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.
Kevin Clark hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning Friday to lift Liberty’s baseball team to a 6-4 road victory over Las Vegas in the completion of a game suspended on March 9.
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.
Jerald Murray threw a six-hitter with four strikeouts to lead Silverado’s baseball team to a 1-0 home win over Liberty on Friday.
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.
Tim Jeffries, one of the most successsful wrestling coaches in state history, said Tuesday he is stepping down as Faith Lutheran’s coach after five seasons.
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.
Richard Mascarenas entered the game with the bases loaded and nobody out in the seventh for Durango on Friday, and got a flyball and a double play to lock down the save in a 3-2 road win over Pahrump Valley.
Jack Wold singled off the right-field fence with one out in the bottom of the seventh to score Christian Rivero and lift Basic’s baseball team to a 3-2 home victory over Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Sam Pope and Kevin Pindel combined on a four-hitter Monday as Silverado’s baseball team beat visiting Coronado, 3-0.
Sophomore Gabriel Achucarro, using his unconventional delivery, threw a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts to stymie the Sierra Vista offense and lead Chatsworth (California) to a 4-0 win in the Steven Janvrin Championship game of the Blazer Spring Bash at Durango High.
Banning (California) produced all of its hits and runs in the top of the seventh inning and held on for a 3-2 win over Palo Verde’s baseball team in the Blazer Spring Bash at Durango High on Tuesday.
