It’s not often that a team that loses in the semifinals finds a way to win a tournament.
Chaparral
Green Valley boys basketball coach Lorenzo Jarvis was asked what he was most proud of Saturday, and his answer consisted of six sentences. In that span, Jarvis used the word “fight” five times.
Palo Verde’s boys basketball team already had played two games this week, so coach Paul Sanchez was a bit apprehensive about his team heading into its opener in the Foothill Holiday Classic on Friday.
Mimi Anderson rushed for 184 yards and two touchdowns Wednesday to lead Chaparral’s flag football team to a 25-12 win over visiting Coronado.
Deja Siaki scored 14 points, including the game-winning free throw in the final 20 seconds, on Friday to help Silverado’s girls basketball team edge visiting Clark, 39-38.
Ulises Santillan made a layup with three seconds to play to lift Cheyenne’s boys basketball team to a 52-51 victory over visiting Spring Valley on Friday.
Teconna Dyer hit a tie-breaking free throw with 24 seconds to play, and Bianca Matlock added a layup eight seconds later to lift host Las Vegas High’s girls basketball team to a 53-50 win over Shadow Ridge on Thursday.
Pualani Tuilaki caught a 25-yard touchdown strike from Jaira Kalama with four seconds left to lift Liberty’s flag football team to a 25-20 home victory over Foothill on Wednesday.
Jadyn McArthur completed 34 of 42 passes for 392 yards and six touchdowns Tuesday as Foothill’s flag football team rolled past visiting Las Vegas, 38-0.
Spring Valley’s Tyson Perkins told his coach before each of the last four seasons that he would break the school record for goals scored in a season.
Shadow Ridge goalkeeper Jenna Gallagher broke her finger midway through the season in practice while scrimmaging the boy’s junior varsity team.
Understandably, Kayla Roberts looked a little dejected just after finishing the Division I state girls cross country meet Saturday at Sunset Park.
Sunrise Region girls cross country runners got a good look at Karina Haymore at the starting line Thursday.
Dajour Braxton was awarded the No. 1 racing bib by meet director John Dixon before Thursday’s Division I Sunset Region meet at Sunset Park.
Call it brilliant planning. Call it good fortune. Whatever the reason, this week’s prep football schedule couldn’t have worked out better.