Head of the Class, April 4
■ ARBOR VIEW — Softball player Letty Valenzuela has posted a 6-2 record with a 1.11 ERA and 35 strikeouts in the circle this season.
■ BONANZA — Girls track and field athlete Emily Adams won the 3,200-meter run with a time of 12 minutes, 7 seconds at the Las Vegas Track Classic, the No. 2 mark in school history.
■ CENTENNIAL — Boys track athlete Nico Fonzi cleared 13 feet in the pole vault at the Santa Barbara (Calif.) Relays. Girls track athlete Sydney Badger won the 3,200- and 1,600-meter runs and ran on the winning distance medley and 1,600 relay teams at the Santa Barbara (Calif.) Relays.
■ CHEYENNE — Softball player Vanessa Sanders had a .569 average, 16 RBIs, three doubles and two home runs at the Spring Jamboree tournament.
■ CORONADO — Girls track athlete Shaye’e Swaine anchored the sprint medley relay team to a win at the Santa Barbara (Calif.) Relays and a second-place finish in the 800 relay. Boys volleyball player Tyler Cucullu made the all-tournament team at the La Jolla (Calif.) Cities Invitational.
■ DESERT OASIS — Boys golfer Sam Teitjen shot a two-day 160 to tie for sixth at the Pahrump Valley Invitational. Girls swimmer Karen Kurosawa won the 200-yard individual medley and 100 breaststroke in a meet with Centennial.
■ FAITH LUTHERAN — Boys track athlete Mark Rubalcaba placed second in the long jump (21 feet, 10½ inches) and fourth in the triple jump (43-4½) at the Las Vegas Track Classic, setting school records in both events. Girls track athlete Clarissa Maxey won the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the Las Vegas Track Classic. She also ran on the second-place 400 and 1,600 relay teams.
■ GREEN VALLEY — Baseball player Troy Cropper hit .466 with a double, a triple and four RBIs and earned a win and a save at the Big League Dugout Invitational in Phoenix. Softball player Maggie Manwarren was 5-for-5 to lead the Gators to a 10-6 win over Marantha (Calif.) in the Bronze Bracket championship game at the Spring Jamboree at Majestic Park.
■ LIBERTY — Baseball pitcher Nate Bennett threw a shutout against Spring Valley to improve to 4-0 with a 2.25 ERA.
■ THE MEADOWS — Girls track athlete Jeneke Heerema set a school record of 5 minutes, 19.5 seconds in the 1,600-meter run against Palo Verde.
■ PALO VERDE — Boys volleyball player Andrew Weston had a total of 95 assists and 25 digs in three matches. Girls swimmer Izzy Goldsmith finished first in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 butterfly against Sierra Vista.
■ SIERRA VISTA — Swimmer Lina Herbig posted a regional qualifying time in the 200-yard freestyle. Boys volleyball player Julius Sison had a total of 45 digs and eight aces in three matches.
■ SILVERADO — Boys track athlete Jonathan Aman posted a mark of 17 feet, 4 inches in the long jump at the Huntington Beach (Calif.) Invitational.
Athletes of the Week
MALE
P.J. Gonzalez
Arbor View
The senior outfielder was 12-for-20 wih six doubles, two triples, 14 RBIs and nine stolen bases to help the Aggies to a 7-1 record for the week.
FEMALE
Ashlie Blake
Liberty
The junior thrower won the shot put and discus at the Las Vegas Track Classic, earning Outstanding Field Athlete honors. Blake set a meet record in the shot with a throw of 49 feet, 1/2 inch, and took the discus with a mark of 142-5.
