Coronado routs Sierra Vista, wins 4A Sky League football title

Coronado won its archetypal league title since 2014 and completed its archetypal undefeated league slate successful programme past with a 34-6 location triumph implicit Sierra Vista connected Thursday night.

After the game, the Cougars (6-2, 5-0) lifted the Class 4A Sky League title trophy, which comes with a first-round bye and location playoff game.

“We’re arrogant of these kids and however acold they’ve come, and this programme has made large strides since 2019,” said Coronado manager Fred Biletnikoff Jr., who took implicit the squad successful 2019.

Coronado elder backmost Joshua Andrade threw for 3 touchdowns, each successful the archetypal half, arsenic the Cougars took a 24-0 pb into intermission. Senior Jaylen Garrison scored 2 TDs, including a 70-yard kickoff instrumentality to statesman the 2nd half.

Logan Cheney intercepted 2 passes for the Cougars.

Sierra Vista backmost Terrance Masnica threw 3 consecutive interceptions to extremity the archetypal fractional — 2 to Cheney and 1 to inferior Brandon Palmer, which acceptable up a 37-yard tract extremity by James Dylan Frasure successful the last seconds of the half.

“Those guys interruption beauteous good. They are reacting, and they were acceptable to play,” Biletnikoff said.

Biletnikoff besides praised the play of elder moving backmost Chris Avila.

“He’s been an outstanding guy,” Biletnikoff. said. “He’s a hard idiosyncratic and has a agleam future. He means a batch to the team, and they mean a batch to him.”

Sierra Vista (3-7, 3-2) spoiled the shutout with six minutes to play connected Gage Sain’s 46-yard TD walk to Traivon Dyson.