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.
Legacy
Claire Rawlins trailed Basic’s Raquel Chavez for much of the race, but stayed within striking distance to the end. She then raced past Chavez and held off Sierra Vista’s Sarriah Brown to win the 3.1-mile race in 19 minutes, 16 seconds.
Puskas surged to the lead entering the final mile and held off the rest of the field to finish the 3-mile course in 18 minutes, 25.7 seconds, for her biggest cross country win of a still-young prep career.
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.
Mia Voges hit for the cycle to help Shadow Ridge’s softball team rout host Cimarron-Memorial on Wednesday,15-1 in four innings on Wednesday.
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.
Ka’Mari Kelly led all scorers with 22 points, and Western’s boys basketball team held off Pahrump Valley for a 56-51 home victory on Tuesday night.
