Fourth-seeded Green Valley and No. 3 Faith Lutheran pulled off a pair of road upsets Friday night to advance to the Class 5A Division II Southern League final.
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Green Valley, No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s softball rankings, held off No. 2 Faith Lutheran on Tuesday in the team’s first meeting since last year’s postseason.
Silverado hosted Faith Lutheran in a girls basketball game Tuesday night. Faith Lutheran won 52-24.
It was only two years ago that Centennial played for a state championship. The rebuilding Bulldogs picked up their first win, 9-8 over Legacy on Friday.
Bishop Gorman senior tackle Jake Taylor is the top offensive lineman in the valley. He started for the Gaels in 2019 and has committed to Oklahoma.
Ari Gronauer scored about four minutes into the second half for the only goal as defending state champion Faith Lutheran defeated Bishop Gorman on Thursday.
Brian Lang, who won a state championship as a player at Cimarron-Memorial High, hopes to lead Clark back to that level as its coach.
Faith Lutheran was 53-28 in Vernon Fox’s seven years at the helm, including a 12-2 record and Class 3A state championship in 2013. He resigned as coach Tuesday.
The top-seeded Crusaders put in three goals in the first four minutes of their Moutain Region quarterfinal. Coronado, the No. 1 seed in the Desert Region, also moved on.
Riley Schwartz threw for 111 yards and two touchdowns, and Marcos Canales had 123 yards on 16 carries for the Crusaders in a 35-0 Northwest League win.