The Basic secondary faces its biggest test when the Wolves (8-3) travel to Liberty (10-1) in the Sunrise Region championship game at 7 p.m. Friday.
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It was Joe Sawaia’s Coronado Cougars who best navigated the difficult conditions in the first round of the Class 4A girls state golf tournament Monday afternoon, leading by 16 strokes despite posting their highest score of the season at 317. Bishop Gorman was second at 333, with Palo Verde third at 360.
Sierra Vista won the first and third sets against Bonanza to win the Boulder City Invitational.
Led by junior Jack Trent, the Panthers’ five scoring golfers combined to play the final nine holes in 2 over par, and Palo Verde grabbed the lead after the opening round of the Division I state tournament at Reflection Bay.
Tatum Spangler went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBIs to help the Coronado softball team to a 13-4 win over Frontier (Calif.) on Thursday in the Torrance National Tournament in Torrance, California.
Robby Adair had 11 kills and 11 digs Thursday as the Bonanza volleyball team outlasted visiting Legacy, 25-7, 25-17, 15-25, 27-29, 15-13.
Carl Crayon had a team-high 12 points and made a handful of key plays in the final 2:26 as host Eldorado outlasted Canyon Springs 46-42 on Wednesday in a Division I Sunrise Region quarterfinal.
Durango went nearly six minutes without scoring in the second half, and the cold spell proved costly in a 51-44 loss to Lynwood (Calif.) in the Tarkanian Classic at Bishop Gorman.
Green Valley’s Austin Rogers has been aiming all season long to run a 3.1-mile course in less than 16 minutes. The senior finally got his wish Saturday morning in a tune-up for the postseason.
Kenyon Oblad completed all 10 of his passes, six for touchdowns, as Liberty’s football team routed visiting Valley, 74-8.
Centennial’s offense has been pretty explosive this season, as the Bulldogs have averaged 35 points and scored on seven plays of 25 or more yards in the first three weeks. But the third-ranked Bulldogs (3-0) probably don’t want to get into a shootout when they host No. 2 Liberty (1-1) at 7 p.m. Friday.
Kayla Coles had 11 kills, four blocks and 11 digs, and Karime Raygoza added 11 kills and 10 digs to help Rancho’s girls volleyball team to a 25-16, 25-15, 17-25, 25-19 win over visiting Desert Oasis on Thursday.
Hannah Rust and Lindsey Leavitt went 3-0 in doubles Thursday to help Moapa Valley’s girls tennis team take over first place in the Sunrise League with a 10-8 victory over visiting Desert Pines.
Deja Erickson’s goal 15 minutes into the match Thursday allowed top-ranked Arbor View’s girls soccer team to earn a 1-0 home victory over No. 6 Foothill.
Head coach Pam Schultz says her team has a solid core/pack and wants to qualify for state as a team
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