Coronado freshman Javier Vasquez checked into the Class 4A title game at the beginning of overtime, and scored immediately to lift the Cougars to a 2-1 victory over the Sundevils at Bettye Wilson Park on Saturday.
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With four runners finishing in the top 17 individually, Centennial won its third state championship in the last four years, even if the runners didn’t finish in the order they might have expected.
Green Valley scored a pair of goals in the first half to score a 2-0 victory over Coronado in the Class 4A Sunrise Region championship game at Bettye Wilson Park on Saturday.
Jacey Wood scored two goals to lead Desert Oasis’ girls soccer team to a 3-0 home win over Sierra Vista on Wednesday afternoon.
Bishop Gorman, Jack Kostrinksy, Axel Botticelli and Denim Richardson all finished 3-0 in singles as Palo Verde’s boys tennis team (13-2) downed Bishop Gorman (13-2) on Wednesday afternoon.
Agustin Nunez scored the go-ahead goal with 15 minutes remaining to rally Tech’s boys soccer team to a 2-1 win at Virgin Valley on Wednesday afternoon.
Faith Lutheran eked by Palo Verde via tiebreaker to advance to the Sunset Regional tournament championship.
Ryan Garlick had a match-high 28 kills to lead Coronado’s boys volleyball team to a 25-19, 25-14, 23-25, 25-21 win at Silverado on Thursday.
Chaparral won the final event — the 400-yard freestyle relay — and that was enough to lift the Cowboys’ girls swimming team to a 114-110 victory over Tech on Tuesday at Multi-Generational.
Tyre Hilton doubled home Olivia McClain with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Green Valley’s softball team outslugged visiting Foothill 15-14 on Tuesday.
Rancho’s Layton Walls provided a two-run single, and the Rams’ baseball team added another run on a passed ball as part of a three-run eighth inning to defeat Liberty 4-1 on the road Tuesday.
Austen Ancell shot 2-under-par 70 to take medalist honors and lead Pahrump Valley to victory in a Class 3A Sunset League match Tuesday at Las Vegas Golf Club.
The Gators had someone competing for the championship in all but one weight class, comfortably rolling to their seventh consecutive team championship Saturday at Las Vegas High with a score of 324½ points.
Liberty’s wrestling team dominated the lower weights Wednesday, winning five of the six lightest classes to edge visiting Coronado, 40-39.
Here is the latest Southern Nevada boys basketball coaches poll.