Alyssa Scott scored 13 points Wednesday as Spring Valley’s girls basketball team held off host Sierra Vista, 36-34.
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Bonanza’s Alicia Kestner caught the game-winning two-point conversion in overtime Wednesday to lift the Bengals‘ flag football team to a 33-32 win over visiting Sierra Vista.
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Ethan Slater and Josiah Boyd each recorded second-period pins Tuesday, and Durango’s wrestling team beneffited from six forfeits in their 57-30 home win over Bonanza.
Amanda Pemberton dropped in 24 points, and Liberty fought off Downey (California) to win 60-47 on Friday in the Gator Winter Classic Diamond Bracket title game at Green Valley.
Spring Valley allowed a 25-2 run over the third and fourth quarters and paid for it with a 63-38 loss to Dimond (Alaska) in the quarterfinals of the Gator Winter Classic Diamond Bracket at Green Valley.
Jonathan Salazar, a powerful 6-foot-6-inch sophomore, scored 17 of his 21 points in the first half, and Trinity rolled to a 66-48 win over host Las Vegas High in the championship game of the Las Vegas Prep Championship.
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Dre’una Edwards finished with 23 points and seven rebounds, and Liberty rolled to a 66-18 victory over Galena on Wednesday to finish atop Pool A at the Gator Winter Classic at Green Valley.
Josh Valencia and Mory Soumahoro combined to hit 8 of 12 3-pointers to lead the host Wildcats to a 65-49 win over Woodbridge (Calif.) in the semifinals of the Las Vegas Prep Championship.
Foothill backed off its full-court press late in the first quarter Tuesday and held Durango to two field goals the rest of the way in a 58-20 victory during pool play in the Gator Winter Classic at Green Valley.
Samuel Porras hit 8 of 9 shots in the second half and scored 21 of his 30 points after halftime to lead Chaparral to a 65-59 win over Galena in the quarterfinals of the Las Vegas Prep Championship at Las Vegas High.
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Las Vegas battled back from as many as 16 points down in the second half Tuesday but couldn’t find an answer for Trevin Knell and lost 69-58 to Woods Cross (Utah) in the third-place game of the Eastbay Division at Bishop Gorman.
Bishop Gorman saw a nine-point lead fizzle away in the final 4:43 of regulation and went on to lose 86-79 in overtime to nationally ranked Mater Dei (California) in the semifinals of the Tarknanian Classic’s Platinum Division.