Check out the top performances from Monday’s high school baseball and softball action, and look forward to Tuesday’s schedule.
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The Chargers’ defense has been the catalyst of the team’s 3-1 start, and it will face a Spring Valley team in the Southwest League opener that has struggled offensively.
Liliana Gutierrez was 2-for-3 with two RBIs Tuesday to help Rancho’s softball team to a 5-4 win at Bishop Gorman.
Zach Martinez’s bases-loaded walk with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday forced home Jake Perales with the winning run as Foothil’s baseball team nipped visiting Coronado, 2-1.
Chelsea Camarra and Aja Melo-Powell each won two individual events and ran on two winning relay teams Thursday to lead host Spring Valley’s girls track team to victory over Bonanza and Durango.
Michael Canada won a pair of events on Thursday to lead the Spring Valley boys track team to a narrow home victory in a three-team meet.
Ryan Rasmussen and Mitchell Abbott each shot a 2-over-par 74 at Bear’s Best on Thursday to share medalist honors and lead the Bishop Gorman boys golf team to victory in a Southwest League match.
Talaya Williams scored on a 10-yard rushing touchdown, and Hailey Nevil caught the game-winning conversion in overtime to lift Rancho’s flag football team to a 7-6 road win at Canyon Springs on Friday afternoon.
Lilly Hoff had 29 assists on Thursday to lead Bishop Gorman’s girls volleyball team to a 25-18, 25-16, 20-25, 25-23, 16-14 road win over Sierra Vista.
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.
Gizelle Reid won the title in the 400-meter dash with a time of 54.98 seconds at the Class 4A state track meet at Foothill on Friday.
Emerald Ascasili had 16 kills, and Trevor White added 12 kills to help Sunrise Mountain’s boys volleyball team top visiting Del Sol 25-15, 25-21, 23-25, 19-25, 15-11 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.
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