Eight of the 11 teams that make up Class 5A won at least one playoff game in 2019, and all of them reached the postseason.
Liberty
The Aggies scored a late touchdown to defeat Faith Lutheran on Friday night, and Centennial needed a late score to keep pace with a win over Shadow Ridge.
The good far outweighed the bad, though, as the Gaels pulled away for a 79-48 win over Lone Peak (Utah) in their Tarkanian Classic opener at Orleans Arena.
Hayley Coreas led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a solo home run to give Bishop Gorman’s softball team a 4-3 home win over Bonanza on Monday.
Devin Contreras scored on an error in the bottom of the seventh inning as Liberty’s baseball team earned a 3-2 home win over top-ranked Basic on Monday.
Senior guard Haley Tyrell scored 21 points to guide Coronado’s girls basketball team to a 55-47 home victory over Foothill on Friday evening.
Hailey Stevenson and McKenzi Hall each shot 2-over-par 74 as Centennial’s golf team edged Palo Verde to win the team title in a Northwest League Match at Palm Valley on Tuesday.
Madison Knoblock was 3-0 in singles and Liberty’s girls tennis team edged visiting Eldorado 10-9 on a tiebreaker on Tuesday.
Jonathan Lai and Marshall Nelson went 3-0 in doubles to lead the the Bonanza boys tennis team to a 10-8 home victory over Spring Valley on Tuesday.
Annie Damm and Kendra Reid went 3-0 in doubles Monday to help Bonanza’s girls tennis team edge host Sierra Vista 10-9 on a tiebreaker.
Andrew Hauck and Ben Gonzalez went 3-0 in doubles to lead Foothill’s boys tennis team to an 11-7 road win over Silverado on Monday.
Yvette Sanchez went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs, and Tiare Lee added a home run to help Rancho’s softball team to a 6-1 win at Green Valley on Tuesday.
Drake Maningo was 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, two RBIs and two runs as Green Valley’s baseball team edged visiting Rancho 5-4 on Tuesday.
Kaitlin Gibb won two individual events Saturday to help the Arbor View girls track team capture the Liberty Invitational.
Cimarron-Memorial won five matches by pin Tuesday to edge visiting Centennial 39-33 in a Northwest League wrestling dual meet.