Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2017 spring sports season and will be looking to defend this upcoming season.
Baseball
Follow the link for postseason baseball honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
Kyle Hall’s three-run homer supported an offensive outburst in Coronado’s 12-5 road upset over top-seeded Green Valley in a winners’ bracket semifinal of the Class 4A Sunrise Region baseball tournament on Wednesday.
Garett Lake drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning and picked up the save after pitching two innings as the fourth-seeded Coronado baseball team held on for a 7-3 home win over No. 5 seed Liberty on Tuesday.
Asher Bouldin singled home Ryan Merino with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning on Wednesday to lift Palo Verde’s baseball team to a 3-2 home win over Cimarron-Memorial.
Hunter Martin singled to right-center field with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to score Trace Evans and give Basic’s baseball team a 9-8 home win over Coronado on Thursday.
Dax Fellows and Grant McCarty each doubled twice for the Silverado baseball team Saturday as the visiting Skyhawks downed Eldorado in eight innings, 7-4.
Sam Pope and Kevin Pindel combined on a four-hitter Monday as Silverado’s baseball team beat visiting Coronado, 3-0.
Jerald Murray threw a no-hitter with 14 strikeouts to help Silverado’s baseball team earn a 5-0 win at Valley on Thursday.
Rancho’s Layton Walls provided a two-run single, and the Rams’ baseball team added another run on a passed ball as part of a three-run eighth inning to defeat Liberty 4-1 on the road Tuesday.
Ray Ramirez singled home the go-ahead run in the seventh inning Saturday, lifting Las Vegas High’s baseball team to a 6-4 win at Silverado.
Matthew Vanderberg doubled home Kaui Kaleopaa in the top of the eighth inning Friday to lift the Sierra Vista baseball team to a 6-5 road win over Bonanza in eight innings.
Palo Verde’s Jaret Godman hit a three-run double with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning Thursday to lead the Panthers’ baseball team over Arbor View at home, 5-3.
The Shadow Ridge baseball team scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to bring the game within two on Monday, but visiting Palo Verde was too much as the Panthers held on for a 10-8 win.
Miguel Elicerio hit a solo homer in the bottom of the sixth to break a 1-1 tie as Rancho’s baseball team edged visiting Las Vegas 2-1 on Monday.
