Las Vegas senior guard Donovan Joyner scored 31 points to lift the host Wildcats to a 78-67 victory over Eldorado in the Las Vegas Prep Championship game on Friday afternoon.
Boys Basketball
Las Vegas topped Desert Pines 58-48 on Thursday night to advance to the Las Vegas Prep Championship final opposite Eldorado.
Jonathan Thomas scored a game-high 23 points to lead Eldorado’s boys basketball team to a 75-65 victory over Santa Fe (Calif.) in theLas Vegas Prep Championship on Wednesday afternoon.
Las Vegas senior guard Donovan Joyner had 23 points in a 73-42 victory over Jefferson (California) in the Las Vegas Prep Championship on Tuesday night.
Jaden Hardy scored a game-high 23 points to lead Coronado’s boys basketball team to a 75-61 victory over Durango in the Orleans Division at Desert Oasis on Saturday.
Bishop Gorman sophomore forward Isaiah Cottrell scored 20 points, and the host Gaels made 9 of 12 free throws in the final 36 seconds, to hang on for a 69-63 victory over Salesian (California) in a Platinum Division semifinal on Friday.
Daniel Plummer scored 14 of his game-high 23 points in the first half, and Democracy Prep stormed to a 30-13 halftime lead en route to its 61-41 victory over Palo Verde in the Gatorade Division bracket on Thursday night.
Jaden Hardy scored a team-high 23 points to help Coronado to a 72-59 win over Maranatha (Calif.) in the Orleans Division bracket of the Tarkanian Classic at Bishop Gorman on Wednesday.
Aaryn Anderson and Ishon Hardin each scored 20 points as Centennial’s boys basketball team held on for a 67-61 win over visiting Palo Verde on Friday.
Jermaine McCormick had 23 points, Kavon Williams had 20 points, and Cheyenne’s boys basketball team rallied in the fourth quarter for a 69-63 victory over visiting Las Vegas on Wenesday night.
Carson Balistere scored 22 points Monday as Boulder City’s boys basketball team defeated host Sunrise Mountain, 61-56.
Jacob Heese was 11-for-11 from the free-throw line and scored 26 points Friday to lead the Desert Oasis boys basketball team to an 84-78 road win over Sierra Vista.
Jamal Bey had 37 points and 15 rebounds to help Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team put away Sierra Vista at home for an 86-71 victory on Wednesday night.
Durango’s Anthony Hunter scored a game-high 24 points, including his team’s final nine points, to help the seventh-ranked Trailblazers hang on for a 65-64 road win over Las Vegas High.
The Wildcats are hoping for better results after being plagued by injuries last year.