ADELSON SCHOOL
League: Division I-A Sunset
Head coach: Tom Gillespie, third season
2014 record: 1-9 (1-7 Sunset, eighth)
Outlook: The Lions struggled last year, but are hoping returning players can lead the team to a more successful season.
"We are hopeful, this year, to be one of the top three high school tennis teams," Gillespie said.
Led by senior Tyler Edlefsen, Palo Verde scored 91 points to hold off second-place Coronado, which scored 84, and won the Class 4A state title.
After having their three-year state championship streak snapped last season, the Panthers made a relatively easy time of winning the Class 4A state title.
Aimee Garcia and Rose Pouch each won two individual events Thursday at UNLV to help Boulder City’s girls capture their seventh straight Class 3A Southern Region title.
Josiah Cromwick’s two-run single in the fifth inning Thursday broke a scoreless tie and lifted Palo Verde’s baseball team to a 3-1 win over Northwest Christian (Arizona) in the Wolves Classic in Goodyear, Arizona.
Campbell Holt’s bases-loaded single to right field with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday lifted Desert Oasis’ baseball team to a 4-3 win over Delbarton (N.J.) in the opening round of the National High School Invitational in Cary, North Carolina.
Dylan Howell was 4-for-4 with a double, two runs and two RBIs to help Faith Lutheran’s baseball team to a 13-4 road win at Legacy on Thursday.
Winning pitcher Cayden Duncan drove in Orbien Hernandez-Silva with a sacrifice fly with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday to lift Bonanza’s baseball team to a 12-11 win over visiting Spring Valley.
Tyler Floyd singled home Chase McDaniel with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to give Pahrump Valley a 5-4 baseball victory over visiting Virgin Valley.
Zach Martinez’s bases-loaded walk with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday forced home Jake Perales with the winning run as Foothil’s baseball team nipped visiting Coronado, 2-1.
