RENO — The fundamental difference between the boys basketball teams from Spanish Springs and Canyon Springs showed itself in the first minute of the fourth quarter Thursday.
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Gerad Davis isn’t always the leading scorer for the Canyon Springs boys basketball team.
I’m writing this from The Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The real 90210.
Kyle Hageness knew Justin Burks was playing well. But it wasn’t until after the game that the Arbor View boys basketball coach realized just how much his senior standout had done.
For at least some of her sophomore basketball season, Arbor View’s Ariona Gill was able to fly under the radar as opponents got their first glimpse of the talented wing.
Shaquile Carr’s teammates formed a circle around the Canyon Springs senior guard at midcourt and followed along as he led another celebration.
Re’Kwon Smith went missing for much of the second half. The standout junior forward for Las Vegas High’s boys basketball team even got an earful from his dad during the fourth quarter regarding his disappearance.
When Foothill’s boys basketball team spreads the floor, it’s usually met with calls of “shot clock” from opposing fans.
Two starters on Basic’s girls basketball team were out of the game because of foul trouble midway through the second quarter Tuesday, and Green Valley coach Eric Johnston sensed an opening.
The Canyon Springs boys basketball team has at least three players capable of taking over a game on offense.
Jazmin Chavez scored eight points, and Brittany Romo added seven points during a fourth-quarter run that lifted Durango’s girls basketball team to a 52-45 home win over Palo Verde on Wednesday.
Daijhan Cooks hasn’t lost a Northeast League game in her three seasons on Canyon Springs’ girls basketball team.
Re’Kwon Smith scored 18 of his 30 points in the second half Monday, and Las Vegas High’s boys basketball team made 12 of 19 free throws in the fourth quarter to hold off visiting Valley, 80-73.
