LAKE MEAD CLASSIC: Pahranagat Valley girls, Boulder City boys claim titles

Pahranagat Valley’s girls basketball team scored the game’s first 13 points on its way to a 71-41 win over host Calvary Chapel in the title game of the Lake Mead Holiday Classic on Saturday.

The Panthers sprinted to a 42-17 halftime lead on their way to the championship.

“We jumped out in our press, and we were able to get them to make some mistakes, get a few turnovers and make some layups,” Panthers coach Amy Huntsman said. “They did a really nice job of adjusting to the press, and their quickness was a struggle for us the whole game.”

Kimberly Lewis had 27 points and nine rebounds for Pahranagat Valley, and sister Halie Lewis supplied 17 points and three assists.

Kimberly Lewis scored 15 points in the second quarter to help the Panthers pull away.

“They’re just very athletic girls, and they understand the game,” Huntsman said of the Lewis sisters. “It’s fun to see them do things without me having to tell them. They just seem to have a knack for the game, and Kimberly has come a long way.”

Traci Strong scored 10 points for Pahranagat Valley, and Bailee Hosier added five points and seven assists for the Panthers.

Phallen Nelson paced the Lions with 22 points and three steals.

Halie Lewis was named tournament Most Valuable Player. She was joined on the all-tournament team by Kimberly Lewis and Hosier; Calvary Chapel's Nelson and Lianne Reyes; The Meadows’ Melaney Mayes; Indian Springs’ Alexxa Reinke; Lake Mead’s Taylor Badua-Kono; and Nicole Handloser of Calvary (Calif.).

Indian Springs 49, Lake Mead 45 — Reinke poured in 24 points as the Thunderbirds downed the Eagles in the third-place game.

Heather Thormahlen added 11 points for Indian Springs, which took a 46-44 lead on a Natasha Cruz putback with just under two minutes to play and held on for the win.

Badua-Kono led Lake Mead with 19 points.

The Meadows 38, Calvary (Calif.) 30 — Anjalili Daulat scored 15 points and Mayes added 14 points as the Mustangs held off the Royal Knights.

Handloser led Calvary with 24 points.

Lutheran (Calif.) 38, Oasis Christian 29 — The Knights downed the Bulldogs despite shooting 2-for-12 at the free-throw line.

Lexi Phillips led Oasis Christian with 16 points.

BOYS

Austin Morgan drained two technical foul free throws with 3.5 seconds remaining in the game to lift Boulder City’s boys to a 49-47 win over Fernley in the Blue Bracket championship game at Lake Mead.

With the score tied at 47-47 and Fernley out of timeouts, a Vaqueros player asked for a time out when his teammate was trapped along the sidelines by Boulder City’s defense. Fernley was charged with a technical foul, and the Eagles went to the line to break the tie.

Kaleb Bailey, Nate Hafen and Michael Hernandez each scored 11 points for the Eagles, and Morgan tallied eight.

Cade Knutson led Fernley with 18 points.

Hafen was named the Blue Bracket All-Tournament Team most valuable player. He was joined on the all-tourney team by: Boulder City’s Blake Worrell; Fernley’s Knudson and Ryan Mays; Lake Mead’s Justin Yamzon and Caleb Pittman; The Meadows’ Max Newman and Garrett Gosse; Calvary (Calif.)’s Christian Quidang; Pahranagat Valley’s Tyler Higbee; Abundant Life’s David Flanagan; and Calvary Chapel’s Kendall Nelson.

Calvary (Calif.) 60, Spring Mountain 44 — Quidang led four double-figure scorers with 16 points as the Royal Knights downed the Eagles in the Gold Bracket title game.

Quidang was named the Gold Bracket’s MVP.

Roemello Brandon led Spring Mountain with 20 points.

The Meadows 72, Lake Mead 67 — Newman tallied 26 points, and the Mustangs used a 20-6 second-quarter run to buld a lead before holding off the Eagles.

Gosse added 19 points for The Meadows.

Yamzon drained nine 3-pointers and finished with 46 points for Lake Mead.

Pahranagat Valley 68, Abundant Life (Utah) 49 — Higbee tallied 19 points, and the Panthers used a 30-17 burst in the middle two quarters to down Abundant Life.

Derek Hansen added 12 points for Pahranagat Valley.

Flanagan paced the Warriors with 32 points.

Calvary Chapel 63, Word of Life 53 — Matthew Harney scored 18 points, and the Lions took advantage of a 22-8 second-quarter run to build a 37-21 lead and held off the Eagles.

Tank Awada led Word of Life with 16 points.

Oasis Christian 54, Lutheran (Calif.) 33 — Brandon Chamblee had 19 points to lead the Bulldogs past Lutheran.