With a talented group of underclassmen, Coronado scored 449 points Friday to roll to the Class 4A Desert Region title at UNLV.
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The Cougars finished with 452 points to claim the title. Green Valley finished second with 444 points, and Bishop Gorman finished third with 284 points.
Xheneiya LaRocke smacked a two-run double in the top of the seventh inning for the go-ahead runs, and Valley’s softball team turned a 4-6-5 triple play to finish out a 15-13 win road win over Canyon Springs on Tuesday.
Bishop Gorman’s John Gaughan came in with the tying run on third base and one out in the seventh inning, and induced a groundout and a strikeout to record the save and help the Gaels’ baseball team stave off visiting Durango on Tuesday, 5-4.
Jake Phillips swept the hurdle events Saturday to lift Bishop Gorman’s boys track team to victory in the Heitkotter Invitational at Faith Lutheran.
Ashley Lewis hauled in a 20-yard TD pass from quarterback Marissa Owens in the second overtime to give Basic’s flag football team a 6-0 home win over Legacy on Wednesday.
Centennial’s boys cross country team had three of the top six runners on Monday to win the Bud O’Dea Classic freshman race at Desert Breeze.
Centennial’s Alexis Gourrier, who finished the 3.1-mile race in 17 minutes, 34.7 seconds, has finished first at the Las Vegas Invitational in each of her three years of high school.
Frankie Fitzgerald singled home Drake Maningo with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Green Valley a 3-2 home win over Centennial in the Lions Kick-Off Tournament on Thursday.
It didn’t take long to determine which team would win the Lake Mead Invitational’s girls large-school cross country race Saturday.
Before Saturday, Green Valley already had 21 Sunrise Region champions from pole vaulting alone.
Re’Kwon Smith scored 18 of his 30 points in the second half Monday, and Las Vegas High’s boys basketball team made 12 of 19 free throws in the fourth quarter to hold off visiting Valley, 80-73.