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.
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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.
Seth Hoffman was 3-for-4 with three doubles and six RBIs to power Cimarron-Memorial’s baseball team to a 17-6, six-inning win over host Arbor View on Friday.
Eldorado’s softball team scored four runs in the third inning and five in the fourth Friday to rally from a 6-0 deficit and beat Las Vegas 11-9 at Coronado to claim the final Sunrise Region postseason spot.
Christopher Rose’s walk-off hit capped a three-run seventh inning for Cheyenne’s baseball team in a 6-5 home win over the Mojave on Thursday.
Western’s Alexa Camacho was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs Thursday as the visiting Warriors held on to beat Desert Pines, 13-11.
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.