This was one of those games when you saw the future up, close and personal in an extremely impressive manner. Patrick McCaw gave his mother the best birthday present imaginable, scoring a team-high 21 with her in attendance.
Basketball
White Pine girls basketball coach Krystal Smith hung up the phone after receiving a congratulatory phone call and then milled around the Orleans Arena court with her players for a couple of minutes.
Clark didn’t run a set play during the second half Saturday at Orleans Arena.
Kayla Harris led Spring Valley in scoring during its one-loss regular season.
Kayla Woodward scored 23 points, Kaitlyn Mileto 21 and Marquelle Dent 20 to help Wyoming end UNLV’s five-game win streak with a 99-68 rout Saturday in a Mountain West women’s basketball game in Laramie, Wyo.
Pahranagat Valley guard Jamie Hansen didn’t see the court much in the second half of the Division IV girls state basketball final because of foul trouble.
Spring Mountain’s boys basketball players wanted to win a championship for their retiring coach, who just wanted his players to have something to be proud of.
The Rebels host Wyoming today at the Thomas & Mack Center. Tip is at 5:00 p.m.
Longtime NBA player Anthony Mason, who helped the New York Knicks reach the 1994 NBA Finals, died early Saturday morning at the age of 48.
There is something magical about a small town. Something perfectly dreadful and yet charmingly nostalgic. The people of it understand each other, seemingly always straddling a line between love and hate, acceptance and resentment. Until heartache arrives. Then a small town unites.
Desert Pines boys basketball coach Mike Uzan is quick to point out that his team spends most of its practice time working on defense.
Faith Lutheran girls basketball coach Jennifer Karner knows defense plays a huge part on successful teams. That’s the reason she’s constantly pleading for tough, on-ball pressure.
Things got interesting toward the end of the third quarter of the Division I boys state basketball championship game Friday night at Orleans Arena.
Jake Epstein led a balanced scoring attack with 16 points, and The Meadows boys basketball team held off a furious rally by Yerington to claim a 52-50 win in a Division III state semifinal Friday at Sunrise Mountain.
In the middle of a promising season, Larry Nance Jr. reinforced his worth by disappearing. A mild case of mononucleosis shut him down, doing what no defense could do.