Palo Verde squeaked by Clark via a 38-32 tiebreaker to clinch a 10-9 victory and a third consecutive Class 4A state championship.
Tennis
Boulder City’s boys tennis team and The Meadows’ girls tennis team defended their Class 3A state championships on Friday at Truckee High School.
Coronado beat Faith Lutheran 10-5, and Palo Verde defeated Reno 11-7 on Thursday at Bishop Manogue in the Class 4A state semifinals.
Clark rolled to a 14-4 victory over Reno in the state semifinals at Bishop Mangoue on Thursday to set up a rematch with the two-time defending state champion Panthers, who beat Coronado, 11-7, in the other semifinal.
The Crusaders swept doubles in the first two rounds and led 9-3 before clinching the 10th point and summoning their reserves for most of the third round.
Coronado won eight of the nine singles sets en route to a 14-4 win over Spanish Springs at Bishop Manogue.
The brackets, including results (when available) for the individual portion of the boys and girls tennis state tournaments are here.
Clark (16-1) eked out an 11-7 win over the Bengals in the first round of the Class 4A state tournament to earn a berth in the semifinals, which begin Thursday in Reno.
The Panthers knocked off Bishop Gorman 12-6 in a Class 4A state quarterfinal Monday, earning a trip to Reno for a semifinal on Thursday.
Here is a look at some of the week’s top high school sports events.
The schedules and results (when available) for the boys tennis team tournaments are here.
The schedules and results (when available) for the girls tennis team tournaments are here.
As Olivia Mikkelson was wrapping up her Class 3A Southern Region girls singles title on one court, twin brother Connor was gutting his way to a three-set win in the boys singles final on another.
Boch-Collins used a cerebral effort rather than a hard approach to defeat Bishop Gorman senior Angelique Friedrich on Friedrich’s home court, 6-2, 6-1 in the girls singles final.
