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HEAD OF THE CLASS: Pavlica smacks two homers to lead Liberty by Palo Verde

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

BASEBALL

Preston Pavlica

Liberty

The senior smacked two home runs and had five RBIs in a 14-4 victory over Palo Verde.

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SOFTBALL

Michaela Hood

Spring Valley

The junior threw a no-hitter with 13 strikeouts in a 17-0 win over Mojave.

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BOYS TRACK

Quamaree Harris

Arbor View

The senior won three events to lead the Aggies to the team title at the Richard Lewis Invitational in Overton. Harris won the long jump with a mark of 20 feet, ½ inch, the high jump at 6-2 and the triple jump at 41-8¼.

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HEAD OF THE CLASS

ARBOR VIEW — Girls track athlete Madison Christian won the shot put with a mark of 36 feet, 4½ inches and the discus with a throw of 88-2 at the Richard Lewis Invitational, helping the Aggies win the team title.

BASIC — Girls track athlete Emma Nwachukwu won four events in a meet with Rancho and Indian Springs. Nwachukwu won the 100-meter dash in 13.3 seconds, took the high jump with a mark of 4 feet, 10 inches, the triple jump at 38-2 and the shot put at 31-11.

BONANZA — Boys track athlete Brandon Knox placed third in the 300-meter hurdles at the Trophy Invitational in Laguna Beach, Calif., with a time of 41.71 seconds.

BOULDER CITY — Baseball player Nolan Desantis went 8-for-12 with eight runs and five RBIs in victories over Del Sol, Desert Pines and Sunrise Mountain.

CIMARRON-MEMORIAL — Softball player Rosie Del Rosario was 3-for-5 with two walks and two doubles and pitched two games, going 1-1 with a 1.00 ERA. Baseball player Adam Mitchell was 4-for-8 with two homers, a double and four RBIs in three wins.

DESERT OASIS — Girls track athlete Isabel Sullivan cleared 8 feet, 9 inches to win the freshman-sophomore competition at the Trophy Invitational at Laguna Beach, Calif. Boys golfer Syouta Wakisaka shot 4-over-par 76 in a Northwest League match at Highland Falls.

FAITH LUTHERAN — Boys track athlete Mark Rubalcaba won the triple jump with a mark of 47 feet, 3 inches at the Chandler (Ariz.) Rotary Invitational. Rubalcaba also placed second in the long jump (22-11¾). Girls track athlete Clarissa Maxey won the Seeded section 200 at the Chandler Rotary Invitational. She also placed third in the Elite section 400, and anchored the 1,600 relay team that won in the Seeded section.

LIBERTY — Boys golfer Jayrick Cadelina-Canyete shot an 81 to lead the Patriots to victory in a Northeast League match.

THE MEADOWS — Baseball player Drake Gordon threw a no-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks in an 11-0 victory over Indian Springs.

PALO VERDE — Boys swimmer Logan Houck won the 100-yard butterfly and 100 backstroke, and swam on the winning 400 freestyle relay team in a 202-94 win over Shadow Ridge. Girls swimmer Erin Emery won the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly and swam on the winning 200 freestyle relay team in a 197-114 victory over Shadow Ridge.

SHADOW RIDGE — Boys volleyball player Quinn Peterson averaged 10 kills and five aces in wins over Basic, Eldorado, Bonanza and Bishop Gorman.

SIERRA VISTA — Boys volleyball player Nik Fava had a total of 20 kills over three matches to lead the Mountain Lions. Girls track athlete Sydney Land won the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the Skyhawk Invitational.

SILVERADO — Girls track athlete Chase Jenkins won the 3,200-meter run against Valley with a time of 12 minutes, 8.3 seconds. Boys golfer Thomas Kirchner shot 1-over-par 73 to place first in a Northeast League match.

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