vegas finals day three

SoCal High School & Prep Report

Las Vegas Prep Tourney: Day Three.
Bad News For SoCal--(January 1, 1998)

Day Three: Monday, December 29, 1997

The Quarterfinals: The "Great Eight". So what are the matchups?

Las Vegas High v. Woodbridge at 11:00 am--Las Vegas High Main Gym
Las Vegas Valley v. Modesto Christian at 11:00 am--Las Vegas High Auxiliary Gym
Las Vegas Rancho v. Las Vegas Durango at 12:30--Las Vegas Main Gym
Las Vegas Western v. Shadow Mountain (AZ) at 12:30--Las Vegas Auxiliary Gym

So who won?

Las Vegas H.S. 68, Irvine Woodbridge 62
Las Vegas Valley 57, Modesto Christian 54
Las Vegas Rancho 82, Las Vegas Durango 85
Las Vegas Western 71, Phoenix Shadow Mountain 68

If we've got this straight, after the semis, the only teams left are: Las Vegas High, Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas Durango, and Las Vegas Western.

Sound like somebody set this one up for a hometown final?

The semifinals were also played on Monday night, starting at 6:30 pm in the Las Vegas High Main Gym:

The first game featured Las Vegas High against Las Vegas Valley. Guess what? Las Vegas won. Well, the one from the Valley won. 65-63 in a pretty exciting game. If you want to read about the details, check out the Las Vegas Review- Journal's story. And in the other one, Las Vegas Durango beat Las Vegas Western 73-71. There's not much of a story at the Review-Journal, so don't bother.