CORONADO
Head coach: Mark Tondryk, eighth season
Returning lettermen: Two
Top athletes: Colin Schaefer (So.), Sterling Saltz (Jr.)
Outlook: The Cougars have some work to do after losing five of the seven members of last season’s Sunrise Region championship squad.
Schaefer placed eighth in the region, and Saltz took ninth last year.
“The boys are young and have to work hard to have a chance to make it to state,” Tondryk said.
Sky Pointe’s Carter Prater won the 5A boys individual state cross country title and the Faith Lutheran girls won the 5A team state title Saturday in Reno.
Sky Pointe junior Aislin McMahon will be looking for redemption at the Class 5A state cross country meet Saturday at Reno’s San Rafael State Park.
Sky Pointe’s boys and girls cross country teams won the Class 5A Southern Region team titles Friday in Boulder City. Here are results from the Southern Region meets.
The Shadow Ridge boys and girls cross country teams have dominated Class 5A for a half decade, but that could change this year with the ascension of Sky Pointe.
The Meadows boys and girls tennis teams will host Liberty for the Class 4A Southern Region team crown Tuesday. Both teams have secured berths in the state tournament.
Palo Verde’s run of five consecutive girls state team tennis titles is over, but Panthers standout Remi Rice is ready to move on.
Check out the latest high school tennis, golf and cross country news, including Bishop Gorman tennis player Lucas Rago.
The Sky Pointe cross country teams are among the favorites to win the Class 5A boys and girls state titles, even though the school is about a third the size of most 5A schools.
The Coronado girls tennis team last week defeated Palo Verde, which has won five straight Class 5A state championships, and has its sights set on a state title.
Many of the top high school cross country runners in Southern Nevada competed at the Larry Burgess Las Vegas Invitational Saturday morning at Sunset Park.
