Here are the top five high school state softball championship games from the 2000s, as selected by the Review-Journal staff.
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Coronado and Centennial both won Tuesday to secure the No. 1 seeds for their respective region softball tournament.
Basic and Desert Oasis each won Tuesday to remain undefeated in Desert League baseball play heading into their matchup Wednesday at Basic.
Benjamin Sawaia carded a 4-under-par 68 at Chimera on Tuesday to share medalist honors and help Coronado’s boys golf team to victory in a Southeast League match.
Alyssa Maillaro had Palo Verde’s lone hit and drove in a run in a two-run fifth inning Saturday as the Panthers eked out a 2-1 home softball win over Durango.
The girls stole the show at the Blaine Thompson-Las Vegas Track Classic on Saturday at Desert Oasis.
Gavin Malcolm’s two-out double in the bottom of the sixth inning plated Presley Whybourne and Sevon Battle with the tying and go-ahead runs to lift Green Valley’s baseball team to a 7-6 win over visiting Pahrump Valley on Saturday.
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Mojave’s boys soccer team won 11 games this season based on speed, agility and an explosive offense that averaged 5.9 goals per game in the regular season. But in the opening round of the Class 3A Southern Region tournament Tuesday, it was a defensive prowess that led the Rattlers to a 3-1 victory over Chaparral at Bettye Wilson Park.
Brooklyn Slater had 12 kills on Tuesday to lead Liberty’s girls volleyball team to a 19-25, 25-15, 20-25, 25-19, 15-9 road victory over Green Valley in the Desert Region tournament.
Kaitlyn Kowalchuk broke a scoreless tie in the final minute of the game Thursday to lift Coronados girls soccer team to a 1-0 win over host Green Valley in the Las Vegas Kick-Off.
The Panthers split their two games in the Spring Jamboree at Majestic Park on Friday, but Makall Whetten shined in both. And it was her two-RBI double in the second game that opened the offensive floodgates in a 10-0, five-inning win over San Diego.
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Durango’s boys soccer team scored six second-half goals to rally for a 6-3 home win over Cimarron-Memorial on Wednesday afternoon.
Valley’s Eileena Tan carded a 34-over-par 104 to earn medalist honors in a Northeast League girls golf match at Los Prados on Wednesday afternoon.
