Desert Pines senior guard Darius Mitchell capped his only varsity campaign with a tiebreaking floater and subsequent pair of free throws in a 48-44 overtime win over rival Cheyenne on Saturday in Reno.
Basketball
Desert Pines and Cheyenne both beat their respective opponents to set up a rematch of last year’s Class 3A state championship game.
Desert Pines (20-9) claimed its third straight Class 3A Southern Region title with a 66-52 win over Cheyenne (17-10) on Saturday night at Del Sol High School.
Glen Taylor had 13 points to help Cheyenne to a 64-50 victory over Chaparral in the Class 3A Southern Region semifinals on Thursday evening at Del Sol High School.
Here are the 2018 boys basketball honors, as selected by coaches.
Cheyenne’s boys basketball team picked up a 74-60 home victory over Del Sol in the Class 3A Sunset Region quarterfinals.
Jarrod Burks scored 14 points as Arbor View’s boys basketball team rallied for a 71-64 home win over Centennial on Wednesday.
Foothill’s Keilani Brown scored 13 points Wednesday as the Falcons defeated host Basic 56-39 to secure the Southeast League’s No. 2 playoff seed.
Here are the Review-Journal’s boys basketball rankings.
Jahlani Blair had 22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists Spring Valley’s boys basketball team upset Durango 84-76 on Tuesday.
Clark’s Julia Reid had 10 points and 15 rebounds as the Chargers rallied for a 42-37 home win over Sierra Vista on Tuesday.
Jaden Hardy led all scorers with 34 points to power the Coronado boys basketball team to an 87-81 road victory over Foothill in a key Southeast League game.
Autumn Westmoreland had 14 points on Monday to lead Arbor View’s girls basketball geam to a 55-51 road win over Legacy.
Bishop Gorman’s Jamal Bey scored 27 points as the Gaels held on for a 74-71 boys basketball victory over host Durango on Friday.