsumoto went 2-for-3 with an RBI Monday as Foothill’s softball team defeated host Las Vegas, 8-4.
Michael Marraro’s RBI single in top of the eighth inning broke a 6-6 tie and lifted Spring Valley’s baseball team to an 8-6 road win over Durango on Friday.
Devin Contreras scored on an error in the bottom of the seventh inning as Liberty’s baseball team earned a 3-2 home win over top-ranked Basic on Monday.
Sierra Rivera’s RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday lifted Del Sol’s softball team past the visiting Mojave, 15-14.
Jacob Mauro doubled home Talon Green in the bottom of the 11th inning Thursday to give Chaparral’s baseball team a 3-2 home win over Desert Pines.
Spring Valley 132-pounder Andres Garcia beat the Sunrise Region champion, the Sunset runner-up and last week’s Sunset Region champion to claim his first Class 4A state championship Friday at The Orleans Arena.
Jaden Hardy led all scorers with 34 points to power the Coronado boys basketball team to an 87-81 road victory over Foothill in a key Southeast League game.
Autumn Westmoreland had 14 points on Monday to lead Arbor View’s girls basketball geam to a 55-51 road win over Legacy.
Comillion Smith scored 19 of his game-high 27 points to rocket Arbor View’s boys basketball team to a 71-67 victory over visiting Faith Lutheran on Thursday night.