The good far outweighed the bad, though, as the Gaels pulled away for a 79-48 win over Lone Peak (Utah) in their Tarkanian Classic opener at Orleans Arena.
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Christian Mixon had six kills, and Eddy Garcia added five kills and an ace Monday as Tech’s boys volleyball team beat host Sunrise Mountain, 25-17, 25-17, 18-25, 25-23.
Senior guard Haley Tyrell scored 21 points to guide Coronado’s girls basketball team to a 55-47 home victory over Foothill on Friday evening.
Peter Jankowski scored in the final 10 minutes Tuesday to give Shadow Ridge’s boys soccer team a 3-2 home victory win over Faith Lutheran.
Hailey Stevenson and McKenzi Hall each shot 2-over-par 74 as Centennial’s golf team edged Palo Verde to win the team title in a Northwest League Match at Palm Valley on Tuesday.
Madison Knoblock was 3-0 in singles and Liberty’s girls tennis team edged visiting Eldorado 10-9 on a tiebreaker on Tuesday.
Jonathan Lai and Marshall Nelson went 3-0 in doubles to lead the the Bonanza boys tennis team to a 10-8 home victory over Spring Valley on Tuesday.
Haylee Makue-Vasconcello’s two-out single in the bottom of the eighth inning drove in Katy Orellana from second base with the winning run to lift Tech’s softball team to a 4-3 home win over Chaparral on Wednesday.
Bishop Gorman saw a nine-point lead fizzle away in the final 4:43 of regulation and went on to lose 86-79 in overtime to nationally ranked Mater Dei (California) in the semifinals of the Tarknanian Classic’s Platinum Division.
A look at some of the top performances for the week of Oct. 10 to Oct. 15.
Annie Damm and Kendra Reid went 3-0 in doubles Monday to help Bonanza’s girls tennis team edge host Sierra Vista 10-9 on a tiebreaker.
Andrew Hauck and Ben Gonzalez went 3-0 in doubles to lead Foothill’s boys tennis team to an 11-7 road win over Silverado on Monday.
Scott Solan had 17 kills and five blocks, and Taylor Miller added 11 kills to help Palo Verde’s boys volleyball team rally for a 26-28, 25-27, 25-22, 25-11, 15-12 win over visiting Shadow Ridge on Tuesday.
Kahlil DeRouen scored all five of his points in the final 30 seconds to lift Liberty’s boys basketball team to a 53-52 home victory over Basic on Tuesday.
Nik Fava had nine kills and six digs Thursday to help Sierra Vista’s boys volleyball team to a 25-16, 20-25, 25-17, 24-26, 16-14 win at Chaparral.