Arbor View, which is three seasons removed from reaching the state tournament, started two freshmen and two sophomores last season in a campaign of many inconsistent performances. And while they finished 12-10 overall, coach Dustin Clayton sensed his team’s young core was just scratching the surface.
Las Vegas plays Spring Valley in the class 4A state semifinals at 5:20 p.m. today at Cox Pavilion on the UNLV campus. Mojave and Cimarron-Memorial, at 8:40 p.m., are in the other semifinal. The championship game is 7:10 p.m. Saturday.
The hotshot team full of young stars is supposed to submit to a relentless attack from a determined foe with a roster full of battle-tested veterans if sports tropes are to be believed. Desert Pines’ basketball team doesn’t buy ...
Sometimes, coach knows best. When Centennial blew a fourth-quarter lead at Arbor View last December, its players were completely distraught. The Bulldogs couldn’t even think about the season ahead of them in the moment after losing to their neighboring archrival.
It appears UC Santa Barbara will finally land a Las Vegas-area basketball player. Arbor View incoming senior Justin Burks said today he will verbally commit to UC Santa Barbara when he arrives for a recruiting trip this evening, picking the Southern California school over offers from Southern Utah and Cal-State Bakersfield.
Justin Burks is becoming Nevada’s most sought-after college basketball recruit for the class of 2014. A junior at Arbor View High, Burks’ rise from a middle-of-the-pack recruit to sure-thing Division I prospect includes shining last weekend at the Pangos Spring Spectacular at Bishop Gorman.
If Arbor View plans to compile a list of all the milestones it’s reached this season, the Aggies might need to budget for more than one page. In a season full of firsts, the Aggies added three more in Tuesday night’s first round Sunset Regional playoffs. Arbor View both hosted and won a playoff game for the first time, beating Cimarron-Memorial 67-64.
Like a spark slowly trickling down a long fuse, it was only a matter of time before Valley ignited in Tuesday night’s game against Arbor View. The Vikings slogged through a rough first half and trailed the Aggies at halftime, but burst the game open in the second half to take a 74-65 victory.
In a tightly contested battle, the Arbor View boys basketball team closed the game on a 13-4 run to defeat Cimarron-Memorial 64-60 Friday. The game was close throughout, with six points being the largest lead for each team.