The Bishop Gorman boys and Desert Oasis girls claimed their first cross country state championships at the Class 4A meet Friday.
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Claire Rawlins trailed Basic’s Raquel Chavez for much of the race, but stayed within striking distance to the end. She then raced past Chavez and held off Sierra Vista’s Sarriah Brown to win the 3.1-mile race in 19 minutes, 16 seconds.
Shad Gettman and Andrew Spencer 3-0 in doubles to lift Basic’s boys tennis team to a 12-6 home victory over Tech on Wednesday.
Adriana Benjamin, McKenna DeMarce and Raquel Roshak all posted 3-0 records in singles to help Desert Oasis’ girls tennis team to a 10-8 road victory over Silverado on Wednesday afternoon.
Five members of Centennial’s boys basketball team scored in double figures Friday, and the Bulldogs cruised a 91-41 road victory over Rancho Mirage (California) in the Rancho Mirage Holiday Invitational.
Clark had a pair of undefeated doubles teams on Tuesday as the visiting Chargers edged defending Class 4A state champion Palo Verde 10-8 in boys tennis.
Bonanza’s Kelsey Spence and Carla LaRosa went 3-0 in doubles, and the Bengals won the tiebreaker 4-2 to edge visiting Sierra Vista in girls tennis on Tuesday.
Sierra Vista’s Mohamed Washington hit a 3-pointer to give the Mountain Lions the lead, then had a key offensive rebound with 11 seconds to play as they topped Cabrillo (California) 68-65 in the Rancho Mirage Holiday Invitational in Rancho Mirage, California.
Ben Gajardo went 3-0 in singles Thursday to lead the Desert Oasis boys tennis team to a 13-5 road victory over Centennial in a Class 4A Sunset Region boys quarterfinal.
Mia Blitsch and Miah Strellnauer each scored, and Desert Oasis’ girls soccer team knocked off previously unbeaten Bishop Gorman 2-1 on Wednesday.
Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2015 fall sports season and will be looking to defend this upcoming season.
Tiare Lee went 4-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBIs on Friday to help Rancho’s softball team clinch the Division I Sunrise League title with an 11-4 win over visiting Foothill.
Zach Murphy drew a bases-loaded walk to force home Austin Wishard with the winning run with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday as Boulder City’s baseball team rallied for a 5-4 win over visiting Spring Valley.
Kayla McGinnis scored on a 4-yard touchdown run with 30 seconds remaining to break a 20-20 tie and give Silverado’s flag football team a 26-20 win over visiting Cimarron-Memorial on Friday.
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