Records, legacies and winning streaks are made to be broken.

Palo Verde’s girls tennis team is the owner of all three, but Coronado might be on the cusp of doing some breaking.

The Panthers have been nearly unbeatable the past half decade, but the unthinkable happened Sept. 8 when Coronado handed them an 11-7 loss. For the first time in years, another team is suddenly being discussed as the state front-runner.

“The biggest thing for the kids is they now believe they can win,” Coronado coach David Willingham said of his squad’s stunning win over the five-time Class 5A defending state champion Panthers. “I try to downplay the overall impact, because in the end we’ll have to play them again. Palo is not going to take this lightly.”

But Faith Lutheran coach Keith Fridrich, whose team has a

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