Durango’s boys basketball team showed resiliency through a late-season coaching change and battled through the challenging Class 5A Southern League to win the state title.
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Vying for its first state title since 1996, the Durango boys basketball team has rallied around interim coach Mike Lee, who retired after 30 years as a firefighter.
Charron Thomas scored three rushing touchdowns and added another on a punt return as Palo Verde rallied for a 43-27 road victory over Durango.
Kelton Lachelt tossed a four-hit shutout Tuesday to lead host Foothill’s baseball team to a 4-0 win over Sierra Vista.
Hayley Coreas went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs on Tuesday to help host Bishop Gorman’s softball team defeat Green Valley, 12-8.
Jamie Kalaau-Sunia caught a touchdown pass from Aaliyah Medina in the third overtime Wedndesday to lift Sierra Vista’s flag football team to a 39-33 win at Clark.
Ricardo Felipe scored in the second half to give Tech’s boys soccer team a 1-0 win over visiting Equipo Academy in the Southern Nevada Kick-off Classic.
Connor Mikkelson went 3-0 in singles play Thursday to lead Boulder City’s boys tennis team over visiting The Meadows in a tiebreaker, 10-9.
Vanessa Booth and Cathereine Snow each went 3-0 in singles on Thursday as Silverado’s girls tennis team edged visiting Durango, 10-8.
Isabella Sama scored five times Thursday afternoon as visiting Eldorado took down Boulder City’s girls soccer team, 7-4.
Joshua Abbott singled home Dakota Munford in the bottom of the seventh to give Virgin Valley’s baseball team a 4-3 win over visiting Boulder City on Monday.
Kylie Sharapan was 2-for-4 with a double, a run and five RBIs as Cimarron-Memorial’s softball team edged visiting Silverado on Monday, 13-12.
Noah Ayala, Ian Jackson and Keith Williams ran on three winning distance relay teams Friday to help Arbor View’s boys track team finish first in the O’Dea Relays at Palo Verde.
Selena Erickson went 5-for-6 with a double and three RBIs to lead Del Sol’s softball team to a 21-18 road win over Mojave on Fridayevening.