Coronado’s boys and girls tennis teams rolled to home wins over Basic on Tuesday. Here are photos from the matches.
The Faith Lutheran boys defeated Palo Verde to win their first state championship, and the Palo Verde girls rolled past Faith Lutheran to claim their sixth title.
Tim Gordon and Thomas Blomquist went 3-0 in doubles Tuesday to help Liberty’s boys tennis team edge visiting Basic 10-9 in the Desert Region tournament.
Bonanza’s Chase Kasday did not lose a game in going 3-0 in singles and leading the Bengals’ boys tennis team to an 11-7 road victory over Faith Lutheran.
Colton Banks and Chris Jepson went 3-0 in doubles for Basic’s boys tennis team Tuesday as the Wolves downed host Silverado, 12-6.
Zachary Billot and Ilan Gonzalez each went 2-1 in singles Monday as Spring Valley’s boys tennis team edged visiting Foothill 10-9 on a tiebreaker.
Vangeli Zimmerman was 3-0 in singles on Thursday to lift Spring Valley’s boys tennis team to a 15-3 home victory over Tech.
Javonte Dorsey, Tanner Howard, and Christian Younger each finished 3-0 in singles as Eldorado’s boys tennis team earned a 13-5 home victory over Virgin Valley on Monday.
The doubles teams of Max Wolfson and Frankie Ward, and Oliver Filipovic and Franco Alvarez each went 3-0 to lead Bishop Gorman’s boys tennis team to a 12-6 home win over Foothill on Thursday afternoon.
State championships: None
Recent state tournament appearances: 2004
Region championships: 2004
Region runner-up finishes: 2007
Recent league championships: 2004
Recent playoff appearances: 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001
2017 postseason: Sunrise League’s No. 7 seed (lost in quarterfinals to Foothill, 15-3)
Last 10 seasons
2017: 4-8 (4-6 4A Sunrise/seventh)
2016: 4-8 (2-8 Southeast/fifth)
2015: 4-8 (4-6 Southeast/fourth)
2014: 6-7 (5-5 Southeast/fourth)
2013: 6-5 (5-4 Southeast/third)
2012: 5-7 (4-6 Southeast/fourth)
2011: 4-6 (3-5 Southeast/sixth)
2010: 5-6 (3-5 Southeast/sixth)
2009: 5-6 (3-5 Southeast/sixth)
2008: 5-5 (3-5 Southeast/sixth)