Centennial looks to avenge last year’s 36-7 loss to Faith Lutheran, strengthen its status as Northwest League favorite in one of the valley’s top matchups.
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With a talented group of underclassmen, Coronado scored 449 points Friday to roll to the Class 4A Desert Region title at UNLV.
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.
Ceci put the finishing touches on a 21-25, 25-16, 25-23, 22-25, 15-11 victory over the Falcons with a thunderous kill in the fifth and final set, clinching Coronado’s first region championship since 2013.
Benjamin Sawaia carded a 3-over-par 75 at Reflection Bay on Wednesday to help Coronado’s boys golf team win a Southeast League match.
Kaylin Hall threw three touchdown passes Thursday as Coronado’s flag football knocked off host Green Valley 21-12 for the Gators’ first loss of the season.
Jalyn Joule tossed two touchdown passes Monday as Legacy’s flag football team snapped Coronado’s 27-game winning streak with a 14-6 win.
Julia Whiting-Reed had 18 kills, two aces, seven digs and two blocks Wednesday to lead Green Valley’s girls volleyball team to a 25-10, 25-15, 11-25, 17-25, 15-11 victory over visiting Silverado.
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The Coronado boys volleyball team’s quest for a second straight Sunrise Region title will continue after the Cougars won a thrilling five-set contest against host Las Vegas, 25-23, 23-25, 17-25, 25-20, 15-12.
John Howard Bobo’s two-run double allowed the Wolves to pull out a 2-1 win over visiting Coronado in the winners’ bracket final.
Coronado senior hurler Tatum Spangler recovered from a modest first-inning jam to dominate the Patriots with a steady dose of rise-balls en route to an 11-1, five-inning home victory in the Sunrise Region tournament.
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.
Bishop Gorman’s John Gaughan came in with the tying run on third base and one out in the seventh inning, and induced a groundout and a strikeout to record the save and help the Gaels’ baseball team stave off visiting Durango on Tuesday, 5-4.
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