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.
Caitlyn Covington was 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs to lead Shadow Ridge’s softball team to a 7-5 road victory over Centennial on Friday afternoon.
Starting pitcher Nik Dobar threw a perfect game to lift Centennial’s baseball team to an 11-0 home victory over Shadow Ridge in five innings on Friday afternoon.
Kiana Tate went 2-for-4 with two homers and RBIs to help Centennial’s softball team to a 13-12 home victory over Cimarron-Memorial on Friday evening.
Gage Streit singled home Tommy Dirk with one out in the bottom of the seventh Friday to give Foothill’s baseball team a 3-2 home win over Liberty.
Holly Severence homered and drove in three runs Saturday to help the Desert Oasis softball team beat Silverado 14-6 in six innings in the championship game of the Colorado River Invitational in Needles, California.
Ashley Ward went 4-for-4 with two doubles, a triple and two RBIs to lead the Coronado’s softball team to a 12-5 win over Torrance (California) at the Tournament of Champions in Bullhead City, Arizona.
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.
Autumn Westmoreland had 14 points on Monday to lead Arbor View’s girls basketball geam to a 55-51 road win over Legacy.
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.