Plenty of league titles and playoff seedings hang in the balance, and several games will determine how teams line up entering the postseason.
Girls Basketball
Jeanette Fine scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Canyon Springs girls basketball team to a 69-52 road victory over Arbor View on Monday.
Taeha Pankey scored six of her 15 points in overtime Friday as the Legacy girls basketball team edged Juneau-Douglas (Alaska) in the Tarkanian Classic at Liberty.
The Aggies return four starters, but are young as only one senior returns.
Damonte Ranch (12-1) unseated powerhouse Reed last week to capture its first Class 4A Northern Region title and takes on Liberty in the state semifinals at 1:15 p.m. Saturday at McQueen High in Reno.
Haley Tyrell had 14 points, six assists, four rebounds and three steals Friday to help Coronado’s girls basketball team to a 52-44 win over visiting Foothill.
When Anthony Smith was diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament last month, the senior for Desert Pines’ football team worried college coaches would pull his scholarship offers. In fact, Smith was so concerned that he briefly considered not even telling recruiters about the injury.
Justice Ethridge scored 26 points Thursday as Centennial’s girls basketball team rolled to an 88-62 home victory over Arbor View.
Arbor View girls basketball coach Annette Turley had to wait longer than expected, but her team finally got a tournament win Monday.