Christian Marshall returned to running back after being injured in a season-opening loss and will carry a streak of five consecutive games with at least 100 rushing yards into Friday’s Class 4A Sunset Region semifinal against top-ranked Bishop Gorman.
Arbor View scored four unanswered goals in the second half to keep their state-title streak intact and rally past Palo Verde 4-1 in the Class 4A state final at Bettye Wilson Park.
Western’s girls soccer team lost 3-0 to Truckee in the Class 3A girls state championship soccer game on Saturday afternoon at Bettye Wilson Park.
Coronado was unable to generate much offense against a well-organized Galena side, and the Cougars fell victim to two long-range strikes from Francisco Serrano in a 2-1 overtime loss at Bettye Wilson Park.
Western was the last team standing from the Southern Region, and was the last team standing from Class 3A before falling to Sparks 2-0 in the state title game at Bettye Wilson Park on Saturday.
Here are the schedules and results (when available) for the state boys and girls soccer tournaments.
Coronado senior Preston Judd scored two goals and assisted on another to lead Coronado past Durango 3-2, but was given a red card and must sit out Saturday’s state title game
Palo Verde senior midfielder Gia Barone scored the game’s first two goals and had an assist in the second half as the Panthers dominated wire-to-wire in a 5-1 win over Reno in a Class 4A state semifinal at Bettye Wilson Park.
Two second-half goals propelled the Warriors to a 2-0 win over North Tahoe at Bettye Wilson Park in the Class 3A state semifinals, and a berth in the state title game Saturday morning.
Western senior Ellyson Reynada’s breakaway goal in double overtime beat South Tahoe 2-1 in a Class 3A state semifinal game at Bettye Wilson park.
Jose Lopez wasn’t sure he was going to play after breaking his kneecap in July. Now he has led the Spring Valley boys soccer team within two wins of the state championship
Western (16-5-2), which hadn’t made the playoffs since the 2009-10 season before winning the Southern Region on Saturday, will attempt to continue its turnaround Friday against South Tahoe (16-6) in a Class 3A state semifinal at 6 p.m. at Bettye Wilson Park.
Christopher Bramasco scored twice in the second half Tuesday to lift Durango’s boys soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Valley at Faith Lutheran.
Arbor View’s Melanie Ara, Deja Erickson and Preshus McCraney each scored two goals, and the Aggies scored four first-half goals en route to an 8-1 victory over Foothill in a state play-in match at Faith Lutheran.
John Lynam had three goals, and Coronado rallied from an early two-goal hole to beat Valley 7-2 in the Class 4A Sunrise Region final at Bettye Wilson Park.
