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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Here are the 2018 baseball honors, as selected by the coaches.
Palo Verde’s Makena Martin was 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs Wednesday as the host Panthers nipped Shadow Ridge in softball, 5-4.
Here are the 2018 boys basketball honors, as selected by coaches.
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.
Tasia Moore’s basket with 2.3 seconds to play gave Cimarron-Memorial’s girls basketball team a 58-56 road win over Faith Lutheran on Friday.
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.
Theresa Chapa made a 3-pointer as time-expired to lift Western’s girls basketball team to a 61-60 victory over visiting Mojave on Thursday night.
Senior guard Haley Tyrell scored 21 points to guide Coronado’s girls basketball team to a 55-47 home victory over Foothill on Friday evening.
Savannah Blanchard-Davis had 17 points as Mojave’s girls basketball team edged host Pahrump Valley 43-41 on Thursday.
Ishon Hardin scored seven of his 17 points in overtime Tuesday, including a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift Centennial’s boys basketballteam to a 58-55 victory over host Legacy.
Elise Young scored a game-high 20 points to help Cimarron-Memorials girls basketball team to a 58-51 home win over Faith Lutheran in a Northwest League game on Tuesday night.