With a talented group of underclassmen, Coronado scored 449 points Friday to roll to the Class 4A Desert Region title at UNLV.
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The Cougars finished with 452 points to claim the title. Green Valley finished second with 444 points, and Bishop Gorman finished third with 284 points.
Cortney Stark knocked down two free throws with 12.4 seconds remaining in the game to lead host Las Vegas High to a 36-35 victory over Rancho on Thursday night.
Anthony Hunter had 34 points, six assists and five steals on Thursday to lead Durango’s boys basketball team to an 83-67 home win over Spring Valley.
Xheneiya LaRocke smacked a two-run double in the top of the seventh inning for the go-ahead runs, and Valley’s softball team turned a 4-6-5 triple play to finish out a 15-13 win road win over Canyon Springs on Tuesday.
Holly Severence homered and drove in three runs Saturday to help the Desert Oasis softball team beat Silverado 14-6 in six innings in the championship game of the Colorado River Invitational in Needles, California.
Liberty’s Kayla Watanabe’s 24 kills, 13 digs and four blocks sparked Liberty’s girls volleyball team to a 19-25, 25-23, 25-27, 30-28, 15-11 win over visiting Foothill on Tuesday.
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.
Sam Pochop launched a two-run homer to left field to give her team the lead, and Rancho never looked back en route to a 13-4 victory over host Liberty in a winners’ bracket semifinal of the Class 4A Sunrise Region softball tournament.
Shelbi Denman spun a one-hit shutout and stuck out eight as Shadow Ridge’s softball team blanked Bingham (Utah) 13-0 in four innings in the Tournament of Champions at Bullhead City, Arizona.
Cimarron-Memorial’s Arturo Bahena finished with a hat trick, and teammate Dresdan Quackenbush added two goals and an assist as the host Spartans routed top-ranked Palo Verde 6-1 in a Northwest League boys soccer match on Monday.
Megan Donnelly scored on a penalty kick in the final 30 seconds to lift Faith Lutheran’s girls soccer team to a 1-0 road win over Centennial on Monday.
Centennial’s Alexis Gourrier, who finished the 3.1-mile race in 17 minutes, 34.7 seconds, has finished first at the Las Vegas Invitational in each of her three years of high school.
Corben Bellamy, one of two seniors on the Coronado roster, lined a single to center field with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to score Garett Lake and give the Cougars a 4-3 home win over Liberty in the Division I Sunrise Region baseball tournament.