WINNEMUCCA — Green Valley’s quest to win a fourth straight state wrestling title got off to a solid start on the first day of the Division I tournament Friday.
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Deishuan Booker had 32 points and nine assists Friday to lead Agassi Prep’s boys basketball team to a 78-30 home win over Lincoln County.
Marcus Saunders scored 16 points, including making 1 of 2 free throws with six seconds left, as Virgin Valley’s boys basketball team stunned visiting Desert Pines 41-39 on Tuesday.
The Stars, playing without Deishuan Booker, who averages 29.4 points, because of an undisclosed violation of team rules, clinch the No. 1 seed for the Division III Southern playoffs with a 68-63 victory at The Meadows.
Bailey Gosse scored 16 points during a 23-8 second-quarter run that lifted The Meadows girls basketball team to a 60-50 win over visiting Agassi Prep on Saturday.
Colyn Kruse and Acy Allen each won by pin in the final two matches of the day to allow Laughlin’s wrestling team to win the Division III Southern League championship Saturday at Panaca.
Jamal Logan scored 14 of his game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter Friday to help Bonanza’s boys basketball team rally for a 59-57 victory over visiting Rancho.
Haley Vinson scored 14 points Friday to help Faith Lutheran’s girls basketball team roll to a 61-37 win over visiting Boulder City.
Grant Dressler poured in 29 points, and Palo Verde’s boys basketball team nailed four straight free throws in the final minute to edge visiting Durango 79-75 on Tuesday.
Sunrise Mountain’s Nina Carpenter scored 15 points Tuesday and the Miners withstood a fourth-quarter rally to hang on for a 37-34 road win at Desert Pines.
Ja Morgan scored 24 points Friday as Palo Verde’s boys basketball team rolled to an 88-51 win at Shadow Ridge.
Nina Carpenter had 12 points, 16 rebounds and six blocked shots Friday to help Sunrise Mountain’s girls basketball team rally to top visiting Chaparral, 46-37 in overtime.
Torrance Littles finished with 29 points, and Kevin Woodland added 28 points as Foothill’s boys basketball team pulled away in the third overtime for a 103-88 victory over host Green Valley on Tuesday.
Rancho coach Ronald Childress pleaded with his players for help-side defense in covering Agassi Prep standout Deishuan Booker during the third quarter Monday night. He even adjusted to a box-and-one defense late, trying to prevent Booker from beating his team.
Allonzo Trier scored 27 points Saturday as Findlay Prep’s boys basketball team cruised to an 84-58 victory over Stevenson (Ill.) in the HoopHall Classic in Springfield, Mass.