Coronado scored on a penalty kick in the 47th minute to defeat Faith Lutheran on Saturday in Sparks and win its first girls soccer state championship.
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Coronado is embracing being the favorite to win the Class 5A state championship after its 2-0 win over Faith Lutheran in last Saturday’s regional final.
Here are the week’s best high school performances from football, boys soccer, girls soccer and girls volleyball.
Desert Oasis hosted Coronado in a Class 5A girls soccer game Monday night. Coronado won 2-0.
Arbor View hosted Centennial in a Class 5A girls soccer game Tuesday afternoon. The game ended in a 2-2 tie.
Desert Oasis hosted Shadow Ridge in a Class 5A girls soccer game Monday afternoon. Desert Oasis won 3-1.
Bishop Gorman hosted Palo Verde in a Class 5A girls soccer game Thursday afternoon. Bishop Gorman won 7-3.
Shadow Ridge will host a “Yellow Out” on Friday in honor of Hillary LaVoie, the daughter of boys soccer coach Brian LaVoie, who died in a car crash in 2010.
Centennial hosted Coronado in a Class 5A girls soccer game Wednesday afternoon. Coronado won 5-1.
Faith Lutheran hosted Arbor View in a Class 5A girls soccer game Tuesday. Faith Lutheran won 2-1.
The Palo Verde boys and Coronado girls open No. 1 in the Southern Nevada Soccer Coaches Association Week 1 polls.
Foothill traveled to Green Valley for the first Class 5A Southern League girls soccer game for both teams. The game ended in a 2-2 tie.
Faith Lutheran finished 23-0-1 to win its first girls state soccer championship in 2019, but a new Class 5A full of perennial powers will make a repeat difficult.
Ari Gronauer scored about four minutes into the second half for the only goal as defending state champion Faith Lutheran defeated Bishop Gorman on Thursday.
Faith Lutheran and Bishop Gorman will meet twice this spring as two of the eight schools playing girls soccer in Southern Nevada.