The Mojave boys basketball team won its second consecutive Class 4A state title, defeating Silverado on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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The Durango boys basketball team defeated defending champion Liberty to win the Class 5A state title Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Durango found its offensive rhythm in the second half as the Trailblazers rolled past Douglas in the Class 5A state semifinals, while Liberty handled Bishop Manogue.
Vying for its first state title since 1996, the Durango boys basketball team has rallied around interim coach Mike Lee, who retired after 30 years as a firefighter.
Members from the local basketball community are paying tribute to Valley High School boys basketball coach Kevan Wilkins, who died Saturday at 60.
Silverado edged Las Vegas, and defending state champion Mojave whipped Rancho in the Class 4A boys basketball state semifinals Tuesday at Cox Pavilion.
Durango junior forward Taj Degourville scored 22 points in the Trailblazers’ 65-59 win over Liberty in Saturday’s Class 5A Southern League title game.
Durango’s Taj Degourville and Tylen Riley combined for 38 points to outlast Dedan Thomas Jr. and Liberty in the Class 5A boys basketball Southern League title game.
After building the Centennial girls basketball program into a perennial power, Karen Weitz added duties as the boys’ coach this season. She’s already making her mark.
Durango defeated Bishop Gorman in the Class 5A Southern League semifinals Thursday, securing a spot in the state tournament and ending the Gaels’ run of state trips.
Liberty junior point guard Dedan Thomas Jr. scored 23 points as the No. 1-seeded Patriots rolled past No. 4 Coronado in a Class 5A Southern League semifinal Thursday.
Coronado’s Sebastian Mack was 17-for-22 from the line to help the fourth-seeded Cougars to a 70-61 home win over fifth-seed Arbor View in the Class 5A Southern League quarterfinals.
Arbor View sophomore forward Brian Townsend scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Aggies to a 78-41 road win over Palo Verde on Thursday.
The Boulder City boys basketball team won its appeal Monday afternoon after the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association originally ruled it would have to forfeit 16 games for using an ineligible player.
Durango outlasted Coronado in double overtime in the regular-season finale. The seedings are now set for the Class 5A Southern Region playoffs.