Coronado upset Bishop Gorman, and Faith Lutheran defeated Liberty in the Class 5A girls soccer state semifinals Friday. The state championship match is Saturday.
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The state’s top four girls soccer teams will play for the Class 5A state title, with Bishop Gorman playing Coronado and Liberty facing Faith Lutheran in state semifinals.
Bishop Gorman hosts Coronado and Shadow Ridge plays at Liberty in the Class 5A Division I state semifinals to highlight Friday’s high school football playoff action.
Bishop Gorman rolled to a home win over Coronado to finish the regular season 10-0 and earn the No. 1 seed in the Class 5A Division I playoffs.
Coronado has 11 seniors who helped the Cougars reach the 5A state title game the last two seasons, but coach Dana Neel expects a “battle” in the Southern League.
Class 5A experienced the biggest changes during the realignment process in the offseason, but one thing remains the same: Bishop Gorman’s dominance.
The Bishop Gorman volleyball team held off three fifth-set match points, and the Coronado and Faith Lutheran girls soccer teams earned overtime wins.
Trinity Buchanan, Xayla Black and Milan Cordone return to lead a talented Coronado team that has its sights set on a second straight Class 5A state championship.
It was only two years ago that Centennial played for a state championship. The rebuilding Bulldogs picked up their first win, 9-8 over Legacy on Friday.
Faith Lutheran finished 23-0-1 to win its first girls state soccer championship in 2019, but a new Class 5A full of perennial powers will make a repeat difficult.
Check out the top performances from Tuesday’s high school baseball and softball action and look forward to Wednesday’s schedule.
Check out the top performances from Monday’s high school baseball and softball action, and look forward to Tuesday’s schedule.
Faith Lutheran and Bishop Gorman will meet twice this spring as two of the eight schools playing girls soccer in Southern Nevada.
Bishop Gorman boys defender Caden Buckley and Faith Lutheran girls goalkeeper Jordan Brown were named Gatorade Nevada State Soccer players of the year.
Bob Chinn led the Faith Lutheran girls soccer team to a 23-0-1 record and the school’s first Class 4A state title in any sport to earn Coach of the Year honors.