BONANZA
League: Class 4A Southwest League
Head coach: Cheryl Speer, 16th season
Returning letter winners: One
Top athletes: Samantha Torres (Sr.)
Outlook: Torres, who qualified for the Sunset Region tournament last year, is the lone returning letter winner for the Bengals, who hope to improve throughout the season.
The playoff races in boys and girls high school tennis in Southern Nevada are heating up, and the girls golf postseason is about to begin as well.
With less than a week remaining in the season, Coronado tennis coach Dave Willingham is clinging to two dreams, as his boys and girls teams chase Class 5A state titles.
Check out the weekly notebook for high school cross country, tennis and girls golf, including a look at a boys cross country runner who has dominated his races.
Shadow Ridge junior cross country runner Elynn Okuda won the 68-school Larry Burgess-Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday at Sunset Park.
A lot happened in high school tennis, cross country and girls golf last week, including a Clark standout winning a tournament at Angel Park.
Clark’s Alliah Jordan was the top individual at a Class 5A Mountain League girls golf match Wednesday. Here are photos from the event.
Desert Oasis senior Kenan Dagge won the cross country race Saturday at the Red Rock Running Company Invitational at James Regional Sports Park.
Faith Lutheran won the individual and team event at a Class 5A Desert League girls golf match Wednesday at The Revere Golf Club. Here are photos from the event.
Coronado’s girls golf team has won the last three 5A state team titles. But the race for this year’s championship could be wide open.
Coronado girls golf coach Joe Sawaia helped lead the Cougars to the 5A state title in his final year coaching to earn Nevada Preps Coach of the Year honor.
