So much has happened, such as surprising teams, fantastic finishes and the opening of Class 4A Southwest League play last week that was quite an appetizer for the rest of the league openers.
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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.
The doubles teams of Maggi Concannon and Matti Concannon, and Jocelyn Jauregui and Emily Pham each went 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon to lead Durango’s girls tennis team to a 10-5 win at Del Sol.
Joshua McElroy went 3-0 in singles play Wednesday afternoon to help Rancho’s boys tennis team to a 10-9 road victory over Las Vegas High.
Sunrise Mountain’s Alyssa Guevara- Canales had seven aces and 15 digs to lead the Miners’ girls volleyball team to a 21-25, 26-24, 27-25, 25-19 victory over visiting Desert Pines on Tuesday.
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Spring Valley won five matches by pin on Tuesday en route to a 42-29 road win over Mojave.
Erica Williams continued her outstanding cross country season Saturday.
Sami Dillow won two individual events at Heritage on Saturday to help Foothill’s girls swimming team to a 170-102 win over Rancho.
Michael Velazquez set two school records Saturday and helped Green Valley’s boys swimming team to a 190-73 win over Valley at Multi-Generational.
Jacob Klein singled down the left-field line to score Preston Pavlica with the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh, and Liberty’s baseball team held on for a 5-4 road victory over Las Vegas.
Trinity Valentine tossed a no-hitter Thursday to lead host Durango’s softball team to a 5-0 win over Legacy.
Tanner Durkin had 15 kills, and Grant Nelson added 39 assists and seven aces Thursday to lead host Centennial’s boys volleyball team to a 25-17, 19-25, 25-16, 22-25, 15-11 win over Arbor View.