Palo Verde’s softball team enters this week’s Class 5A state tournament with a 22-0 record and is hoping to finish a perfect season with a championship.
Alex Wright
High School Sports Reporter
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Alex Wright joined the Review-Journal staff as a high school sports reporter on October 2022. He was previously a sports intern at the RJ. Alex was born and raised in Las Vegas and is in his fourth year at UNLV, majoring in journalism and media studies, with a concentration in sports media. Alex currently serves as the editor-in-chief for UNLV's student newspaper, the Scarlet & Gray Free Press. He previously was the sports editor for the paper last school year after being a sports staff writer for a year and a half.
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The Palo Verde boys and Coronado girls won the 5A Southern Region team titles Friday and have their sights set on adding to their state title streaks.
Basic’s baseball team clinched a spot in next week’s Class 5A state baseball tournament Thursday on a walk-off home run against Faith Lutheran.
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Palo Verde, the defending Class 5A state champion, beat Foothill in a playoff game Tuesday. It’s the first game the Panthers played without coach Dustin Romero.
Palo Verde athletic director Joe Aznarez would not say why Dustin Romero was not coaching the defending state champions when the region baseball playoffs began Monday.
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Palo Verde’s softball team went 18-0 in the regular season. The Panthers are looking to stay undefeated when the Class 5A Southern Region playoffs begin Monday.