Kyle Horton doubled and came home on two balks in the top of the fifth to break a 2-2 tie, and Centennial’s baseball team held on for a 3-2 win at Palo Verde.
Shadow Ridge
Zaire Franklin had 15 kills, 12 digs and three aces Tuesday as Legacy’s boys volleyball team rallied for a 23-25, 22-25 25-18, 25-17, 17-15 win over visiting Bonanza.
Tanner Johnson carded a 3-over-par 39 at Painted Desert on Monday to lead Shadow Ridge’s boys golf team to a 219-222 win over Arbor View.
Winning pitcher Ryan Brown threw four hitless innings in the nightcap to help Arbor View’s baseball team to an 18-3, 12-1 sweep of host Legacy in the Bengal Varsity Tournament on Saturday.
Jaeger McDowell scored the tiebreaking run on an infield single by Braulio Santiguin in the bottom of the sixth inning Friday to give Rancho’s baseball team a 6-5 victory over visiting Sierra Vista in the Lions Kick-Off Tournament.
Jessica Embro singled home the tying runs with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning and scored the winning run with two outs as Boulder City’s softball team rallied past visiting Faith Lutheran, 5-4 on Friday.
Basic’s Tanner Roundy tossed a no-hitter with eight strikeouts and a walk to lead the Wolves to a 6-0 win over Sierra Vista in the Lions Kick-Off Tournament at Centennial on Thursday.
Quinn Peterson had 12 kills, nine digs and four blocks on Thursday to lead Shadow Ridge’s boys volleyball team to a 16-25, 25-16, 26-24, 25-22 home win over Foothill.
J.R. Tuls shot a 2-over-par 38 at Canyon Gate on Thursday to lead Faith Lutheran’s boys golf team to a 201-220 win over Shadow Ridge.
The Aggies were the Northwest League”s No. 1 playoff seed last season but went 1-2, including a 21-7 loss to Palo Verde in the Sunset Region tournament that ended their season. Led by all-state shortstop Nick Quintana, Arbor View has high hopes for this season.
Sarah Pinkston was a second-team All-Nevada selection as a freshman at Shadow Ridge, but missed her sophomore season after back surgery. Amazingly, just less than 13 months after surgery, she”s back in the circle and hoping to lead Coronado to a Southeast League title.
Volleyball coach Erik Davis scours the Mojave campus looking for players and he found all 14 of his varsity players somewhere at the school. The Rattlers won last season”s Division I-A state championship.
Follow the link for the boys volleyball preview capsules, as submitted by coaches.
Follow the link for preseason information for the Shadow Ridge boys track team.
Coronado boys basketball coach Jeff Kaufman kept coming back to one word when describing senior forward Nick Kornieck: unorthodox.