Coronado boys basketball coach Jeff Kaufman kept coming back to one word when describing senior forward Nick Kornieck: unorthodox.
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Karina Brandon wasn’t always her team’s leading scorer or rebounder.
Ryan Vogelei isn’t one of Palo Verde’s leading scorers, and he didn’t make a field goal on Thursday.
Sometimes a team needs a break to close out a close game.
Darrion Daniels had 19 points, and Valley’s boys basketball team made 25 of 31 free throws to hold off host Canyon Springs, 71-68 on Monday.
As a sophomore last season, Shadow Ridge’s Brendt Burleson struggled to make weight and was left off the varsity roster for the postseason.
Cimarron-Memorial senior Jose Bonifaz lost his quarterfinal match in the Sunset Region tournament on Friday at Bonanza, and now has to work his way through the consolation bracket and capture third place in order to qualify for next week’s state tournament in Winnemucca.
Chrys Jackson had 14 points and made two free throws late in the second overtime to seal a 63-60 home win over Basic.
LaKissa Martin scored seven of her 20 points in the fourth quarter Thursday to help Rancho’s girls basketball team rally for a 40-28 home win over Basic.
Jaymee Luke ran for three touchdowns and threw two touchdown passes Tuesday to help Cimarron-Memorial’s flag football team clinch the Northwest League’s No. 1 seed for the postseason with a 46-29 home win over Centennial.