Green Valley’s Kendall Nether led all scorers with 21 points as the Gators’ boys basketball team edged host Rancho in overtime Friday, 63-59.
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Derrick Thomas had 13 points Saturday as Boulder City’s boys basketball team rolled to a 62-32 win over Spring Creek in the championship game of the Lake Mead Holiday Classic.
Noah Taitz led Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team with 23 points Friday as it defeated Birmingham (California) 85-44 in the Wild West Shootout in Reno.
James Wiseman and Chandler Lawson each scored 17 points on Saturday to lead Memphis East to a 68-57 win over Findlay Prep in the Larry Finch Classic at Elma Roane Fieldhouse in Memphis.
Pahranagat Valley senior Culen Highbe is the school’s star athlete — a dynamic tight end on the football field and a do-it-all forward on the basketball court.
P.J. Washington and Troy Brown Jr. were two of seven players to score in double figures for the West in its 124-116 over the East in the Jordan Brand Classic at the Barclays Center in New York.
Findlay Prep was 14-for-35 from the free-throw line, including two misses with 5.8 seconds that could have given the team the lead, in a 54-52 loss to La Lumiere (Indiana) in semifinals of the Dick’s High School Nationals Tournament at Christ the King High in New York.
P.J. Washington had 22 points, four rebounds and five blocks Thursday as Findlay Prep’s boys basketball team knocked off Oak Hill (Virginia) 77-65 in the quarterfinals of the Dick’s High School Nationals Tournament at Christ the King High School in New York City.
Findlay Prep earned the No. 4 seed when the brackets for the Dick’s High School Nationals were released Wednesday and faces fifth-seeded Oak Hill Academy (Virginia) in the quarterfinals at 11 a.m. March 30 at Christ the King High School.
Justin Evans had 31 points, 24 rebounds and six assists on Saturday to lead Innovations International to a 67-48 win over host SLAM Academy in the championship game of the SWIAC Tournament.
Lamine Diane scored 16 of his 26 points in the first half, and Findlay Prep never trailed in a win over Hopkinsville (Ky.).
The Pilots scored early and often against Planet Athlete Academy (Ariz.) and cruised to a 97-69 victory.
Dayshawn Robinson scored 19 points, and teammate Jahleel Stevens knocked down the go-ahead 3-pointer from the top of the key with 30 seconds remaining to lift Rancho’s boys basketball team to a 57-56 home win over Eldorado on Wednesday.
Christopher Hawkins scored 19 points to lift Canyon Springs’ boys basketball team to a 55-49 home win over Rancho on Monday.
