Western built a three-goal lead during the first half, then hung on to beat Sunrise Mountain 3-2 to earn the Class 4A Southern Region title.
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Makayla Gent scored on an assist from Hailie Souza to lead Pahrump Valley to a 1-0 victory over Western in the Class 3A Southern region title game.
Pahrump Valley beat Sunrise Mountain in penalty kicks Thursday in the Class 3A Southern Region semifinals, avenging a last-minute loss last year in the region title game.
Western and Sunrise Mountain earned berths in the Class 3A Southern Region final and next week’s state tournament with victories on Thursday.
Hannah McElheny recorded 14 saves — most of them in the second half — to lead the Trojans past Moapa Valley 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the Class 3A Southern Region tournament at Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex.
Mojave’s boys soccer team won 11 games this season based on speed, agility and an explosive offense that averaged 5.9 goals per game in the regular season. But in the opening round of the Class 3A Southern Region tournament Tuesday, it was a defensive prowess that led the Rattlers to a 3-1 victory over Chaparral at Bettye Wilson Park.
Brooklyn Slater had 12 kills on Tuesday to lead Liberty’s girls volleyball team to a 19-25, 25-15, 20-25, 25-19, 15-9 road victory over Green Valley in the Desert Region tournament.
Nicholas held off hard-charging Massimiliano Swenson of Bishop Gorman to become Desert Oasis’ first region cross country champion. The Diamondbacks also won the boys region team title, another first in school history.
Kiffyn Andreasean had six kills and five aces to guide the Palo Verde’s girls volleyball team to a 25-9, 25-11, 25-3 win over the Desert Pines in their regular-season finale to complete the league schedule with a perfect record.
Marcos Delgado scored two goals to help Durango’s boys soccer team score a 2-1 road victory over Desert Oasis in Desert Region Tournament on Thursday afternoon.
Brooke Vokoun scored in the first minute to propel the Foothill’s girls soccer team to a wire-to-wire 2-0 home victory over Tech in Desert Region tournament play on Thursday afternoon.
Chania Scott had 12 kills to help the Mojave’s girls volleyball team clinch the Sunset League’s top seed for the Class 3A Southern Region playoffs with a 25-8, 25-10, 25-20 home sweep of Del Sol.
Colton Cook scored twice and had an assist for Foothill’s boys soccer team in a 3-0 home victory over visiting Basic in the Desert Region tournament on Tuesday afternoon.
Allyson Lieber scored on a penalty kick in the first half to help Basic’s girls soccer team edge host Clark in the Desert Region tournament on Tuesday afternoon.
Destiny Dobiesz had 36 assists and seven aces Monday to lead the Western girls volleyball team to a 31-29, 14-25, 21-25, 25-23, 15-7 road win over Somerset-Losee.