Much of the chatter during this weekend’s Bulldog Grappler at Centennial High School was the cream of the 106-pound crop that would rise in Saturday’s championship bracket.
Desert Pines
Rancho’s David McKeever scored 23 points and converted two late steals into baskets to help the Rams rally for a 57-53 home win over Green Valley on Friday.
Paris Strawther had 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Liberty’s girls basketball team rallied for a 47-45 home win over Canyon Springs on Friday.
Gary Tharaldson had just one basket on Thursday night. But the shot couldn’t have been bigger.
Capricia Pierce hit two free throws with 1.6 seconds to play on Thursday to lift Western’s girls basketball team to a 43-42 home win over Pahrump Valley.
Amanda Maloney connected with Alexis Villanueva on an 8-yard scoring strike with 46 seconds remaining on Thursday to give Durango’s flag football team a 28-26 home win over Spring Valley.
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Davion Hollis drained the game-winning 3-pointer with three seconds left in regulation Tuesday, giving Sierra Vista’s boys basketball team a 65-62 victory over host Spring Valley.
Aviona Clark went 5-for-6 from the free-throw line in overtime and scored 19 points Tuesday to help Legacy’s girls basketball team to a 63-56 home win over Palo Verde.
As final minutes of basketball games go, Jayden Eggleston’s last minute on Tuesday is pretty difficult to top.
Ryan Rapp hit a 3-pointer with 25 seconds to play Tuesday to help Foothill’s boys basketball team to a 77-76 win over Harvard-Westlake (Calif.) in the Gatorade Division championship game of the Maxpreps Holiday Classic in Palm Springs, Calif.
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.
Canyon Springs’ girls basketball team would have done just about anything to shave the last three minutes off of its second game Saturday.
Anyone curious as to how Desert Pines and Tech wound up playing in a consolation game of the Lady Wolves Holiday Tournament on Tuesday needed only to witness the first quarter.