So much momentum has built in and around Paradise Honors girls basketball in the last few years that even a one-point state title game loss felt more like a beginning than an end.
But progress does not occur in an unbroken upward line. Less than three months after that 39-38 defeat to Gilbert Mesquite in the 4A final, the Panthers regrouped for summer ball without a head coach.
Nate Jackson resigned shortly after the season ended. Isaiah Lopez has been the Panthers interim coach to start the summer after being Jackson’s lead assistant.
