For the last decade, the benchmark for girls basketball in the West Valley was reserved for 6A conference powerhouses such as Millennium and Valley Vista. In recent years, Sandra Day O’Connor and 5A conference mainstays Sunrise Mountain, Canyon View, and Raymond S. Kellis joined the conversation.
On Thursday night at Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum, Paradise Honors threw their hat in the ring as the next one up albeit in a losing effort falling to 4A conference powerhouse, the Gilbert Mesquite Wildcats 39-38 in the 4A conference championship game.
The Panthers had a chance to force overtime after trailing 39-36 with 15 seconds remaining in regulation and with possession of the ball.
