Not many cross country fans expected Daniel Ziems to win the Division I Sunset Region meet Friday.
The Palo Verde junior couldn’t really blame them. He wasn’t expecting it, either.
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The Gaels racked up 585 yards of offense as top-ranked Bishop Gorman rolled to its ninth consecutive league title with a 70-3 whipping of the Panthers for the Southwest League crown.
Whittnee Nihipali had 15 kills, 13 digs and two aces Thursday to help Shadow Ridge’s girls volleyball team clinch its second consecutive Southwest League title with a 28-26, 26-24, 25-23 sweep of visiting Bishop Gorman.
This is my favorite week of the prep football season.
The Division I-A Southern Region playoffs begin, there are two league titles up for grabs, and all the games are Thursday because of Nevada Day.
Ivan Enciso scored on a penalty kick in the final minute of the match Wednesday to lift Sunrise Mountain’s boys soccer team to a 1-0 win at Chaparral.
Katy Orellana scored the tying goal with 20 minutes left in the match Wednesday to help Tech’s girls soccer team rally from a 2-0 deficit to earn a 2-2 tie with Desert Pines at Heritage Park.
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Cali Thompson had 39 assists, six aces, two kills and seven digs, and Carolyn Andrulis added 11 kills and nine digs Tuesday to help Coronado’s girls volleyball team win the Southeast League title with a 25-13, 25-13, 25-14 win over visiting Foothill.
Ricardo Nunez scored a first-half goal Monday to help Green Valley’s boys soccer team clinch the Southeast League title with a 1-0 win at Coronado.
Jadyn Nogues converted a 25-yard free kick midway through the first half Monday as Palo Verde’s girls soccer team downed visiting Bishop Gorman, 1-0.
Coronado seniors Sam Grant and Ryland McDermott could have been contenders for the state singles tennis title this year. But the best friends couldn’t stand the possibility of ruining each other’s dream of being a champion.
State tournament championships and record-setting performances aren’t supposed to be bittersweet. Yet, Palo Verde sisters Chloe and Sophie Henderson couldn’t help feel a little sadness mixed in with a lot of joy Saturday.
Bishop Gorman sophomore Aaron Bailey didn’t want to know the score at any point during his team’s state championship match against Palo Verde on Friday.
Coronado had three of the top seven finishers Thursday and held off Bishop Gorman to capture its second consecutive state title.
Palo Verde’s girls tennis team hadn’t had its starting lineup intact in more than two weeks.
It didn’t stop the Panthers from advancing to the Division I state tournament.
