Alfredo Diaz scored a pair of second-half goals, and Coronado defeated Durango 3-0 in the championship game of the Desert Region tournament at Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.
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Western built a three-goal lead during the first half, then hung on to beat Sunrise Mountain 3-2 to earn the Class 4A Southern Region title.
Makayla Gent scored on an assist from Hailie Souza to lead Pahrump Valley to a 1-0 victory over Western in the Class 3A Southern region title game.
Alysa Caso scored two goals Thursday, including the game-winner with five minutes remaining, to lift Coronado past Desert Oasis, 3-2, in the Class 4A Mountain Region semifinals at Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.
Marcos Delgado scored in the 65th minute and Durango held on to defeat Bishop Gorman 1-0 at Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.
Taylor Crouch collected a rebound and roofed the game-winning goal in the final minute of double overtime, and the Panthers captured a 3-2 win at Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.
Pahrump Valley beat Sunrise Mountain in penalty kicks Thursday in the Class 3A Southern Region semifinals, avenging a last-minute loss last year in the region title game.
Western and Sunrise Mountain earned berths in the Class 3A Southern Region final and next week’s state tournament with victories on Thursday.
Daniel Rangel had a goal and an assist off a free kick and added another goal to help the Wildcats beat Palo Verde 3-1 in the Mountain Region semifinals.
Marcella Brooks’ shot from the left of the goal box to the far right side of the net, just past the reach of Shadow Ridge goalie Cassandra Tolton with three minutes left in overtime, lifted Centennial to a 3-2 win Wednesday in the Class 4A Mountain Region girls soccer quarterfinals at Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.
Aqui Williams scored on a free kick in the final minute Wednesday, and Foothill beat Green Valley 4-3 at bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.
Hannah McElheny recorded 14 saves — most of them in the second half — to lead the Trojans past Moapa Valley 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the Class 3A Southern Region tournament at Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.
Abraham Dolley’s goal with 12 minutes remaining in regulation broke a tie and helped Clark’s boys soccer team snag a 2-1 victory over Tech on Tuesday in the Desert Region quarterfinals at Bettye Wilson Park.
The top-seeded Spartans (20-1-2) rolled to a 6-3 victory over Canyon Springs to earn a berth in the tournament semifinals, in which they’ll meet Eldorado on Thursday.