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Pualani Tuilaki caught a 25-yard touchdown strike from Jaira Kalama with four seconds left to lift Liberty’s flag football team to a 25-20 home victory over Foothill on Wednesday.
For most of this season, the Valley boys soccer team had only 13 players on its roster. It has been a lucky number for the Vikings.
Bobby Merritt scored three touchdowns Thursday as Foothill’s football team overwhelmed visiting Eldorado, 66-27.
Last season Nathalia Luna picked up a tennis racket for the first time and was the only member of the Western girls tennis team. This year, she has reinforcements.
Jenna Wyson and Samantha Arteaga went 3-0 in doubles, including the clinching point in the third round on Wednesday to lead Silverado’s girls tennis team to a 10-8 home win over Cimarron-Memorial.
Hunter Pate earned medalist honors with a 2-over-par 74 at Aliante on Wednesday as Bishop Gorman’s girls won a Southwest League match.
Garrick Quackenbush’s goal off a corner kick just five minutes into the second half Wednesday broke a tie and allowed Cimarron-Memorial’s boys soccer team to defeat visiting Western, 2-1.
Schoolwork remains the top priority for the Crusaders, but their scores get getting better.
Faith Lutheran junior Chase Wood fell just 11 seconds short of the Division I-A state cross-country state title last year. He”s been hard at work this summer to make sure he”s the first one to cross the line this season.