Palo Verde defeated Las Vegas in a Class 5A flag football state quarterfinal. Here’s a roundup of Tuesday’s high basketball and flag football playoff action.
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Sierra Vista guard Khamari Taylor scored 34 points in the Mountain Lions’ first-round playoff win Friday to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
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Liberty is the favorite in the highly-competitive 5A, and Mojave is the clear favorite in 4A. The high school boys basketball playoffs begin Tuesday for 5A, 4A and 3A.
Palo Verde sophomore guard Mason Abittan scored 30 points in a win over Silverado and 24 in a win against Sierra Vista last week.
Check out the top performances from Thursday’s high school basketball action.
Cheyenne hardly missed in the first half on its way to an 88-79 win at Faith Lutheran in the second round of the Mountain Region playoffs. The Desert Shields (12-14) will visit Legacy (16-10) in a quarterfinal at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
Martel Williams, a 6-foot-3 muscular, junior wing, scored 24 of his 38 points after halftime, and added 10 rebounds in an 85-74 home victory Wednesday night over Green Valleyin the second round of the Desert Region tournament.
Valley’s Bryce Jones and Kevin Thorn each hit a 3-pointer in the final minute to lift the Vikings to a 40-37 boys basketball victory over Western on Wednesday.