Bishop Gorman defeated Coronado to win the Class 5A girls volleyball Southern Region title Saturday. The Gaels will be the No. 1 seed at next week’s state tournament.
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Palo Verde jumped out to a three-goal lead, then held off a rally from top-seeded Coronado in the Class 5A Southern League championship game.
Coronado rallied from a first-half deficit to claim a home win over Arbor View in a boys soccer match Wednesday. Here are photos from the match.
Coronado junior pitcher Kendall Selitzky tossed a complete game shutout with 12 strikeouts and went 2-for-4 with three RBIs in a 7-0 win over Faith Lutheran on Friday.
Coronado senior volleyball player Angelina Sayles had eight kills, seven aces and eight digs in a three-set victory over Green Valley.
The Sky League championship afforded Coronado, along with Desert League champion Silverado, Mountain League champion Las Vegas and Sky League second-place Shadow Ridge, a needed bye week.
It was only two years ago that Centennial played for a state championship. The rebuilding Bulldogs picked up their first win, 9-8 over Legacy on Friday.
The top-seeded Crusaders put in three goals in the first four minutes of their Moutain Region quarterfinal. Coronado, the No. 1 seed in the Desert Region, also moved on.
Riley Schwartz threw for 111 yards and two touchdowns, and Marcos Canales had 123 yards on 16 carries for the Crusaders in a 35-0 Northwest League win.
Here’s a look at this week’s coaches polls in boys and girls soccer.
Noah Gulley scored the go-ahead run on a squeeze bunt with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning Thursday to help Bishop Gorman’s baseball team to a 3-1 home win over Bellflower (Calif.) in the Bishop Gorman Desert Classic.
Josiah Cromwick’s two-run single in the fifth inning Thursday broke a scoreless tie and lifted Palo Verde’s baseball team to a 3-1 win over Northwest Christian (Arizona) in the Wolves Classic in Goodyear, Arizona.
Teegan Teal’s two-run single in the top of the seventh inning lifted Spring Valley’s softball team to a 10-8 win at Tech on Thursday.
Taysia Tovia scored 20 points on Monday as Liberty’s girls basketball team earned a 62-57 double-overtime victory over visiting Green Valley.
Connor Peterson had 14 points Monday to help Palo Verde’s boys basketball team to a 58-56 overtime win over visiting Centennial.