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.
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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.
All-league football teams, as selected by coaches.
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.
Teionni McDaniel had 27 points, five rebounds and five steals to lead Cheyenne’s girls basketball team to a 54-43 home win over Rancho on Friday.
Kayla Proctor scored a game-high 16 points as Faith Lutheran’s girls basketball team closed the game on a 12-2 run to earn a 64-59 home win over Sierra Vista on Tuesday.
Arbor View’s Keith Williams led at the front of a pack of five runners early. Eventually, he managed to hold off PahrumpValley’s Bryce Odegard and Centennial’s Alexander Miller in the final quarter mile, putting in a good finishing kick to cross the line in 16 minutes and 13 seconds.
Jazmyne Walker had 14 kills, served up eight aces and had 17 digs for the Legacy girls volleyball team Monday to lead the Longhorns past the Bengals on the road, 25-6, 25-21, 21-25, 25-20.
Bishop Gorman No. 3 singles player Blake Weismann won a tiebreaking point over Palo Verde’s top singles player, Jack Kostrinsky, to help the Gaels’ boys tennis team edge the Panthers on the road, 10-9.
Anna Pfarrer went 3-0 in singles as the Liberty girls tennis team beat Valley at home in the Class 4A Sunrise Region quarterfinals Thursday, 11-7.
Garrison Stinnett, C.J. Perkins, and Chris Jepson each finished 2-0 in singles to lead Basic’s boys tennis team to an 11-7 road win over Eldorado on Monday.
Tech’s girls tennis team won a tiebreaker 4-2 to edge visiting Virgin Valley 10-9 on Monday.
Justin Madsen and Tristan Valles each finished 2-0 in singles on Monday to lead Centennial’s boys tennis team to a 13-5 home victory over Sierra Vista.