Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2016 spring sports season and will be looking to defend this upcoming season.
Softball
Follow the link for postseason softball honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
It took two risky calls, but Rancho coach Amanda Zunno’s decisions paid off when Jahnae Davis-Houston scored from third on a wild pitch in the eighth inning to give the Rams a 1-0 victory over Coronado in Thursday’s Division I Sunrise League winners’ bracket final game at Foothill.
The Cougars blew most of an early 6-0 lead, but Sarah Pinkston saved the day with four strong innings of relief as Coronado edged visitingFoothill 8-6 in the second round of the Division I Sunrise Region playoffs.
Liberty pounded out 15 hits to rout visiting Las Vegas 13-0 in their five-inning Division I Sunrise Region playoff opener.
Samantha Pochop tossed a five-hitter and struck out 12 on Thursday to lead Rancho’s softball team to a 1-0 win over visiting Coronado in a matchup of the top two teams in the Division I Sunrise League.
Skylar Gorrell tossed a four-hitter and struck out six Tuesday as Las Vegas High’s softball team handed visiting Rancho its first loss in Division I Sunrise League play, 4-3.
Arianna Odell’s two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted Sunrise Mountain’s softball team to an 8-7 win over visiting Del Sol on Wednesday.
Winning pitcher Heather Holman went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI on Saturday to help Eldorado’s softball team rally for an 11-5 win at Valley.
Skylar Gorrell threw a four-hitter and struck out five Thursday to lead Las Vegas High’s softball team to a 6-1 home victory over Silverado.
Yvette Sanchez went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs, and Tiare Lee added a home run to help Rancho’s softball team to a 6-1 win at Green Valley on Tuesday.
Kylie Becker went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs on Friday to help the Foothill softball team rally for a 10-6 win at Basic.
Caitlyn Stevenson singled in the bottom of the eighth inning to plate Kaitlyn Enzweiler with the winning run as the Foothill softball team edged visiting Liberty, 8-7 on Wednesday.
Cassandra Bueno had three hits and two RBIs Monday to lead the Desert Pines softball team to a 22-8 road win over Clark, snapping a 104-game losing streak.
Kaitlyn Horstdaniel and Samantha Taylor each homered in a five-run seventh inning that lifted the Las Vegas softball team to a 9-5 win at Silverado on Wednesday.