Desert Oasis’ Mikala Kirby scored 11 of her 15 points in the second half, and Desert Oasis forced 11 third-quarter turnovers to take control en route to a 62-44 victory at Foothill.
Basketball
Steven Adeyemi scored 19 points Wednesday and Sunrise Mountain’s boys basketball team rallied for a 59-51 road win over Del Sol.
Kayla Harris and Alyssa Scott each had 14 points in Spring Valley’s 55-44 road win over Canyon Springs on Wednesday.
Nic Maccioni had 28 points and 20 rebounds to lead Faith Lutheran to a 71-64 road win over Sierra Vista in the season opener for both teams.
The 14-team Legacy Tip-Off Classic boys basketball tournament, featuring nine local teams, begins at 4 p.m. on Thursday. The championship game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. All games will be held at Legacy High.
Las Vegas High’s Deondre Northey scored a game-high 24 points Tuesday to lead the Wildcats’ boys basketball team to a 70-67 overtime win over host Green Valley.
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.
Miguel Pena’s three-point play in the closing seconds gave Tech’s boys basketball team a 53-51 win over host Bonanza on Monday.
The Canyon Springs boys basketball team overcame a slow start and rode 28 points from senior Christopher Hawkins to a 73-64 victory over Cimarron-Memorial on Monday night.
Yemiyah Morris had 21 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Canyon Springs girls basketball team to a 60-54 overtime win over visiting Cimarron-Memorial on Monday.
Kaily Kaimikaua had a game-high 23 points, and London Pavlica scored 13 on Saturday to help Liberty to a 70-29 win over Legacy in the championship game of the Liberty Invitational.
Legacy’s girls basketball team created 26 turnovers — and finished with 16 steals — to run away with a 58-35 victory over Las Vegas High in pool play of the Liberty Invitational at Liberty on Friday.
Clark made the leap from Division I-A (now Class 3A) to Class 4A, and will be playing in the Southwest League this season alongside perennial power Bishop Gorman, which has won the last five Class 4A state championships.
When Faith Lutheran tips off its season Friday against Las Vegas in the Liberty Invitational, it will do so in Class 4A, the top league for high school sports in Nevada.
1
2
3
4
5
Nevada’s gas prices could soon skyrocket. Blame it on a new California law
$1.5M jackpot hits at downtown Las Vegas casino
More than 3K homes, with trail network, coming near Red Rock Canyon
‘Past critical capacity’: Las Vegas shelter stuffed with over 1K animals in 12 days
Vegas, Athletics ballpark may benefit if MLB alters playoff format