It was Joe Sawaia’s Coronado Cougars who best navigated the difficult conditions in the first round of the Class 4A girls state golf tournament Monday afternoon, leading by 16 strokes despite posting their highest score of the season at 317. Bishop Gorman was second at 333, with Palo Verde third at 360.
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The Coronado girls golf team broke the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association’s postseason record Monday by finishing 6-under-par 282 as a team, and the Cougars rolled to their fourth consecutive region title at the Chimera Golf Club.
Coronado had the top seven individual finishers and won Thursday’s Southeast League girls golf match at Revere Golf Club’s Lexington course.
Victoria Estrada shot 2-over 62 to take medalist honors Thursday and lead Coronado girls golf team to a victory in a Southeast League match at Desert Willow.
Boulder City’s Lani Potter carded a 3-under-par 69 to take medalist honors, and the Eagles finished first in a Class 3A Sunrise League girls golf match at Boulder Creek on Thursday.
Sami Penor shot 4-under-par 68 Tuesday as Coronado’s girls golf team rolled to victory in a Southeast League match.
Coronado swept the top six places Wednesday and finished with an impressive team total of 4-over 292 to easily win a Southeast League girls golf match at Anthem Country Club.
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Eldorado freshman Matthew Manganello used a stretch of four consecutive birdies on his back nine to force a playoff, and he went on to defeat Coronado’s Grant McKay on the second extra hole to take medalist honors at the Division I Sunrise Region boys golf tournament.
Coronado’s Grant McKay rebounded from a double-bogey 7 on his second hole to shoot 2-over-par 74 at Badlands Golf Club and holds a three-stroke lead after the first round of the Division I Sunrise Region boys golf tournament.
Shadow Ridge’s Tanner Johnson shot a 4-under-par 67 at TPC Las Vegas on Tuesday to earn medalist honors in a Southwest League match.
Jack Trent shot 6-under-par 66 at DragonRidge on Wednesday to win the individual title and help Palo Verde win the team championship in the Southern Nevada Invitational boys golf tournament.
Cameron Meeks shot a 2-under-par 70 at Bear”s Best on Tuesday to help Palo Verde”s boys golf team win a Southwest League match.
Palo Verde junior Jack Trent shot even-par 72 on Friday at Mountain Falls Golf Club and hung on to win the Pahrump Valley Invitational tournament.
Jack Trent carded a 6-under-par 66 at Mountain Falls on Thursday to help Palo Verde”s boys golf team grab the lead at the midway point of the Pahrump Valley Invitational.