Tuesday’s playoff roundup: Centennial volleyball moves on — PHOTOS
Abby Vlaming racked up 16 kills, seven digs and three aces to help the Centennial girls volleyball team advance with a 25-21, 25-18, 18-25, 25-16 road win over Shadow Ridge on Tuesday in the Class 5A Southern Region quarterfinals.
Mae Stoddard added 26 assists, 13 digs and an ace for Centennial (25-13), the No. 3 seed from the Mountain League, and teammate Audrianne Bernard had seven kills and two aces.
Shadow Ridge, the No. 2 seed from the Desert League, finished 17-13.
Centennial plays at Coronado in the semifinals at 6 p.m. Thursday.
— No. 1M Coronado 3, No. 4D Faith Lutheran 0: At Coronado, Rachel Purser logged 14 kills, four blocks and an ace to lead the Cougars (28-4) to a 25-16, 25-23, 25-19 win over the Crusaders (18-18).
— No. 1D Bishop Gorman 3, No. 4M Palo Verde 0: At Bishop Gorman, Ayanna Watson had 17 kills and a .761 hitting percentage to help the Gaels (25-8) roll to a 25-7, 25-4, 25-5 win over the Panthers (12-14).
Carsyn Stansberry had eight kills to help Gorman, and Ellie Prindl added seven aces.
Gorman hosts Arbor View in the semifinals at 6 p.m. Thursday.
— No. 2M Arbor View 3, No. 3D Foothill 2: At Arbor View, Tamara Unga had 15 kills and seven aces to help the Aggies (28-10) rally for an 18-25, 25-19, 26-28, 25-17, 15-5 win over the Falcons (27-10).
Willow Watson added 10 kills, seven blocks and five aces for Arbor View.
— No. 1M The Meadows 3, No. 4D Mater East 0: At The Meadows, the Mustangs (17-5) rolled to a 25-11, 25-16, 25-7 win over the Knights (5-16) in a region quarterfinal.
The Meadows hosts Virgin Valley in a semifinal at 6 p.m. Thursday.
— No. 2D Virgin Valley 3, No. 3M SLAM Academy 1: At Virgin Valley, the Bulldogs rallied from a first-set loss for a 15-25, 25-10, 25-13, 25-11 victory over SLAM Academy.
— No. 1D Moapa Valley 3, No. 4M Sloan Canyon 0: At Overton, the Pirates (23-10) cruised to a 25-12, 25-14, 25-14 win over Sloan Canyon (11-17).
Moapa hosts Boulder City in a semifinal at 6 p.m. Thursday.
— No. 2M Boulder City 3, No. 3D Cheyenne 0: At Boulder City, outside hitters Sophia Kelso and Lily Mackey led the Eagles' offensive attack as they rolled to a 25-15, 25-22, 25-19 victory over the Desert Shields.
Boys soccer
— No. 1 Coronado 14, No. 8 Cimarron-Memorial 0: At Coronado, junior Gavin Flickinger logged four goals and an assist to help the Cougars (24-0) cruise past the Spartans (3-16) in a league quarterfinal.
Flickinger's last score was his school-record 54th career goal.
Dylan Flores added three goals and three assists for Coronado, which hosts Western in a semifinal at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
— No. 5 Western 3, No. 4 Las Vegas 2 (SO): At Las Vegas, Jose Luna and Sergio Martin each scored in regulation, and the Warriors (10-8-1) went on to defeat the Wildcats (14-5-4) in a 4-3 penalty shootout.
— No. 2 Palo Verde 3, No. 7 Arbor View 1: At Palo Verde, Trevon Aytch scored two goals as the Panthers (13-5-3) defeated the Aggies (7-10-2). Ben Legrand also scored for Palo Verde, which hosts Eldorado in a semifinal at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
— No. 1M SLAM Academy 5, No. 4D Cristo Rey 3: At Cristo Rey, the Bulls (17-2) outlasted the Royals (8-8-1) in a region quarterfinal.
SLAM plays Doral Academy at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in a semifinal at Cristo Rey.
— No. 3M Doral Academy 3, No. 2D Virgin Valley 2: At Virgin Valley, the Dragons (8-11-1) edged the Bulldogs (8-10-2).
— No. 1D Del Sol 3, No. 4M Boulder City 1: At Del Sol, Jafried Cornejo scored two goals as the Dragons (11-4) took control in the second half on the way to a victory over the Eagles (8-9-2).
Nicholas Quevedo also scored for Del Sol, which hosts Mater East in a semifinal at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
— No. 2M Mater East 1, No. 3D Equipo 0: At Equipo, one goal was all the Knights (10-5-2) needed to beat the Yeti (8-12-3).
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