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Pahranagat Valley
The Panthers return 13 lettermen from last year’s state championship team.
Taylen Wachsmuth, Robert McFalls and Andre Davis combined for 54 points, and the Serpents rolled to a 63-46 win over Pahranagat Valley for the Class 1A boys state basketball title at Cox Pavilion.
Pahranagat Valley’s boys basketball team built an 18-point lead by the end of the first quarter and cruised to a 68-29 victory over Owyhee in the Class 1A state semifinals Friday at Durango.
Alyssa Hanks scored 33 of her game-high 34 points after halftime Friday to lead Round Mountain to a 74-70 double-overtime win over Eureka in a Class 1A state semifinal at Durango.
Top-seeded Pahranagat Valley (23-2), which is seeking its 15th state title and first since 2013, will face Owyhee (12-9) in a Class 1A boys basketball state semifinal at 8:15 p.m. Friday at Durango High.
Culen Highbe poured in 27 points, and the Panthers never trailed in downing Spring Mountain, 51-33 in the Class 1A Southern League final at Sunrise Mountain on Saturday.
Pahranagat Valley held Round Mountain post Alyssa Hanks to six points fewer than her average and coasted to a 53-31 win.
Senior Tabor Maxwell scored a game-high 23 points in only 15 minutes of action Friday before handing it off to younger brothers — junior Brodey and sophomore Stockton — in the second half in Pahranagat Valley’s 74-29 win over Beatty in a Class 1A Southern Region semifinal at Sunrise Mountain.
Junior Alyssa Hanks was fed early and often in the paint and totaled 28 points to lead the Knights in a 55-36 win over Beatty at Sunrise Mountain High School.
Green Valley sophomore Steele Dias won the 106-pound state championship to help the Gators to their sixth consecutive state title Saturday at Spanish Springs High School.
Having won five consecutive state championships, Green Valley coach Jon Ferry might have expected to feel comfortable with a lead after the first day of the Class 4A state tournament. But Ferry wasn’t feeling so secure as his team prepared to leave the gym after Friday’s semifinal round at Spanish Springs.
The Patriots will travel to Arizona and Florida for high-profile matchups and are scheduled to host a game at Sam Boyd Stadium as part of their 2017 schedule, Muraco said Tuesday.
Steven Adeyemi and Trevor White scored 14 points apiece Tuesday to help Sunrise Mountain’s boys basketball clinch its first playoff berth in school history with a 62-49 home win over Mojave.
Samara Miller had 15 points, and Brooke Haney added 14 points, as Green Valley’s girls basketball team defeated host Basic 62-50 on Tuesday to clinch a postseason berth.