Freshman’s goal a stunner

Green Valley freshman forward Londyn Lopez never imagined she would score a goal this postseason.

She wound up scoring in sudden-death overtime to give the Gators a 1-0 victory over Eldorado in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A Sunrise Region soccer tournament Tuesday at Bettye Wilson Park.

"It was just amazing," said Lopez, who scored unassisted seven minutes into OT. "I did a move on the first (defender) and I realized there was nobody there, so I kept going and I had a shot, and I took it."

The shot rebounded off goalkeeper Chynna Hartmann, and Lopez was there to tap the ball just inside the left post.

"That was just outstanding individual effort, in overtime with massive amounts of pressure," Green Valley coach Joel Parks said.

Midway through the second half, Lopez had a goal disallowed by an offside call.

Kylie Lowe had a two-save shutout for Green Valley (15-1-1), which faces Rancho in the semifinals at 4 p.m. Thursday.

Hartmann made nine saves for Eldorado (7-5-3), which also had a goal disallowed.

• Silverado 2, Las Vegas 1 -- Shelbi Spooner scored two goals to lead the Skyhawks (9-5-3) past the Wildcats (7-5-3).

Syrina Lopez and Taylor Richard assisted on Spooner's goals, which came in the 32nd and 42nd minutes and gave Silverado a 2-0 lead.

Silverado will play Coronado in the semifinals at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Wendy Martinez scored for Las Vegas.

• Rancho 5, Basic 0 -- Jahmela Muhammad and Zakiya Bywaters scored two goals each to help the Rams (14-1-0) eliminate the Wolves (6-8-3).

Lexa Green also scored for Rancho, and Jenna Rae Lewis, Cindy Hernandez and Rebecca Revo had assists.

• Coronado 2, Valley 0 -- Veronica Subu scored twice in the second half to lift the Cougars (14-1-2).

Morgan Romito and Sarah Pate added assists, and Alexis Mansoor made five saves.

SUNSET REGION

Arbor View's girls are as close to full health as they've been all year, and they showed they're ready to put a hurt on the rest of the Sunset Region.

The Aggies (12-3-2) peppered Sierra Vista (10-6-1) with 15 shots en route to a 4-0 victory in the quarterfinals.

"I've known this was in us," said Aggies coach Jay Howard, who had five regulars out with injuries at one point this season. "This was as well as we've played in a long time."

Bianca Norman, Ashlea Andrade and Tori Dunn scored in the first 28 minutes, and Erica Peeples added a goal in the second half. Peeples had eight shots during the match.

Alex Luevano made two saves for the Aggies, who will play Centennial in a semifinal Thursday.

• Centennial 4, Bonanza 0 -- Bethanie Skelton scored three goals in the first 37 minutes as the Northwest League champion rolled over the Bengals (8-6-3).

Julie Owens also scored for the Bulldogs (15-1-1). Gretchen Mikulich made three saves in the shutout.

• Shadow Ridge 3, Durango 0 -- Stephanie Sander scored twice and Kelsey Tesoro supplied three assists to help the Mustangs (12-2-3) blank the Trailblazers (9-7-1).

Kelsey Kurth also scored for Shadow Ridge, which got five saves by Megan Brown.

• Bishop Gorman 3, Palo Verde 0 -- Hayley Wingender, Courtney Beckwith and Mariah Hobbs scored in the second half as the Gaels (17-0) defeated the Panthers (10-5-2).

Alex Holland made two saves to earn the shutout. Gorman will play Shadow Ridge on Thursday.