Megan Morton had 20 points Wednesday to help Boulder City’s girls basketball team to a 61-20 win over Elsinore (Calif.) in the Nighthawk Classic at Murietta, Calif.
Girls Basketball
Samantha Thomas, a junior who transferred from Marian High in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., with her sister Bailey prior to this season, scored 31 points as host Centennial routed Reno, 91-56 in the title game of the Las Vegas Holiday Classic.
Kayla Harris scored with eight seconds remaining to cap a late comeback, and the defending Division I-A state champion Grizzlies pulled out an intense 60-58 victory at Green Valley.
Destiny Gonzalez scored eight points during an 11-2 third-quarter run Monday to help Western’s girls basketball team to a 29-24 win over visiting Bonanza.
Western senior Destiny Gonzalez can’t stand entering her school’s gymnasium, even though she practically lives inside. It’s not because of the red and pastel blue colors on the wall, or the condition of the hardwood courts. It’s the trophy case full of 1960s and 1970s titles — ancient relics for today’s students.
Haley Vinson scored 14 points Friday to help Faith Lutheran’s girls basketball team roll to a 61-37 win over visiting Boulder City.
As final minutes of basketball games go, Jayden Eggleston’s last minute on Tuesday is pretty difficult to top.
The Coronado girls basketball team played an extra game during the Gator Winter Classic, meaning Tuesday’s Gold Bracket quarterfinal at Green Valley was its fifth game in four days.
Tournament Most Valuable Player Megan Jacobs scored 14 points Tuesday to lead the Bishop Gorman girls basketball team to a 43-40 win over Mira Costa (Calif.) in a semifinal of the SoCal Holiday Prep Classic in San Diego.
Silverado girls basketball coach Dean Bosch wasted two timeouts during a span of 1 minute, 10 seconds in the second quarter. After the second one, Bosch warned his team they may need the timeouts at the end of the game.
With her team leading by 38 points less than two minutes into the third quarter Monday, Centennial girls basketball coach Karen Weitz sent five subsitutes to the scorer’s table.