The Skyhawks return a pair of state meet placers and hope to be competitive again this year.
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Cimarron-Memorial’s girls basketball team fell behind 18-3 early in the second quarter and couldn’t recover in its 54-45 loss to Spanish Springs in the Gator Winter Classic at Green Valley on Thursday.
Jacob Heese scored 28 points, and host Desert Oasis coasted to a 74-34 victory over Gilbert Christian (Arizona) in Tri-State Invitational play on Thursday night.
Aseret Geraldo dished out 56 assists to lead Cheyenne’s girls volleyball team to a 23-25, 25-22, 28-26, 22-25, 15-13 road win over Mojave on Thursday evening.
Felicity Reimann made seven saves to help Foothill’s girls soccer team hold off visiting Liberty for a 1-0 win on Thursday afternoon.
Sunil Subba scored the go-ahead goal in the 78th minute to help Silverado’s boys soccer team rally for a 2-1 home win over Basic on Thursday afternoon.
Michaela Budnick scored with 12 minutes to play to lift Sierra Vista’s girls soccer team to a 2-1 home victory over Silverado on Monday.
A list of the 2016 all-state football players expected to return this season.
Jerald Murray threw a six-hitter with four strikeouts to lead Silverado’s baseball team to a 1-0 home win over Liberty on Friday.
Liberty has scored 34 runs in its two games since losing to Foothill, including a 19-1 four-inning victory over host Silverado on Thursday.
Kade Frischknecht had 13 kills, 13 digs and six blocks Friday to lead Centennial’s boys volleyball team to a 23-25, 25-19, 25-7, 25-17 win over visiting Silverado.
Kade Frischknecht had 23 kills, 11 digs and three aces, and Sam Belnap recorded 43 assists and 11 digs as Centennial’s boys volleyball team came back from a two-set deficit to stun host Palo Verde 20-25, 24-26, 25-22, 25-20, 18-16 on Tuesday.
The Skyhawks bring back 11 lettermen and should be competitive in the Class 4A Sunrise League.
Tyler Tuiasosopo, 27, was hired by Western last month and provides instant name recognition for a team that hasn’t won a game on the field since 2010.
Follow the link for postseason girls basketball honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
