RENO — The Palo Verde softball completed a historic undefeated season with a 7-3 victory over Centennial in the Class 5A state championship game Saturday at UNR’s Hixson Park.

The Panthers (25-0), the Southern Region champions, defeated the Bulldogs (20-15), the South’s No. 2 seed, for the sixth time this season.

Palo Verde is the state’s first undefeated softball champion, according to known Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association records.

Rancho went 16-0 in 1974, but that was before softball was an NIAA-sanctioned sport. Bishop Gorman was 15-0 in 2021, but there was no official state tournament that year because of COVID-19.

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