Things got interesting toward the end of the third quarter of the Division I boys state basketball championship game Friday night at Orleans Arena.
Palo Verde
Some players look for someplace to hide with the game on the line. Palo Verde junior guard Taylor Miller looks for the ball.
The Pioneers play Palo Verde in one semifinal of the Division I state tournament, and Bishop Gorman plays Galena in the other semifinal. The games are Thursday at the Orleans Arena.
By now you’ve probably heard about the girls basketball game in Tennessee last week involving two teams intentionally trying to lose.
Coronado boys basketball coach Jeff Kaufman kept coming back to one word when describing senior forward Nick Kornieck: unorthodox.
Karina Brandon wasn’t always her team’s leading scorer or rebounder.
Palo Verde’s boys basketball team led by as many as 20 points in the third quarter Monday and looked to be ready to roll past Valley. Then things got interesting.
Bishop Gorman boys basketball coach Grant Rice had to call an early timeout in Thursday’s Sunset Region semifinals to remind his players that the team had two of the top post players in the country.
Ryan Vogelei isn’t one of Palo Verde’s leading scorers, and he didn’t make a field goal on Thursday.
Cimarron-Memorial girls basketball coach Tim Resch paced the sideline and muttered to himself late in the fourth quarter Wednesday as his team teetered on the brink of disaster.
Sometimes a team needs a break to close out a close game.
Torrance Littles had 16 points and 12 rebounds as Foothill’s boys basketball team finished a 72-64 overtime win over visiting Basic on Thursday.
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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Palo Verde’s boys basketball team hit the floor Tuesday looking to build some momentum before the start of next week’s Sunset Region playoffs.