Reserve Jayden Eggleston finished with 23 points and six rebounds, and Centennial wore down Liberty for a 76-51 victory in the Class 4A girls state semifinals Thursday at Cox Pavilion.
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The Falcons return nine letter winners and should be among the top teams in the Sunrise Region again this year.
Caitlyn Noorda finished 3-0 and Alexia Cassman finished 2-0 in singles play to lead the Shadow Ridge girls tennis team to a 13-5 home victory over Cimarron-Memorial on Friday.
Thomas Romero went 3-0 in singles to power Green Valley’s boys tennis team to an 11-7 road victory over Basic on Friday.
Austin Strong threw five shutout innings, and the Wildcats benefited from two costly errors en route to a 9-1 road win over Foothill in a Division I Sunrise League game.
Winning pitcher Heather Holman went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI on Saturday to help Eldorado’s softball team rally for an 11-5 win at Valley.
Tristan Arruti, Garrett Jones and Tama Tuitama each won two individual events Saturday to help Legacy’s boys swimming team edge Bishop Gorman, 148-146 at Municipal.
Maddie Cartmill won two individual events Saturday to help Centennial’s girls swimming team to a 143-136 win over Desert Oasis at Municipal.
Chris Opolka walked and came around to score the go-ahead run on an error with no outs in the top of the seventh inning as Shadow Ridge’s baseball team topped host Arbor View 13-8 on Thursday.
Skylar Gorrell tripled home the tying runs with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning and scored the winning run on Paulina Franco’s single as host Las Vegas High’s softball team rallied for a 9-8 win over Foothill on Thursday.
Lamont Traylor had 16 kills and three blocks, and Montef Hargrove added 11 kills and five blocks to help Rancho’s boys volleyball team defeat visiting Foothill, 25-17, 23-25, 25-22, 27-25 on Thursday.
Alessandra Elena’s RBI double capped an eight-run rally with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday as Coronado’s softball team stunned visiting Foothill, 9-8.
Isaiah Blaylock worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday to help Shadow Ridge’s baseball team hold on for a 5-4 win at Centennial.