Coronado, the defending Class 5A state champion, scored three late goals to rally for a road win against Liberty on Thursday.
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Basic volleyball player AnnaMaria Ramos is a four-year member of the varsity team and is in her second season as a captain.
Bishop Gorman won its fifth straight regional championship with a three-set win over Centennial. Both teams will play in the state tournament next week.
Durango takes care of Foothill in three sets, while Palo Verde has its way with Arbor View. Bishop Gorman’s Stockham reaches 1,500 career kills in a win.
Here are the all-region and all-league girls volleyball teams, as selected by coaches.
Leilani Vitale had 12 kills on Thursday to lead Sierra Vista’s girls volleyball team to a 25-23, 19-25, 27-25, 18-25, 16-14 road win over Liberty.
Eryuan McJoy put down 12 kills to help Cheyenne’s girls volleyball team to a 25-17, 25-18, 21-25, 23-25, 15-8 home win over Spring Valley on Friday.
Riana Blount had 14 digs, 10 kills and six blocks as Foothill’s girls volleyball team rallied for a 21-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-23 win at Faith Lutheran on Wednesday.
Myah Maxwell finished with 28 kills, 19 digs and three blocks, and Legacy’s girls volleyball team outlasted visiting Palo Verde 28-26, 22-25, 25-27, 25-21, 16-14 on Thursday.
Rachel Klopfer had 13 kills and six digs for Green Valley, and Anya Olsen added 11 kills and six digs in the Gators’ 25-9, 25-22, 25-19 road victory over Desert Oasis.
Jessica Rafay had 12 kills and 11 assists, and Danielle Amonica had six kills and 14 assists Tuesday to help Spring Valley’s girls volleyball team sweep host Mojave, 25-17, 25-18, 25-19.
Bishop Gorman’s girls volleyball team went 5-1 on Saturday and finished second in the High Sierra Invitational in Reno.
Palo Verde girls volleyball coach Phil Clarke admitted he had a few butterflies in his stomach before the Panthers met Legacy in the semifinals of the Sunset Region tournament Thursday at Silverado.
Coronado was playing perhaps its best volleyball at the right time heading into Thursday’s Sunrise Regional semifinals at Silverado.
Sierra Vista led 2-0 Thursday in the semifinals of the Division I-A Southern Region volleyball tournament at Sunrise Mountain, and the team’s leaders — Bailey Bergquist, Sydney Land and Bridgette Levi — had no plans of letting Boulder City breathe in the third set.
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No. 2-ranked Bishop Gorman lost to No. 1 Mater Dei in what was billed as the de facto high school football national title game Friday in Santa Ana, California.
Raiders defensive lineman Jonah Laulu, a Las Vegas native, is living his dream with his hometown team. He even gets to eat at his mom’s house after practice.
Bishop Gorman, ranked No. 2 nationally, plays at No. 1 Mater Dei (California) on Friday. The game has been billed as the de facto high school football national title game.
There were no changes at the top of the Review-Journal’s high school football rankings after Week 2, but there was some movement among other teams.