Bonds, who also ran on the winning 400 relay team and finished third in the 100, helped Centennial build a big lead heading into Saturday’s events.
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Taylor Etopio scored 17 points, and Faith Lutheran’s girls basketball team went 8-for-8 from the free-throw line in the final four minutes to score a 53-49 overtime victory against visiting Shadow Ridge on Thursday night.
Julian Strawther hit a 3-pointer as time expired Thursday to give Liberty’s boys basketball team a 67-64 road win over Green Valley.
Javonte Dorsey, Tanner Howard, and Christian Younger each finished 3-0 in singles as Eldorado’s boys tennis team earned a 13-5 home victory over Virgin Valley on Monday.
Centennials girls tennis team won four of six tiebreakers to edge host Bonanza 10-9 on Monday.
Charlotte Randolph, Alexie Johnston and Ayanah Cason each won two individual events on Saturday to lead the Desert Oasis girls swimming team to a 150-135 win over Arbor View at Pavilion.
Nikita Nazarov won two events on Saturday to lead Sierra Vista’s boys swimming team to a 133-101 win over Cheyenne at Pavilion.
Ashley Moore won two individual events and ran a leg on a victorious relay team Saturday to help Centennial’s girls track team win the Liberty Invitational.
Collin Russell led five players in double figures with 18 points to power Foothill’s boys basketball team to an 84-71 home win at Liberty on Wednesday.
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.
Green Valley’s Austin Rogers has been aiming all season long to run a 3.1-mile course in less than 16 minutes. The senior finally got his wish Saturday morning in a tune-up for the postseason.