Ryan Rapp hit a 3-pointer with 25 seconds to play Tuesday to help Foothill’s boys basketball team to a 77-76 win over Harvard-Westlake (Calif.) in the Gatorade Division championship game of the Maxpreps Holiday Classic in Palm Springs, Calif.
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Allonzo Trier scored 22 points Monday to lead Findlay Prep’s boys basketball team to a 77-52 win over Lincoln (S.D.) in the Mike Miller Classic in Mitchell, S.D.
It’s not often that a team that loses in the semifinals finds a way to win a tournament.
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.
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.
Tea Rivera tossed two touchdown passes and rushed for a score Friday to help Canyon Springs’ flag football team hold off visiting Las Vegas, 20-19.
Kennedy Nieves hit two free throws with six seconds left in the game Wednesday to lift Sierra Vista’s girls basketball team to a 40-38 home win over Sunrise Mountain.
David McKeever had 20 points on Thursday to lead Rancho’s boys basketball team to a 54-52 road victory over Desert Pines.
Deja Siaki’s 3-pointer with 2.5 seconds left in the game Tuesday lifted Silverado’s girls basketball team to a 45-44 win over visiting Cimarron-Memorial.
Anthony Merchant made 7 of 8 free throws in the fourth quarter and finished with 15 points Tuesday to help host Del Sol’s boys basketball team to a 73-69 win over Eldorado.
Zach Collins would be the focal point for most high school basketball programs.
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.