Teams with losing records normally don’t make the state tournament, let alone the playoffs.
Basketball
I’m writing this from The Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The real 90210.
It was almost a year to the day since Desert Pines’ boys basketball team used a furious rally to defeat Clark in the Division I-A state title game.
Boulder City’s girls basketball team probably didn’t expect to see Desert Pines in Saturday’s Division I-A Southern Region championship.
With a little more than four minutes left in Thursday’s Division I-A Southern Region semifinal, Boulder City point guard Katlyn Davis scored on a layup and immediately looked at Eagles coach Paul Dosch.
Since the beginning of the Division I-A boys basketball season, Desert Pines and Clark seemed to be on a collison course.
Cheyenne boys basketball coach Teral Fair stresses the importance of playing hard all game long to his players.
Clark’s girls basketball team came into Tuesday’s Division I-A Sunrise Region quarterfinal having lost its two previous games.
Javon Peterson scored 16 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter Thursday to help Cheyenne’s boys basketball team to a 66-58 victory at Mojave.
Bria Buchanan scored 10 points on Thursday to lead Cheyenne’s girls basketball team to a 36-24 road win over Mojave.
Marcus Walker scored 23 points Tuesday, and Boulder City’s boys basketball team rallied for a 60-55 home win over Virgin Valley.
Rayena Rael hit the winning basket with 1.8 seconds left Tuesday to lift Mojave’s girls basketball team to a 28-27 win at Pahrump Valley.
Findlay Prep basketball coach Jerome Williams knows that local teams are always trying to knock off his team.
It’s good for a basketball coach to know his team’s strengths.
Jazmin Chavez hit two free throws with four seconds left Friday as Durango’s girls basketball team stunned visiting Arbor View, 40-39.