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Schools
Here are the top five high school state football championship games from the 2000s, as selected by the Review-Journal staff.
Unbeaten Centennial travels to Arbor View in a Northwest League opener Friday night that could go a long way toward determining its champion.
Austin Kryszczuk was 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs to help Centennial’s baseball team hold off host Arbor View, 9-8 on Friday.
Winning pitcher Brooke Detommaso went 3-for-4 with a double and six RBIs on Friday to help Bonanza’s softball team to a 19-7, six-inning victory at Las Vegas High.
Jordyn Ramos went 3-for-4 with two RBIs on Tuesday to help Cimarron-Memorial’s softball team pull out a 12-10 win at Bonanza.
Jacob Ortega’s two-run triple with one out in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday keyed a three-run rally that lifted Faith Lutheran’s baseball team to a 3-1 win at Las Vegas High.
Nicholas held off hard-charging Massimiliano Swenson of Bishop Gorman to become Desert Oasis’ first region cross country champion. The Diamondbacks also won the boys region team title, another first in school history.
Basic’s Raquel Chavez used her change of pace to her advantage in winning the 4A Desert Region girls race at Veteran Memorial Park in Boulder City on Friday.
Joel Sanchez scored two goals Wednesday as the Desert Pines boys soccer team eked out a win against visiting Eldorado, 3-2.
The doubles teams of Maggi Concannon and Matti Concannon, and Jocelyn Jauregui and Emily Pham each went 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon to lead Durango’s girls tennis team to a 10-5 win at Del Sol.
Joshua McElroy went 3-0 in singles play Wednesday afternoon to help Rancho’s boys tennis team to a 10-9 road victory over Las Vegas High.
Shadow Ridge’s Cassandra Tolton and Tieg Simmons each made four saves to split the shutout and help the Mustangs’ girls soccer team shut out host Las Vegas, 1-0.
Tjaden Giles was 2-1 in singles play, including the match-winning tiebreaker game for Basic’s girls tennis team, as the Wolves picked up a road win against Las Vegas, 10-9.
Coronado’s girls cross country team had four of the top seven finishers on Tuesday to win a six-team meet at Sonata Park.