Greg Burrell got a stop for the Desert Pines boys basketball team in the final minute to preserve a home victory over Foothill on Thursday.
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Durango closed the game on a 20-8 run to finish off a home win over Foothill on Friday. The Trailblazers made 22 of 25 free-throw attempts.
The Meadows senior quarterback Sean Gosse threw for 243 yards and three touchdowns in the Mustangs’ 27-12 win over Lincoln County in Monday’s Class 2A state title game.
Tyrese Smith completed 17 of 31 passes for 256 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for another score as host Liberty defeated Foothill 49-21.
Raquel Patalon scored two goals and assisted on another to lead the Foothill girls soccer team to a victory Wednesday over visiting Arbor View.
Chloe Poort led Shadow Ridge with 14 kills, four aces and 19 digs. Maleya Miles had 23 kills and 14 digs for Foothill.
Many high school football teams in the valley were more concerned about taking care of issues off the field instead of what they could accomplish on it Monday.
A day after being called up from Triple A by the Pittsburgh Pirates, former Foothill High star Bligh Madris collected three hits in his MLB debut against the Chicago Cubs.
Shadow Ridge’s baseball team has won 24 straight games, with its last loss to Legacy. They will play Wednesday in the Class 4A state tournament at Las Vegas Ballpark.
Foothill’s Kendric Thomas ran for a 72-yard touchdown to end Gorman’s shutout streak at six games, but the rest of the night was all Gaels in a 63-6 win.
Arbor View and Foothill are the last teams with a chance to stop a potential Liberty-Bishop Gorman matchup in next week’s state semifinals.
Here are the week’s best high school performances from football, boys soccer, girls soccer and girls volleyball.
Henderson rivals Foothill and Green Valley combined for 215 penalty yards Thursday night in a game marred by an injury to Gators quarterback Josiah Kiaaina.
Bishop Gorman will host Faith Lutheran to open the playoffs after running through its five Class 5A Desert League games by a combined score of 273-0.
Bishop Gorman shut out Foothill 59-0 on Friday to complete a run through the Class 5A Desert League in which it outscored its five opponents 273-0.