The Chaparral Cowboys are 17-3 since an 0-8 start, won their second consecutive league crown, and open play in the Division I-A Southern Region tournament when they host Sierra Vista at 6:30 Tuesday in a quarterfinal game. The Sunrise Region and Sunset Region tournaments also begin Tuesday.
The high school basketball postseason begins this week, and that means it’s time to look forward to another showdown between Centennial and Bishop Gorman for the Sunset Region girls title.
Jared Temple, who celebrated his 18th birthday Saturday, was one of seven Gators to win an individual region title as host Green Valley rolled to its sixth straight Sunrise Region championship.
As expected, Arbor View captured the Division I Sunset Region wrestling tournament, outdistancing 2015 champion Shadow Ridge, 179-165.
Dai’jon Payno, who entered the tournament with a 17-0 record, captured his first region title with a 7-6 decision over Faith Lutheran’s Cameron Cox at 195 pounds and helped Mojave win its first region title since 2008.
The Mustangs were 12-0 in the Division III Southern League, and all four of its remaining games were at home. But The Meadows dropped two consecutive games to make things interesting before finally closing out the title with a 66-51 home win over Mountain View on Saturday.
Charles Holiday scored 28 points to help Agassi Prep’s boys basketball team to a 73-42 home win over White Pine on Saturday.
Marcella Peek had 25 points, 21 rebounds and 10 blocked shots to lead The Meadows girls basketball team to a 50-44 win over visiting Mountain View on Saturday.
Zyon Butler and Jermained Leavy each recorded pins in less than a minute in championship matches to help Spring Mountain’s wrestling team win the Division III Southern League title in West Wendover on Saturday.
Meleane Ngaue threw four touchdown passes — three to her sister Ilaisanna — to lead Desert Pines’ flag football team to a 26-12 win over Moapa Valley in a Sunrise League play-in game at Spring Valley on Saturday.
Arbor View (50) holds a slim one-point lead over Cimarron-Memorial (49), while defending champion Shadow Ridge is in third place with 44 points, Bishop Gorman is in fourth place with 43 and Centennial rounds out the top five with 35 points.
Host Green Valley put at least one wrestler through to the semifinals in 13 of the 14 weight classes and scored 75½ points Friday to lead after the first day of the tournament.
Bishop Gorman forward Byron Frohnen doesn’t get much attention while playing alongside a McDonald’s All American and a top junior recruit. But the senior showed how important he can be on Friday night.
Boulder City wrestling coach Jim Cox has told his team all season to focus on the moment, and the points will come.
That was certainly the case Friday night, as the Eagles raced to a 17-point lead after the opening day of the Division I-A Southern Regional Tournament at Spring Valley.
Luke Bergen scored 14 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer from the right wing with eight seconds to go Friday to lift Faith Lutheran’s boys basketball team to a 73-72 win over visiting Mojave.
