Mountain View (Utah), made up of all upperclassmen, shot 52 percent from the floor Wednesday en route to a 73-56 victory over host Desert Oasis’ boys basketball team in the second annual Tri-State Invitational.
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Geoff Faries led Basic with 20 points, including a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line as the Wolves held off Provo (Utah) 63-59 to go 2-0 on the first day of the Tri-State Holiday Invitational at Desert Oasis.
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Las Vegas battled back from as many as 16 points down in the second half Tuesday but couldn’t find an answer for Trevin Knell and lost 69-58 to Woods Cross (Utah) in the third-place game of the Eastbay Division at Bishop Gorman.
Bishop Gorman put together an impressive second-half rally before finally falling to Oklahoma’s Putnam City West 66-64 in the Tarkanian Classic’s Diamond Division third-place game at Durango.
Bishop Gorman saw a nine-point lead fizzle away in the final 4:43 of regulation and went on to lose 86-79 in overtime to nationally ranked Mater Dei (California) in the semifinals of the Tarknanian Classic’s Platinum Division.
Faith Lutheran gave up an 18-6 scoring run at the end of the first half and couldn’t get enough stops late in a 73-61 loss to ThunderRidge (Colorado) in the winner’s bracket of the Tarkanian Classic Eastbay Division at Bishop Gorman.
Spring Valley’s Ryan Mitchell started the night with a win by technical fall at 106 pounds to set the tone as the Grizzlies defeated visiting Durango 53-21 on Wednesday.
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Temerity Bauer scored 16 points on Tuesday as Green Valley’s girls basketball team earned a 68-41 home win over Tech.
Cimarron-Memorial’s Alyssa Karpinski caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tiarra Del Rosario in overtime Wednesday to lift the host Spartans to a 26-20 win over Cheyenne.
Here is the latest Southern Nevada girls basketball coaches poll.
Bishop Gorman could not hold a fourth-quarter lead and allowed two players to score at least 30 points in a Friday night home loss to Santa Margarita (Calif.), 83-78.
Alexus Pohe rushed for 168 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries to lead Boulder City’s flag football team to a 19-0 road win over Basic on Friday.
Steven Adeyemi scored 19 points Wednesday and Sunrise Mountain’s boys basketball team rallied for a 59-51 road win over Del Sol.