A dynasty had fallen.

Senior midide JoJo Milosevic registered a team-high four points on a goal and three assists to lead No. 8 Palo Verde to a 7-5 victory over three-time defending champion Bonanza in a Southern Nevada Lacrosse Association Division I semifinal Tuesday night.

Junior attackman Jimmy Bivans added three points on two goals and an assist, and senior middie James White scored twice to help the Panthers (20-1) win their seventh straight and advance to the league championship for the second consecutive year. Last season, Palo Verde lost to Bonanza in the title game.

The top-seeded Panthers will next face the only team they have lost to for the SNLA Division I championship. Palo Verde will square off with third-seeded Centennial on Friday night, May 21, at 8 p.m., PDT, at Viper Park in Las Vegas.

In the regular season, Centennial beat Palo Verde, 10-6, on April 20, and the Panthers beat the Bulldogs, 12-11, on May 7.

“I pretty much assumed all year long this was going to be the match-up,” Palo Verde head coach Gary Campo said. “They’ll be ready to play. It’s going to be a tough, tough game, and the best team is going to win.”

On Tuesday, Palo Verde beat Bonanza for the third time this season, but the Bengals were far more competitive than in the first two meetings, which the Panthers won 17-4 and 18-4. This time, it was a dogfight to the end.

Junior middies Jordan Grant and Austin Collins each scored once to round out the offense for Palo Verde.

Defensively, senior goalie Connor DeVane saved 18 shots.

Fourth-seeded Bonanza finished the season 8-9 and lost a playoff game for the first time since the 2006 Las Vegas Lacrosse League championship game.

Bonanza led 3-2 at the end of the first quarter, and the game was tied, 3-3, at halftime. But Palo Verde reeled off four unanswered goals in the second half to take a 7-3 lead. White capped the run when he scored with three minutes remaining in the third quarter.

The Bengals pulled two back in the fourth, but it was too little, too late.

“We played a team that did not want to lose at all,” said Campo, who coached all three of Bonanza’s championship teams. “It’s a playoff game, and my guys have to realize they need to play for 48 minutes. We didn’t come to play for 48 minutes tonight, that’s for sure.

“My hat’s off to Bonanza. They came to play like they always do in the playoffs.”