Kylie Stritenberger scored nine points Friday to lead host Pahrump Valley’s girls basketball team to a 38-34 win over Sunrise Mountain.
Girls Basketball
Daejah Phillips poured in 21 points Thursday to lead Centennial’s girls basketball team to a 67-50 win over Sanford (Del.) in the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix.
O’Brien Pearce scored 19 points Tuesday to help Calvary Chapel’s boys basketball team hold on for a 63-59 road win at The Meadows.
Centennial’s girls basketball team forced 28 turnovers on Saturday and rolled to a 70-42 win over Bonita Vista (California) at Bishop Gorman.
Kimberlyn Tanner had a team-high 17 points to propel Silverado’s girls basketball team to a 45-41 road victory over Democracy Prep on Saturday evening.
Elise Young poured in 36 points Friday to lift Cimarron-Memorial’s girls basketball team to a 76-48 road win over Cheyenne.
Taylor Etopio scored 13 points on Tuesday to lead Faith Lutheran’s girls basketball team to a 54-48 home win over Green Valley.
Lainey Cornwall scored 12 of her 16 points in the middle two quarters Saturday to lift Moapa Valley’s girls basketball team to a 41-38 win over Boulder City in the championship game of the Lake Mead Holiday Classic at Calvary Chapel.
Kimberlyn Tanner scored 15 points as Silverado’s girls basketball team held on for a 36-34 road win at Western on Friday.
The Lynx return just two starters from last year’s Class 2A state runner-up team.
Lincoln County’s girls basketball team surrendered a game-tying 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation and fell to White Pine in overtime in the Class 1A state championship game on Saturday.
Kendra Mathews scored eight of her 15 points in the fourth quarter Friday, and Lincoln County’s girls basketball team used a game-ending 10-2 run to defeat Battle Mountain, 50-42 in a Class 2A state semifinal at Sparks High.
Powered by the play of senior Brynlee Wadsworth, Lincoln County scored 19 consecutive points in the first half Saturday and never looked back in taking a 49-33 victory over Needles.
Paige Murch and Preslee Murch each scored 18 points to lift the Mustangs’ girls basketball team to a 58-42 win at Del Sol, and send Needles to Southern League championship game for the fourth time in five years.