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Mojave guard Kiara Lemon made the go-ahead free throws and scored 27 points to lift the Rattlers to a 50-48 home win over Boulder City on Tuesday night in Class 3A Southern Region play.
Spring Valley 132-pounder Andres Garcia beat the Sunrise Region champion, the Sunset runner-up and last week’s Sunset Region champion to claim his first Class 4A state championship Friday at The Orleans Arena.
Here are the Review-Journal’s girls basketball rankings.
Boulder City’s Zayne Dennington trailed Vicente Pinto of Virgin Valley 3-1 with 15 seconds remaining in the championship match at 126 pounds. But Dennington managed a one-point escape, then spun and forced a takedown at the very edge of the mat with one second left to earn two points and pull out the dramatic 4-3 victory.
After Friday’s competition at Western High, Boulder City earned 93½ points and first place in the standings on the strength of having a dozen wrestlers make it to the semifinals. Virgin Valley sits in second with 84, with Cheyenne and Mojave tied for third with 72.
Felix Reeves made a layup with one second to play to lift Desert Oasis’ boys basketball team to a 77-75 road win over Bonanza on Thursday.