Coronado is used to winning state titles and the Cougars won the 7th in school history while Palo Verde’s Mason Snyder earned the individual title at the 2022 5A Nevada State High School championship at Coyote Springs Golf Club. –By Brian Hurlburt, Founder, LasVegasGolfInsider.com
Snyder shot a 5-under 67 in the second and final round to come back and win by three shots over Foothill’s Andrew Hawk. Snyder is a Loyola Marymount commit.
Coronado won over Shadow Ridge. Bishop Gorman was third.
Due to Covid-19, it was the first time since 2019 there was a state golf tournament.
“I am just so happy for the seniors and for everybody, because they have had to deal with so much over the last few years,” said Rusty Anderson, Coronado’s head coach. “It means a lot to me for a lot of reasons to see these players win this title.”
Sawaia also was appreciative of being able to play the event.
“I am just proud of the guys, happy for the guys,” Sawaia said. “It’s a younger group. We had a lot of new guys, new faces. It means a lot for me to be able to kind of help help lead them and get their first state championship.”
Hawk played in his final state tournament and choked up thinking about the moment.
“The first thing that comes to my mind is I had a great season out here for my senior season,” Hawk said. “It didn’t end it the way I wanted it to, but it is what it is. You can’t always play perfect golf there’s no defense in golf. If someone else just plays better, someone else plays better. My best high school memory is that it’s all kind of coming off the 18th hole today. I was able to hug a lot of people that I wanted to say thank you to and that was special.”
Team
Coronado 296 – 307 – 603
Shadow Ridge 297 – 308 – 605
Bishop Gorman 310 – 302 – 612
Reno 314 – 316 – 630
Galena 310 – 339 – 649
Bishop Manogue 327 – 331 – 658
Individuals
Mason Snyder Palo Verde 73 – 67 – 140
Andrew Hawk Foothill 71 – 72 – 143
R.J. Arone Bishop Gorman 76 – 70 – 146
Lukas Taggart Carson 70 – 76 – 146
Avery Lazarski Bishop Gorman 72 – 76 – 148
Brett Sawaia Coronado 70 – 78 – 148
Bridger Johnson Shadow Ridge 72 – 76 – 148
Aiden Smith Reno 73 – 76 – 149
Nicholas Kilgore Shadow Ridge 77 – 73 – 150
Ian Fritz Coronado 78 – 72 – 150
Tommy Chung Coronado 72 – 80 – 152
Caden Gambini Arbor View 77 – 75 – 152
Orlando Coons Galena 73 – 80 – 153
Trey Repetti Coronado 76 – 77 – 153
Angelo Bidart Spanish Springs 77 – 76 – 153
William Dexheimer Shadow Ridge 76 – 79 – 155
Troy Mason Foothill 76 – 79 – 155
Joshua Chiu Palo Verde 76 – 80 – 156
Rishi Gupta Galena 76 – 81 – 157
Ryan Cavanaugh Reno 79 – 78 – 157
Klein Garman Reno 77 – 81 – 158
Connor Galvan Bishop Manogue 79 – 79 – 158
Dominic Massi Bishop Gorman 80 – 78 – 158
Jake Barainca Damonte Ranch 81 – 77 – 158