NOTES: State champion Coronado sets pace for postseason honors in boys golf
Coronado’s boys golf team blew away the competition this season, eventually winning the first Class 4A state title in program history.
Accordingly, the Cougars also dominated postseason honors announced this week.
Accordingly, the Cougars also dominated postseason honors announced this week.
Coronado’s A.J. McInerney, Tad Darland and Christian Pate received All-Southern Nevada honors. No other school had multiple players on the team.
McInerney, a sophomore who shot 5-under-par 66 at TPC Las Vegas to finish with a two-day, 36-hole total of 134 to win the individual state championship, was named Sunrise Region player of the year.
McInerney, Darland, Pate and teammate Kenden Slattery also received first-team All-Sunrise and first-team All-Southeast League honors.
The All-Southern Nevada team is rounded out by Foothill’s Taylor Montgomery, Green Valley’s Ryan Green, Faith Lutheran’s Yuki Kato, Pahrump Valley’s Shane Lindemann and Arbor View’s Zane Thomas.
All-Sunrise honors also went to Montgomery, Green and Eldorado’s Giovanni Latty. Kato, who has signed with Xavier, was named Sunset player of the year.
Also on the All-Sunset team are Lindemann, Thomas, Desert Oasis’ Soungjae Baek and Niko Gonnella and Centennial’s Justin Palmquist and Greg Kerber.
SWIMMING HONORS — In boys swimming, Sunset swimmer of the year went to Palo Verde’s Gianni Sesto, and Boulder City’s Zane Grothe took Sunrise swimmer of the year.
In girls swimming, Bishop Gorman’s Olivia Barker took Sunset swimmer of the year, and the Sunrise award went to Coronado’s Alix Mertel.
Josh Hartman (boys) and Megan Pristash (girls), who coach divers from multiple schools, claimed Sunset coach of the year honors.
Sunrise coaching awards went to Canyon Springs’ Jonathan Hillmer (girls) and Basic’s Jenny Osterholt (boys).
GOLF
Boys
All-Southern Nevada
All-Southern Nevada
A.J. McInerney, Coronado; Tad Darland, Coronado; Taylor Montgomery, Foothill; Ryan Green, Green Valley; Yuki Kato, Faith Lutheran; Shane Lindemann, Pahrump Valley; Zane Thomas, Arbor View; Christian Pate, Coronado.
All-Sunrise Region
Darland, Coronado; Montgomery, Foothill; Green, Green Valley; Pate, Coronado; Kenden Slattery, Coronado; Giovanni Latty, Eldorado.
Player of the Year: A.J. McInerney, Coronado.
Player of the Year: A.J. McInerney, Coronado.
All-Sunset Region
Lindemann, Pahrump Valley; Thomas, Arbor View; Soungjae Baek, Desert Oasis; Justin Palmquist, Centennial; Greg Kerber, Centennial; Niko Gonnella, Desert Oasis.
Player of the Year: Yuki Kato, Faith Lutheran.
Player of the Year: Yuki Kato, Faith Lutheran.
All-Northeast League
First Team
First Team
Latty, Eldorado; Kaden Magdaluyo, Eldorado; Taylor Jones, Las Vegas; Chaz Barti, Rancho; John Wilborn, Canyon Springs; Daniel Drake, Desert Pines.
Second Team
Zach Thomas, Las Vegas; Garrett Fregoso, Valley; Josh Jackson, Las Vegas; Kyle Cwikowski, Las Vegas; Jon Wood, Valley; Bryson Mitchell, Rancho.
All-Southeast League
First Team
First Team
McInerney, Coronado; Darland, Coronado; Montgomery, Foothill; Green, Green Valley; Pate, Coronado; Slattery, Coronado.
Second Team
Bailey Rogers, Foothill; Josh Fisher, Silverado; Amaan Hussain, Green Valley; Trevor Graziano, Green Valley; Julian Glasser, Coronado; Jimmy Burris, Coronado.
All-Northwest League
First Team
First Team
Kato, Faith Lutheran; Thomas, Arbor View; Palmquist, Centennial; Kerber, Centennial; Errek McClellan, Palo Verde; Dillon Dudley, Palo Verde.
Second Team
Kyle Melchiorre, Palo Verde; Brad Rowland, Centennial; Alec Sailer, Centennial; Mark Agustin, Arbor View; Josh LoManto, Palo Verde; Nick Roman, Palo Verde.
All-Southwest League
First Team
First Team
Lindemann, Pahrump Valley; Baek, Desert Oasis; Gonnella, Desert Oasis; Steve Kennedy, Desert Oasis; Jay Singharath, Desert Oasis; Dorian Patel, Pahrump Valley.
Second Team
Daniel Shimakawa, Pahrump Valley; Elliott Owens, Pahrump Valley; Ben Schlitching, Bishop Gorman; Kyle Graham, Spring Valley; Jake Pinney, Sierra Vista; Joshua Antos, Spring Valley.
SWIMMING
Boys
All-Sunrise Region
All-Sunrise Region
Boulder City–Gunner Braden, Dylan Bunch, Jeff Dunn, Tore Grasso, Zane Grothe, Jon Lyon, Cody Molisee, Drew Peterson, Hunter Wright. Coronado–Evan Byrd, Ty Greenwald, Jacob Luna, Hans Nossen. Foothill–Leo Feld. Green Valley–Jared Brown, Christian Friedrich, Robert Hommel, Thomas Meek, Will Meek, Sterling Newman, Andre Tacuyan. Silverado–Zach Harris, Ben Hensel, Jacob Jezek. Virgin Valley–Skyler Vent.
Swimmer of the Year: Zane Grothe, Boulder City.
Coach of the Year: Jenny Osterholt, Basic.
Swimmer of the Year: Zane Grothe, Boulder City.
Coach of the Year: Jenny Osterholt, Basic.
All-Sunset Region
Arbor View–Austin Bradley, Gabe Falkner, Isiah Jackson, Brian Martinez. Bishop Gorman–Alex Kulwin, Ivan Sergeyevsky, Ian Sinclair. Bonanza–Sam Weiser. Centennial–Billy Gravley. Durango–Matt Dangleis, Rob Eisendrath, Andrew Leslie. Faith Lutheran–Eli Niebuhr. Palo Verde–Andrew Chin, Adam Henley, Robbie Hill, Jordan Larkin, Cody Miller, Michael Mortensen, Gianni Sesto, Collin Sorkin, Jeff Ward. Shadow Ridge–Wyatt Duvall. Sierra Vista–Emile Maritz. Spring Valley–Brett Beck, Jesse Dwyer, Dylan Wolf.
Swimmer of the Year: Gianni Sesto, Palo Verde.
Coach of the Year: Josh Hartman, diving.
Swimmer of the Year: Gianni Sesto, Palo Verde.
Coach of the Year: Josh Hartman, diving.
Girls
All-Sunrise Region
Boulder City–Jena Lake, Paige Moravec, Megan Purdy, Kelsey Thompson. Coronado–Christina Bloom, Allison Cale, Kelsey Fillmore, Melissa Fillmore, Samantha Harrison, Alix Mertel, Nicole Mertel, Arlete Navarro. Eldorado–Lynnette Molitor. Foothill–Nicole Howard. Green Valley–Allie Dodds, Samaranda Georgescu, Aubrey Grensing, Crystal Imahara, Eleanor Marrs, Sarah McKay, Carlee Oswald, Katarina Velasquez. Tech–Kristie Foster. Silverado–Mallory Harris, Mako Hosono, Lauran Willis.
Swimmer of the Year: Alix Mertel, Coronado.
Coach of the Year: Jonathan Hillmer, Canyon Springs.
Swimmer of the Year: Alix Mertel, Coronado.
Coach of the Year: Jonathan Hillmer, Canyon Springs.
All-Sunset Region
Arbor View–Mackenzie Watkins. Bishop Gorman–Olivia Barker, Meghan Boland, Ciera Cortney, Lindsey Englestead, Angelica Licos. Bonanza–Melanie Chabin. Centennial–Natalie Lipkowitz. Cimarron-Memorial–Crecenciana Ebia, Amanda Guerrero, Tzu Lin. Durango–Jamie McDowell. Faith Lutheran–Brooke Taylor. The Meadows–Jessie Barra, Eliana Crawford. Palo Verde–Kelly Chism, Kim Coombs, Alexis Mayhall, Mikayda Mills, Xan Rafie, Megan Scharar. Shadow Ridge–Emily Bergo, Kaytee Garcia, Sarah Miller. Sierra Vista–Anamey Nava, Kacey Smith.
Swimmer of the Year: Olivia Barker, Bishop Gorman.
Coach of the Year: Megan Pristash, diving.
Swimmer of the Year: Olivia Barker, Bishop Gorman.
Coach of the Year: Megan Pristash, diving.