Las Vegas didn’t make its first basket of the second half until 3:02 remained in the game, but still rallied to top visiting Rancho 50-49 for third place in the Las Vegas Prep Championship. Woodbridge (Calif.) beat El Toro (Calif.) 44-43 in the championship game.
Boys Basketball
Mitchell Rausch scored 16 points, and Woodbridge topped host Las Vegas 57-48 in the semifinals of the Las Vegas Prep Championship.
Foothill went on a 10-0 run midway through the fourth quarter to get back into the game on the way to a 56-49 win over Legacy in the Las Vegas Prep Championship at Las Vegas High.
Darion Jackson led four Canyon Springs boys basketball players in double figures with 16 points as the Pioneers beat visiting Palo Verde 61-58 in overtime on Wednesday.
Jason Landman scored 16 points as Durango’s boys basketball team battled back from an early 10-point deficit to top host Canyon Springs, 47-40, on Monday.
Cameron Trailer nailed a 3-pointer from the right wing with two seconds remaining Wednesday to lift Arbor View’s boys basketball team to a 54-52 road win over Basic.
Lamont Traylor had 22 points and 11 rebounds Monday as Rancho’s boys basketball team held on for a 64-61 win over visiting Canyon Springs.
Maka Ellis scored nine of his 24 points in the fourth quarter as Sierra Vista’s boys rallied for a 66-64 win at Cimarron-Memorial on Thursday.
Carl Crayon scored 17 points Tuesday as Eldorado’s boys basketball team stormed out to a 37-20 halftime lead before having to fight back for a 60-57 road win over Las Vegas.
Canyon Springs’ boys basketball team walked off the court celebrating a season-opening 79-72 victory over Cimarron-Memorial on Monday night.
More importantly, Canyon Springs celebrated the life of longtime coach Freddie Thompson, who died in April of pancreatic cancer.
Preseason information for Cimarron-Memorial’s boys basketball team.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association last year quickly rebuffed a proposal to allow member schools to play in a postseason football bowl game.
Fourteen months later, the NIAA is at least willing to reconsider a similar request.
Patrick Savoy didn”t receive any scholarship offers after completing an all-state senior season with Las Vegas High. But the 6-foot-4-inch shooting guard hopes that will change this spring when he plays with Dream Vision AAU on the travel basketball circuit.
Coronado boys basketball coach Jeff Kaufman kept coming back to one word when describing senior forward Nick Kornieck: unorthodox.
Sometimes a team needs a break to close out a close game.