A week after winning its fourth straight girls tennis team state title, Palo Verde swept the singles and doubles individual state titles Friday.
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Palo Verde’s boys and girls tennis teams repeated as Class 5A state champions with victories in the state title matches Friday at Liberty.
Coronado set a state record with its score of 11-under at the Class 5A girls golf state championship. In tennis, Palo Verde swept the boys and girls 5A championships.
The Faith Lutheran boys defeated Palo Verde to win their first state championship, and the Palo Verde girls rolled past Faith Lutheran to claim their sixth title.
Here are the schedules and results (when available) for the 2019 Nevada state tennis tournaments.
Palo Verde’s Michael Andre rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Green Valley’s Andre Millet to capture the boys singles championship in his first year of high school tennis.
Palo Verde squeaked by Clark via a 38-32 tiebreaker to clinch a 10-9 victory and a third consecutive Class 4A state championship.
Clark rolled to a 14-4 victory over Reno in the state semifinals at Bishop Mangoue on Thursday to set up a rematch with the two-time defending state champion Panthers, who beat Coronado, 11-7, in the other semifinal.
Using his a powerful first serve and an overwhelming forehand, Andre dominated Faith Lutheran’s Kenny Dobrev, 6-0, 6-0 in the Mountain Region boys singles final.
The defending state champion Panthers rolled to a 13-5 win over Clark at Bishop Gorman to claim the ever Southern Nevada boys tennis team championship — and perhaps, more importantly, the region’s bye in the six-team Class 4A state tournament, which begins Oct. 15.
Clark, Palo Verde and Boulder City’s boys tennis teams won their respective region tournaments on Friday afternoon.
Chase Kasday and Blake Kasday each went 3-0 in singles on Thursday to help the Bonanza boys tennis team earn an 11-7 home win over Faith Lutheran in the Mountain Region semifinals.
Stephen Dobrev went 3-0 in singles play Wednesday to lead the Faith Lutheran tennis team to a 10-8 victory over Las Vegas in a Mountain Region tournament match at Darling Tennis Center.
Joshua McElroy went 3-0 in singles play Wednesday afternoon to help Rancho’s boys tennis team to a 10-9 road victory over Las Vegas High.