Nicholas held off hard-charging Massimiliano Swenson of Bishop Gorman to become Desert Oasis’ first region cross country champion. The Diamondbacks also won the boys region team title, another first in school history.
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The Cougars ran for 297 yards and ran away with a 22-9 road victory over Chaparral.
Chania Scott had 12 kills to help the Mojave’s girls volleyball team clinch the Sunset League’s top seed for the Class 3A Southern Region playoffs with a 25-8, 25-10, 25-20 home sweep of Del Sol.
Destiny Dobiesz had 36 assists and seven aces Monday to lead the Western girls volleyball team to a 31-29, 14-25, 21-25, 25-23, 15-7 road win over Somerset-Losee.
Kierston-Joy Kuresa had nine kills, two aces and 20 digs to propel Desert Oasis’ girls volleyball team to a 25-22, 25-21, 24-26, 23-25, 15-5 home win over Liberty on Thursday night.
Aiyana Evans tallied 17 assists and three aces for Liberty’s girls volleyball team Tuesday, and Alana Chun notched 17 digs as the host Patriots outlasted Spring Valley, 25-21, 20-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-7.
Julia Whiting-Reed had 18 kills, two aces, seven digs and two blocks Wednesday to lead Green Valley’s girls volleyball team to a 25-10, 25-15, 11-25, 17-25, 15-11 victory over visiting Silverado.
Aiyana Evans and had 32 assists and O’ceana Clemens added 29 assists as Liberty’s girls volleyball team earned a 16-25, 25-15, 25-15, 25-20 victory over visiting Silverado on Thursday.
Olivia Balelo and Madison Winston went 3-0 in doubles play to lead Bishop Gorman to a 10-9 home win over Clark in the Desert Region girls tennis semifinals on Thursday.
Sophia Dominguez had 21 kills and 16 digs Tuesday as Durango’s volleyball team handed Coronado its first Desert League loss, 25-16, 20-25, 25-23, 20-25, 17-15.
Ricardo Felipe scored a second-half goal on Thursday to lift Tech’s boys soccer team to a 1-0 road win over Durango.
The doubles teams of Maggi Concannon and Matti Concannon, and Jocelyn Jauregui and Emily Pham each went 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon to lead Durango’s girls tennis team to a 10-5 win at Del Sol.
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.
Coronado placed its five scoring runners in the top eight Tuesday to win an eight-team boys cross country meet at Sonata Park.
Coronado placed five runners among the top seven Tuesday to easily win a six-team meet at Sonata Park.