Bishop Gorman sophomore forward Isaiah Cottrell scored 20 points, and the host Gaels made 9 of 12 free throws in the final 36 seconds, to hang on for a 69-63 victory over Salesian (California) in a Platinum Division semifinal on Friday.
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Daniel Plummer scored 14 of his game-high 23 points in the first half, and Democracy Prep stormed to a 30-13 halftime lead en route to its 61-41 victory over Palo Verde in the Gatorade Division bracket on Thursday night.
Trey Woodbury scored 29 points to guide Clark to a 79-62 home victory over Desert Oasis on Tuesday night.
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Arbor View’s Keith Williams led at the front of a pack of five runners early. Eventually, he managed to hold off PahrumpValley’s Bryce Odegard and Centennial’s Alexander Miller in the final quarter mile, putting in a good finishing kick to cross the line in 16 minutes and 13 seconds.
Eden Whitmore had 22 kills and Aria Messer had 34 assists to lead the Pirates to lead Moapa Valley’s vollyeball team to a 25-22, 14-25,15-25, 25-23, 15-8 home victory over The Meadows on Tuesday night.
William Hailu scored twice to lead Durango’s boys soccer team to a 4-2 home victory over Bishop Gorman on Monday.
Juan Estrada had two goals and an assist, and the Western boys soccer team scored three times in the second half on Thursday to break a 2-2 tie and defeat host Palo Verde, 5-3.
Desert Oasis relied on strong singles play for a 13-5 victory over Faith Lutheran in the Sunset Regional quarterfinals on Tuesday afternoon.
Tjaden Giles was 2-1 in singles play, including the match-winning tiebreaker game for Basic’s girls tennis team, as the Wolves picked up a road win against Las Vegas, 10-9.
Mark Thuet and Justin Balconi each went 3-0 in singles play Tuesday as Bonanza’s boys tennis team edged the Arbor View on the road, 10-8.
Hailey Stevenson and McKenzi Hall each shot 2-over-par 74 as Centennial’s golf team edged Palo Verde to win the team title in a Northwest League Match at Palm Valley on Tuesday.
Coronado’s girls soccer team scored three second-half goals on Thursday to rally for a 3-2 road victory over top-ranked Palo Verde.
Jonas Bryant scored on a breakaway in the final minute Thursday to lift Bonanza’s boys soccer team to a 2-1 road victory over Durango.
Justin Madsen and Tristan Valles each finished 2-0 in singles on Monday to lead Centennial’s boys tennis team to a 13-5 home victory over Sierra Vista.