Mojave guard CJ Shaw is one of the best scorers in Las Vegas, and he put that on display this week to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
Basketball
Desert Pines hosted Mojave in a boys basketball game Wednesday night. Desert Pines won 60-55.
Martell Williams and Leandrew Menefee each had a double-double Tuesday to help host Silverado’s boys basketball team to a 72-54 win over Sierra Vista.
Saipress Jones had 13 points Tuesday to lead Rancho’s girls basketball team to a 39-32 home win over Las Vegas High.
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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.
Shendelle Remulla scored 12 points, including the last three points of the game from the free-throw line, to lift Eldorado’s girls basketball team to a 25-24 home win over Silverado on Friday afternoon.
Culen Highbe scored 26 points to help Pahranagat Valley’s boys basketball team eke out a 58-56 road victory over Mountain View on Friday night.
James Camp scored on a layup with six seconds remaining Thursday to give Palo Verde’s boys basketball team a 56-55 victory over host Arbor View.
Justice Ethridge scored 15 points Thursday to lead the Centennial girls basketball team to an easy 65-21 home win over Legacy. It was Centennial coach Karen Weitz’s 600th career win.
Isaiah Williams scored eight of his 16 points in overtime to lead Shadow Ridge to an 80-76 home win over Eldorado on Friday.
Samantha Thomas had 24 points and seven rebounds Friday to lead Centennial’s girls basketball team to a 70-45 win over host Mater Dei (California) in a battle of nationally-ranked teams at the Nike Extravaganza in Santa Ana, California.
Mojave and Canyon Springs’ girls basketball teams both have forfeited their game on Monday and each team will forfeit its next game after the teams were involved in a fight Monday.
The Centennial boys basketball team spends most mornings working on free-throw shooting.