Bishop Gorman and Arbor View are the teams to beat in the Class 5A Southern Region. Here’s a breakdown of all 5A football teams heading into the season.
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Emma Breslin won two individual events Saturday at Pavilion to lead Bishop Gorman’s girls swimming team to a 156-140 win over Arbor View.
Mel Dinogan had 18 assists and five aces and Isaac Frazier supplied 13 kills and three aces as Valley’s boys volleyball team claimed a 25-15, 25-19, 24-26, 25-21 road win over Eldorado.
Brandon Nellis swam the 50 freestyle in 22.27 seconds to help Coronado’s swim team to a 176-136 winover Foothill at Heritage on Saturday.
Skylar Shannon and Samantha Difulvio each won two individual events Saturday to help Clark’s girls swimming team to a 166-128 win over Faith Lutheran at Pavilion.
Liberty’s Lehi Ausage had 14 kills Thursday to lead the Patriots to a 25-20, 20-25, 26-28, 25-22, 15-11 boys volleyball win over host Silverado.
Hayley Coreas led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a solo home run to give Bishop Gorman’s softball team a 4-3 home win over Bonanza on Monday.
Devin Contreras scored on an error in the bottom of the seventh inning as Liberty’s baseball team earned a 3-2 home win over top-ranked Basic on Monday.
Charlotte Randolph, Alexie Johnston and Ayanah Cason each won two individual events on Saturday to lead the Desert Oasis girls swimming team to a 150-135 win over Arbor View at Pavilion.
Nikita Nazarov won two events on Saturday to lead Sierra Vista’s boys swimming team to a 133-101 win over Cheyenne at Pavilion.
Spring Valley 132-pounder Andres Garcia beat the Sunrise Region champion, the Sunset runner-up and last week’s Sunset Region champion to claim his first Class 4A state championship Friday at The Orleans Arena.
Cindylou Rasiang passed for 318 yards and three touchdowns and had a rushing touchdown as Bonanza’s flag football team edged host Sierra Vista, 27-26.
Anahi Rosales had two touchown catches and intercepted a pass on Monday to lead Mojave’s flag football team to a 13-7 road win over Rancho.
Spring Valley’s girls basketball team took the lead with 46 seconds to play on Thursday and held on for a 47-45 win over Regis Jesuit (Colorado) in the La Jolla (California) Sweet 16 Tournament.
Arbor View’s Keith Williams led at the front of a pack of five runners early. Eventually, he managed to hold off PahrumpValley’s Bryce Odegard and Centennial’s Alexander Miller in the final quarter mile, putting in a good finishing kick to cross the line in 16 minutes and 13 seconds.
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.
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