The Palo Verde boys swimming and diving team won the Class 5A state championship Saturday for its 10th straight title. Coronado won its third straight 5A girls title.
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Led by senior Tyler Edlefsen, Palo Verde scored 91 points to hold off second-place Coronado, which scored 84, and won the Class 4A state title.
After having their three-year state championship streak snapped last season, the Panthers made a relatively easy time of winning the Class 4A state title.
Centennial ran away with its ninth straight Class 4A team championship. The Bulldogs scored 126 points. Runners-up Carson and Sierra Vista each had 54.
Here are the 2019 all-league boys basketball teams as selected by coaches.
Here are the 2019 all-league girls basketball teams as selected by coaches.
Jonathan Tendale poured in a game-high 32 points as Chaparral’s boys basketball team held on for a 64-57 road win over Boulder City on Thursday night.
Kyndal Ricks scored 21 points and Rancho’s girls basketball team rallied for a 50-48 road win over No. 10 Canyon Springs on Thursday.
Issac Olsen scored two goals, including the game-winner, to help Foothill’s boys soccer team to a 2-1 win at Coronado on Wednesday.
Spring Valley sophomore Daniela Carballo scored in the final 10 minutes Wednesday afternoon to give the Grizzlies’ girls soccer team a 1-0 road win over Durango.
Gabby Anderson scored off an assist from Arianna Vigil in the 62nd minute to lift Foothill’s girls soccer team to a 2-1 home win over Green Valley on Monday afternoon.
Caitlyn Covington went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs, and Shelbi Denman struck out nine in a complete game to lead Shadow Ridge’s softball team to a 7-6 road win over Centennial on Tuesday.
Matthew Cox went 4-for-5 with a double, a triple, three RBIs and three runs scored, and Jay DeSoto was 3-for-3 with two RBIs to power Bonanza’s baseball team to a 17-8 nonleague victory over visiting Cimarron-Memorial on Tuesday.
Faith Lutheran’s boys swimming team edged Clark in the final event, and the teams finished tied with 145 points in a meet at Pavilion on Saturday.