Coach: Don Giardina (third year)
2007 finish: Fourth in Southwest League, 11th in Class 4A Sunset Region
Returning letterwinners: Five
Top athletes: Maddie Levine (Sr.)
Outlook: Senior captain Levine, who was fourth at the Lake Havasu (Ariz.) Invitational last season, will lead a young Gaels team made up almost entirely of freshmen and sophomores.
"The team looks to make huge improvements this season," Giardina said.
The Coronado girls volleyball team swept Bishop Gorman to win the Class 5A Southern Region final Saturday at Palo Verde. Both teams advance to the state tournament.
Arbor View and Desert Pines are embracing the opportunities they have against Liberty and Bishop Gorman, respectively, in Friday’s Class 5A Southern Region semifinals.
Coronado set a state record with its score of 11-under at the Class 5A girls golf state championship. In tennis, Palo Verde swept the boys and girls 5A championships.
Bishop Gorman racked up 432 yards of total offense to Faith Lutheran’s 19 on the Gaels’ way to a 72-0 rout in the Class 5A playoff opener.
Bishop Gorman quarterback Micah Alejado threw five touchdown passes as the Gaels rolled past Palo Verde 70-0 Friday night in a Class 5A Desert League game.
High school state tournaments would have been staged in numerous divisions and sports across the valley this week, all canceled due to the coronavirus.
The RJ is focusing on the issue of deferred maintenance in “State of Disrepair,” an occasional series that will examine how CCSD and other government agencies deal with projects that need doing but are unfunded.
Find out the winners of the male and female athletes of the year, the coach and team of the year, winners of each sport’s athlete and coach of the year, and two special awards.
Bishop Gorman, Boulder City, The Meadows and Pahranagat Valley won the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association’s OneNevada Cup for the 2018-19 school year.
The fourth annual Best of Nevada Preps award show will be released at 9 a.m. on June 3 on the Nevada Preps website.
