Coronado, ranked No. 3 in the Review-Journal’s Class 5A boys basketball rankings, pulled away with a big third quarter to claim a road win over top-ranked Liberty.
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Coronado junior Jaden Hardy is the Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Year after averaging 30.4 points, 9.1 rebounds and 8.4 assists per game.
Daishen Nix, a 6-foot-5-inch senior point guard, is one of 24 boys basketball players who will play in the McDonald’s All-American game April 1 in Houston.
Kendell Burrell scored 33 points Tuesday as Bonanza’s boys basketball team upset visiting Centennial, 73-64.
Skye Landaz hit a 3-pointer with less than 10 seconds to go in overtime to give Faith Lutheran’s girls basketball team a 51-49 road win over Palo Verde on Tuesday.
Favor Chukwekulu had 13 points and 14 rebounds to help Arbor View rally for a 51-48 win over Peninsula (Wash.) Saturday in the third-place game of the Tournament of Champions in Seattle.
Jeanette Fine scored a game-high 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Canyon Springs’ girls basketball team rolled to a 59-16 home win over Durango on Thursday night.
Liberty’s girls basketball team went on a 13-0 run to start the game Friday night en route to its 62-20 victory over Foothill in the Diamond bracket quarterfinals of the Gator Winter Classic at Green Valley.
Five members of Centennial’s boys basketball team scored in double figures Friday, and the Bulldogs cruised a 91-41 road victory over Rancho Mirage (California) in the Rancho Mirage Holiday Invitational.
Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2016-17 winter sports season and will be looking to defend this upcoming season.
Temerity Bauer scored 15 points, and Green Valley’s girls basketball team rallied in the fourth quarter for a 61-57 victory over host Las Vegas High on Tuesday.
Jake DesJardins had 30 points and nine rebounds to help Coronado’s boys basketball team to a 61-50 win over host Ventura (Calif.) in the Kiwanis Classic in Ventura, Calif.
The Arbor View football program has become known in recent seasons for churning out talented offensive linemen. Senior Keenen King is the latest college prospect off the Aggies’ assembly line.
