The fate of two seasons came down to one loose ball. With three seconds left in Tuesday’s state tournament play-in game at Del Sol High, Eldorado trailed Sierra Vista by one with Daquon Thrower at the free-throw line shooting his second attempt. Thrower, who swished the first free throw, clanked the shot off the back iron. Teammate D.J. Billingsley came up with the ball after a brief scramble right below the basket. But Sierra Vista’s Dallin Molina stepped up and contested Billingsley’s put back as the buzzer sounded to send the Mountain Lions to Nevada high school basketball’s version of ...
After cruising to easy victories in most of its games this winter, the Liberty High girls basketball team found itself in an unfamiliar place Friday during the Sunrise Regional championship game. The Patriots only led Foothill by four points at halftime.
Two Henderson area girls basketball teams Thursday won Sunrise Regional semifinal games to advance to Friday’s title game. Liberty, the Southeast Division champions, made quick work of Canyon Springs in a 78-42 win. Foothill didn’t have it as easy, using a pair of free throws from Christina Nash with 11.9 seconds to play in a 39-38 victory against Valley.
Talk of the Foothill girl’s basketball team has to start with junior Brianna Higgins and senior Cheryl Harless. Higgins and Harless, both forwards, are two All-Conference performers who hope to lead Foothill to the playoffs for the second consecutive year.
