Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2017 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.
The Moapa Valley softball team came back to defeat Boulder City on Friday at Tech, knocking off the Sunrise League’s top seed, and punching tickets to both the Class 3A Southern Region title game and a spot in the state tournament.
Pahrump Valley earned a 5-2 victory Thursday, sending the Trojans to their first state tournament since 2014.
Losi Brown tossed a four-inning one-hitter to help Chaparral’s softball team to a 16-1 road win over Cheyenne in a Class 3A Southern Region elimination game on Wednesday.
Tech scored a pair of runs in the fifth inning, then broke the game open with a five-run sixth, as the Roadrunners stopped Mojave, 7-1.
Izabelle Morales tossed a five-hitter with three strikeouts, and Mikayla Berg went 3-for-3 with a triple, two runs and four RBIs to help Basic’s softball team rally from a five-run deficit to top host Eldorado 18-5 in six innings on Wednesday.
Yvette Sanchez went 4-for-5 with a double and two RBIs, and Sam Pochop pitched six innings of relief and drove in two runs to help Rancho’s softball team rally for an 11-7 win at Green Valley on Monday.
Losi Brown went 4-for-4 with a double and three RBIs and tossed a complete game, as Chaparral’s softball team beat visiting Boulder City 8-3 on Thursday, handing the Eagles their first Class 3A Sunrise League loss.
Marleena Mills went 3-for-4 with a home run and five RBIs to power Boulder City’s softball team to an 11-2 home win over Moapa Valley on Tuesday.
Haylee Makue-Vasconcello’s two-out single in the bottom of the eighth inning drove in Katy Orellana from second base with the winning run to lift Tech’s softball team to a 4-3 home win over Chaparral on Wednesday.
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.
Shelby Carvalho hit an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift Liberty’s softball team to an 8-7 home win over Basic on Monday.
The Sierra Vista Mountain Lions softball team was able to find a way to score a run through the blowing winds at Boulder City and topped the Eagles 1-0 on the road Friday afternoon.
Selena Erickson was 4-for-4 with a double, four runs and six RBIs, including a grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning, to propel Del Sol’s softball team to an 11-7 home win over Tech on Thursday.