Faith Lutheran gave up an 18-6 scoring run at the end of the first half and couldn’t get enough stops late in a 73-61 loss to ThunderRidge (Colorado) in the winner’s bracket of the Tarkanian Classic Eastbay Division at Bishop Gorman.
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Clark went cold from the field against nationally ranked Chino Hills (California) and saw a 10-point lead turn into a 91-87 loss in the opening round of the Platinum Division at the Tarkanian Classic.
The Mountain Lions bring back four starters from last year’s squad.
Sierra Vista won the first and third sets against Bonanza to win the Boulder City Invitational.
Sierra Vista’s Damaen Bentley returned an interception 32 yards for the touchdown, and the Mountain Lions scored four times in the opening quarter en route to a 70-0 win over host Eldorado.
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Christian McCoy had 26 kills and 23 digs to lead the Mountain Lions past Chaparral 25-21, 17-25, 24-26, 25-19, 15-9. Sierra Vista (14-13) will meet two-time defending champion Mojave (32-5) for the title at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Chaparral.
Faith Lutheran’s Charlie Magruder, who won the state title in 2014, shot 5-under-par 67 on Tuesday to grab a comfortable lead at the midway point of the tournament and help the Crusaders sit atop the team standings.
Tatum Spangler went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBIs to help the Coronado softball team to a 13-4 win over Frontier (Calif.) on Thursday in the Torrance National Tournament in Torrance, California.
Robby Adair had 11 kills and 11 digs Thursday as the Bonanza volleyball team outlasted visiting Legacy, 25-7, 25-17, 15-25, 27-29, 15-13.
Shadow Ridge senior Nick Parr came within two outs of a perfect game Thursday and settled for a one-hitter as the Mustangs downed visiting Durango, 3-0.
Greg Price shot an even-par 72 at Aliante on Thursday to help the Faith Lutheran boys golf team win a Sunset League match.
Richard Nelson converted a three-point play late in the fourth quarter Wednesday to break a 59-all tie and spark the Cowboys to a 70-63 home win over Cheyenne in a Division I-A Southern Region boys basketball quarterfinal.
Durango went nearly six minutes without scoring in the second half, and the cold spell proved costly in a 51-44 loss to Lynwood (Calif.) in the Tarkanian Classic at Bishop Gorman.
Green Valley’s Austin Rogers has been aiming all season long to run a 3.1-mile course in less than 16 minutes. The senior finally got his wish Saturday morning in a tune-up for the postseason.
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