The Palo Verde softball team rolled to a home win over Coronado on Friday for the Class 5A Southern Region title. Both teams are headed to the state tournament.
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Centennial capitalized on a two-out scoring opportunity in the sixth inning in a Class 5A Southern Region softball playoff game to qualify for the state tournament.
Makall Whetten knocked a two-out, two-RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning to give the Panthers a 5-3 lead over Shadow Ridge. The Mustangs left the bases loaded in the seventh without scoring, and Palo Verde advanced to its ninth straight Sunset Region final.
Holly Severence homered and drove in three runs Saturday to help the Desert Oasis softball team beat Silverado 14-6 in six innings in the championship game of the Colorado River Invitational in Needles, California.
Kalei Watkins smashed a grand slam in the fourth inning, and host Sierra Vista claimed a 6-1 win over Shadow Ridge in a winners’ bracket semifinal of the Class 4A Sunset Region softball tournament.
Shelbi Denman spun a one-hit shutout and stuck out eight as Shadow Ridge’s softball team blanked Bingham (Utah) 13-0 in four innings in the Tournament of Champions at Bullhead City, Arizona.
Bishop Gorman coach Kevin Smith watched his Gaels cough up a six-run lead in the second inning, allow 20 hits, commit six errors and still somehow outslug host Arbor View 18-16 in the opening round of the Division I Sunset Region playoffs.
Kasey Bilodeau had a two-out single to right-center field with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning Thursday to plate Ashley Witucki with the winning run as the Bishop Gorman softball team nipped Woods Cross (Utah) 5-4 in the opening game of the Kick Off the Season tournament at Gorman.
Palo Verde softball coach Kelly Glass didn’t have a checklist of her team’s goals for Tuesday’s game posted anywhere.
The spring combine season is in full swing, and that means prep football players across the country are trying to impress college coaches without actually putting on pads and helmets.
Darwin Rost, the only head football coach in Palo Verde history, went 154-50 with the Panthers and won the state title in 2004. His 2008 team is the last Nevada squad to beat Bishop Gorman.
