LaVerk Hodges’ 3-pointer with less than 30 seconds left gave Del Sol a 64-62 overtime win over Boulder City for the Class 3A Southern Region boys basketball championship.
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Democracy Prep forced nine first-quarter turnovers, then hit six 3-pointers in the second quarter to pull away en route to a 75-45 boys basketball victory over the visiting Dragons.
Emmanuel Austin hit 6 of 8 free throws in overtime Tuesday to lead Legacy’s boys basketball team to a 77-75 home victory over Cheyenne.
Bishop Gorman jumped on Rancho Christian (California) early and coasted to a 61-39 victory Saturday in the championship game of the Tarkanian Classic.
Foothill was able to hang on for a 77-75 boys basketball victory over Timpanogos (Utah) on Saturday in the Tarkanian Classic at Bishop Gorman.
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.
There were plenty of growing pains on the Del Sol boys basketball team’s journey to this point. The Dragons endured in-fighting among teammates, selfish play and all the other negatives that losing brings out.
It’s not often that a team that loses in the semifinals finds a way to win a tournament.
