Kayla Harris led Spring Valley in scoring during its one-loss regular season.
Basketball
Faith Lutheran girls basketball coach Jennifer Karner knows defense plays a huge part in all successful teams. That’s the reason she’s constantly pleading for tough, on-ball pressure.
By now you’ve probably heard about the girls basketball game in Tennessee last week involving two teams intentionally trying to lose.
A fan in the Spring Valley cheering section held up a poster that read “Fear the Finish” on a handful of occasions during the first three quarters of the Division I-A Southern Region girls basketball title game.
Don’t mind Spring Valley freshman Kayla Harris if she plays with a chip on her shoulder. She has something to prove.
Chaparral girls coach Christopher McFarland had a gut feeling Marcia Hawkins would be key in his team’s first-round playoff game, as she was the only player on the team with any playoff experience.
In the big picture of what occurred Thursday, the first basket scored by Clark’s boys basketball team was worth only two points.
Taij Criss-Felton scored 19 points Thursday as Chaparral wrapped up its first girls basketball league title in more than 20 years with a 63-43 win over visiting Desert Pines.
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Marcus Saunders scored 16 points, including making 1 of 2 free throws with six seconds left, as Virgin Valley’s boys basketball team stunned visiting Desert Pines 41-39 on Tuesday.
Marcia Hawkins poured in 23 points Tuesday as Chaparral’s girls basketball team moved into a tie for first place in the Sunrise League with a 49-43 win at Boulder City.
Darrion Daniels had 19 points, and Valley’s boys basketball team made 25 of 31 free throws to hold off host Canyon Springs, 71-68 on Monday.
LaKissa Martin scored 19 points Monday as Rancho’s girls basketball team clinched the final Southeast League berth for the Sunrise Region playoffs with a 55-38 win at Eldorado.
Terrell Walker scored a game-high 26 points to lead Cimarron-Memorial’s boys basketball team to a 72-65 win over host Sierra Vista.
Capricia Pierce’s layup as time expired Friday lifted Western’s girls basketball team to a 49-48 win over visiting Clark.