The Patriots foursome of David Leathers, Tyeese Blackman, Rudy Distrito and Cervantes White won the Sunrise Region championship in 42.84 seconds at Basic High School on Saturday afternoon to clinch aberth in Reno for the Class 4A state track meet this weekend. Coronado swept the boys and the girls titles.
The team championships for both boys and girls at Friday’s Class 4A Sunrise Regional swimming championships came down to Coronado and Green Valley and the final event of the day — the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Chris Verdugo went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles, including a two-run double in the sixth that broke a 10-10 tie, as the Rams defeated the Cougars 14-10 at Green Valley to advance to the championship round of the Sunrise Region baseball tournament.
After her mom passed away Monday, Sanoe Helenihi powered Basic’s rally Friday, and Hannah Barr delivered the game-winner to send the Wolves’ softball team to the Sunrise Region final.
John Howard Bobo’s two-run double allowed the Wolves to pull out a 2-1 win over visiting Coronado in the winners’ bracket final.
Coronado senior hurler Tatum Spangler recovered from a modest first-inning jam to dominate the Patriots with a steady dose of rise-balls en route to an 11-1, five-inning home victory in the Sunrise Region tournament.
Soraya Seumalo threw a complete game and propelled the Patriots to a 5-1 road victory over Basic to advance to the winners’ bracket final of the Sunrise Region tournament.
Boston Mabeus went 4-for-5 with two doubles, a home run, four runs and five RBIs Wednesday as Coronado’s baseball team earned a 21-6 road win over top-seeded Rancho in the Sunrise Region baseball tournament.
Coronado scored three times in the first inning en route to an 8-5 road win over Liberty on Tuesday in the first round of the Sunrise Region tournament.
The Wolves waltzed to a 25-14, 25-21, 24-26, 25-16 victory over Liberty on Tuesday night in the Sunrise Region tournament quarterfinals on Tuesday night at Foothill.
Abigail Cordova’s change-up made Foothill look off-balance all afternoon, allowing visiting Green Valley to ride a seventh-inning rally to a 4-2 victory in opening-round play of the Sunrise Region softball tournament.
Basic’s Raquel Chavez won both distance races in the Sunrise Region track meet at Basic High School on Saturday morning.
Basic’s Skylar Freitas had 19 kills to lead the Wolves to a 25-16, 18-25, 24-26, 25-17, 15-9 boys volleyball victory over visiting Rancho.
Kaeden Camat-Toki singled home pinch runner Joseph Rush in the top of the seventh inning to break a tie, and Liberty’s baseball team tacked on two more runs to defeat host Coronado 7-4 on Wednesday.
Leah Becker was 3-for-3 with a double, a home run, two runs and three RBIs to lead Foothill’s softball team to an 8-2 home win over Basic on Wednesday.
