Desert Pines will host Mojave at 7 p.m. Friday in the first installment of the Air Space Showdown.
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Nicholas held off hard-charging Massimiliano Swenson of Bishop Gorman to become Desert Oasis’ first region cross country champion. The Diamondbacks also won the boys region team title, another first in school history.
The Desert Shields opened Class 3A Southern Region postseason play in style Thursday, rolling past visiting Sunrise Mountain’s football team, 42-6.
Joel Sanchez scored two goals Wednesday as the Desert Pines boys soccer team eked out a win against visiting Eldorado, 3-2.
The doubles teams of Maggi Concannon and Matti Concannon, and Jocelyn Jauregui and Emily Pham each went 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon to lead Durango’s girls tennis team to a 10-5 win at Del Sol.
Joshua McElroy went 3-0 in singles play Wednesday afternoon to help Rancho’s boys tennis team to a 10-9 road victory over Las Vegas High.
Shadow Ridge’s Cassandra Tolton and Tieg Simmons each made four saves to split the shutout and help the Mustangs’ girls soccer team shut out host Las Vegas, 1-0.
Keaton Ogden won the 100-meter freestyle in 57.90 seconds and the 200 freestyle in 2:11.85 on Thursday to help Virgin Valley’s boys swimming team to a 90-38 win over Sunrise Mountain in Mesquite.
Mikayla Berg was 2-for-2 with a three-run home run, and Basic’s softball team scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to get past visiting Silverado on Thursday, 11-9.
Jason Sharman singled home Zac Czerniawski with two outs on the top of the 10th to give the Desert Oasis baseball team a 7-6 road win over Bishop Gorman on Thursday.
James Cobian was 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs to lead Chaparral’s baseball team to a 5-3 home win over Clark in the Cowboy Classic semifinals.
Haley Tyrell scored a team-high 19 points Friday as Coronado’s girls basketball team edged visiting Bishop Gorman, 47-46.
Chase Hafen led all scorers with 27 points and added 17 rebounds to give Bonanza’s boys basketball its first league win of the season— a 64-58 home victory over Sierra Vista on Friday night.
Tjaden Giles was 2-1 in singles play, including the match-winning tiebreaker game for Basic’s girls tennis team, as the Wolves picked up a road win against Las Vegas, 10-9.
Sunrise Mountain’s Alyssa Guevara- Canales had seven aces and 15 digs to lead the Miners’ girls volleyball team to a 21-25, 26-24, 27-25, 25-19 victory over visiting Desert Pines on Tuesday.