Eight of the 11 teams that make up Class 5A won at least one playoff game in 2019, and all of them reached the postseason.
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The Aggies scored a late touchdown to defeat Faith Lutheran on Friday night, and Centennial needed a late score to keep pace with a win over Shadow Ridge.
The good far outweighed the bad, though, as the Gaels pulled away for a 79-48 win over Lone Peak (Utah) in their Tarkanian Classic opener at Orleans Arena.
Christian Mixon had six kills, and Eddy Garcia added five kills and an ace Monday as Tech’s boys volleyball team beat host Sunrise Mountain, 25-17, 25-17, 18-25, 25-23.
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.
Peter Jankowski scored in the final 10 minutes Tuesday to give Shadow Ridge’s boys soccer team a 3-2 home victory win over Faith Lutheran.
Hailey Stevenson and McKenzi Hall each shot 2-over-par 74 as Centennial’s golf team edged Palo Verde to win the team title in a Northwest League Match at Palm Valley on Tuesday.
Madison Knoblock was 3-0 in singles and Liberty’s girls tennis team edged visiting Eldorado 10-9 on a tiebreaker on Tuesday.
Jonathan Lai and Marshall Nelson went 3-0 in doubles to lead the the Bonanza boys tennis team to a 10-8 home victory over Spring Valley on Tuesday.
Bishop Gorman saw a nine-point lead fizzle away in the final 4:43 of regulation and went on to lose 86-79 in overtime to nationally ranked Mater Dei (California) in the semifinals of the Tarknanian Classic’s Platinum Division.
Annie Damm and Kendra Reid went 3-0 in doubles Monday to help Bonanza’s girls tennis team edge host Sierra Vista 10-9 on a tiebreaker.
Andrew Hauck and Ben Gonzalez went 3-0 in doubles to lead Foothill’s boys tennis team to an 11-7 road win over Silverado on Monday.
Kahlil DeRouen scored all five of his points in the final 30 seconds to lift Liberty’s boys basketball team to a 53-52 home victory over Basic on Tuesday.
Nik Fava had nine kills and six digs Thursday to help Sierra Vista’s boys volleyball team to a 25-16, 20-25, 25-17, 24-26, 16-14 win at Chaparral.