Kavon Williams scored a game-high 16 points to help Cheyenne’s boys basketball team upset visiting Desert Pines, 56-52 on Tuesday.
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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.
Tiarra Del Rosario threw a first-half scoring pass to Alyssa Karpinski, and Haylee Nerio made a game-saving tackle as Cimarron-Memorial’s flag football team held on to edge host Arbor View 8-6 on Tuesday.
Adrianna Jones dropped in a game-high 21 points, and Western’s girls basketball team held on for a 51-48 victory over visiting Mojave on Tuesday.
Hogan Fowles scored eight of his 12 points in the third quarter and provided a momentum-changing play Saturday as Virgin Valley’s boys basketball team captured the Lake Mead Holiday Classic title with a 50-40 win over West Wendover at Lake Mead Christian Academy.
Centennial led for most of the first half, but the Bulldogs couldn’t hold on and lost 66-59 to Paul IV (Virginia), ranked No. 1 in the nation by USA Today.
Taiga Miyano scored 18 points on six 3-pointers Saturday to lead Desert Oasis’ boys basketball team to a 70-55 win over Palo Verde in the championship game of the Southwest Rotary Classic in Yuma, Arizona.
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Silverado’s massive linemen will continue to try to pave the way for the team’s running game when the fifth-ranked Skyhawks (7-2) travel to No. 10 Las Vegas High (7-2) for a Sunrise Region quarterfinal at 7 p.m. Friday.
Senior Macee Barlow headed in the winning goal five minutes into the second overtime to lift the Panthers over top-seeded Bishop Gorman 3-2 in a marathon of a Class 4A Sunset Region semifinal.
Great players rise to the occasion in heightened situations.
Fausto Vega’s 75th-minute goal was the only scoring of the game Thursday, and Valley upset Las Vegas to play for the Sunrise Region title on Saturday.
Bum Cho scored 10 minutes into the first extra period, giving Spring Valley’s boys soccer team a 2-1 victory over Shadow Ridge in a Class 4A Sunset Region semifinal at Bettye Wilson Park.
Foothill beat Silverado 3-2 at Bettye Wilson Park on Thursday afternoon to advance to the Sunrise Regional final, where it will play Coronado for a chance to represent the region in the state tournament.
Rachel Klopfer had 17 kills, 14 digs and two aces Thursday to help the Gators defeat Foothill 25-23, 25-20, 18-25, 25-14 in the Sunrise Region girls volleyball tournament semifinals at Coronado.