Desert Oasis’ Mikala Kirby scored 11 of her 15 points in the second half, and Desert Oasis forced 11 third-quarter turnovers to take control en route to a 62-44 victory at Foothill.
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Steven Adeyemi scored 19 points Wednesday and Sunrise Mountain’s boys basketball team rallied for a 59-51 road win over Del Sol.
Tehani Tapuala had 20 assists Tuesday to lead the Liberty girls volleyball to a 25-6, 25-6, 25-15 victory over Eldorado.
Arbor View junior goalkeeper Haylee Niemann made four saves Tuesday and set the state record for career shutouts as the Aggies’ girls soccer team blanked visiting Desert Oasis 9-0.
Arbor View’s girls tennis team won a tiebreaker 4-2 on Tuesday to earn a 10-9 road win over Shadow Ridge.
Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2015-16 winter sports season and will be looking to defend this upcoming season.
Aydin Sachs won two individual events Saturday to help Arbor View’s boys swimming team to a 197-102 win over Faith Lutheran at Pavilion.
Madelaine Lauger, Stephanie Platt and Allison Warnick each won one individual event and finished second in another Saturday to guide Palo Verde’s girls swimming team to a 201-92 victory over Centennial at Pavilion.
Kaitlyn Horstdaniel and Samantha Taylor each homered in a five-run seventh inning that lifted the Las Vegas softball team to a 9-5 win at Silverado on Wednesday.
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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.
Las Vegas didn’t make its first basket of the second half until 3:02 remained in the game, but still rallied to top visiting Rancho 50-49 for third place in the Las Vegas Prep Championship. Woodbridge (Calif.) beat El Toro (Calif.) 44-43 in the championship game.
Sabrina Saldate threw five touchdown passes Monday as Las Vegas’ flag football team opened its season with a 41-0 win at Eldorado.
Green Valley’s girls hoped Friday would be their day.
Even the Gators couldn’t have expected anything quite this good.
In a battle of two of the Southeast League’s top running backs, Foothill’s Justice Jackson may have had fewer yards than Coronado’s Jordan Patterson on Thursday, but Jackson came out on top where it mattered — the scoreboard.