Coronado’s 10-point lead in the fourth quarter was nearly erased, but the Cougars held on for a road win at Mojave behind 26 points from Jonny Collins.
Basketball
Four players scored in double-figures at Bishop Gorman overcame its early struggles to defeat Centennial 63-39 on the road in its Class 5A league opener Tuesday night.
Durango senior point guard Tylen Riley scored 22 points in the Trailblazers’ 69-54 win over Foothill on Friday.
The Bishop Gorman boys and Centennial girls are clear favorites once again, but there are some sleepers that could do some damage in the postseason.
Anthony Hunter had 34 points, six assists and five steals on Thursday to lead Durango’s boys basketball team to an 83-67 home win over Spring Valley.
Dominique Ford scored 30 points Monday to help the Desert Oasis boys basketball team rally for a 78-72 win at Green Valley.
Clark’s Jalen Hill comes in at No. 1 on our list of Southern Nevada’s top boys basketball players.
Tyrell Brooks had 23 points, and Terrence Brooks scored 21 to power Mountain View’s boys basketball team to a 56-49 road victory over The Meadows on Saturday.
The Wildcats led by as many as 14 points in the second quarter, and watched the lead dry up to just three points in the fourth. Donovan Joyner’s 37 points helped stake Las Vegas a big enough lead that it could hold on and outlast host Eldorado, 82-73.
Keith Seldon hit a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left to lift Del Sol’s boys basketball team to a 46-43 home win over Moapa Valley on Wednesday.
Here are the Review-Journal’s boys basketball rankings.
Ryan Kiley had 20 points Friday as Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team earned a 93-61 road win over Durango to secure the Southwest League’s top playoff berth.
The Valley boys basketball team beat Eldorado 71-62 Monday, winning the Northeast League play-in game at Desert Pines and making the postseason.
Cole Hendershot and Dylan Yoro each had 16 points, and host Palo Verde outlasted Shadow Ridge 75-68 to clinch the final postseason berth from the Northwest League.
Clark’s man-to-man defense limited host Faith Lutheran to its lowest scoring output of the season, and the Chargers came away with a 63-45 victory to clinch their fourth consecutive Division I-A Sunset League title.
