They're the class of Class 3A basketball.

Playing Dayton High School for the Class 3A state boys basketball title for a second straight year, Faith Lutheran put the wraps on possibly its best season to date by defeating the Dust Devils, 68-50, on Feb. 25 at Lawlor Events Center in Reno to repeat as champs in its second year playing in 3A.

Once they got there it was look out opposition.

The Meadows School captured its third straight Class 2A boys state basketball title last month, outscoring its opponents by an average of 22.2 points per game in the postseason in bringing championship plaque home to the private Summerlin school.

Head coach Lisa Corbit and her varsity Lady Eagles basketball team set a lofty goal for themselves at the beginning of the 2005-2006 season -- a state championship for Boulder City High School.

"We finished up the year with a 17-12 record," Corbit said. "I know when it comes to the end of the season and you fail to meet your goals, it may seem to be that you didn't do as well as you thought you should have.

Once they got there it was look out opposition.

The Meadows School captured its third straight Class 2A boys state basketball title last month, outscoring its opponents by an average of 22.2 points per game in the postseason in bringing championship plaque home to the private Summerlin school.

They're the class of Class 3A basketball.

Playing Dayton High School for the Class 3A state boys basketball title for a second straight year, Faith Lutheran put the wraps on possibly its best season to date by defeating the Dust Devils, 68-50, on Feb. 25 at Lawlor Events Center in Reno to repeat as champs in its second year playing in 3A.

They weren't predicted to win their division, or their region, and they certainly weren't expected to make it all the way to the state championship game this year.

But flying under the radar and playing with a talented group of upperclassmen with big hearts served Rancho High School's basketball team very well this past season as the Rams went further than any other Class 4A boys team in Southern Nevada, ultimately losing to Reno, 87-63, in the championship game held Feb. 24 at Lawlor Events Center in Reno.

They weren't predicted to win their division, or their region, and they certainly weren't expected to make it all the way to the state championship game this year.

But flying under the radar and playing with a talented group of upperclassmen with big hearts served Rancho High School's basketball team very well this past season as the Rams went further than any other Class 4A boys team in Southern Nevada, ultimately losing to Reno, 87-63, in the championship game held Feb. 24 at Lawlor Events Center in Reno.

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They weren't predicted to win their division, or their region, and they certainly weren't expected to make it all the way to the state championship game this year.

But flying under the radar and playing with a talented group of upperclassmen with big hearts served Rancho High School's basketball team very well this past season as the Rams went further than any other Class 4A boys team in Southern Nevada, ultimately losing to Reno, 87-63, in the championship game held Feb. 24 at Lawlor Events Center in Reno.

They're the class of Class 3A basketball.

Playing Dayton High School for the Class 3A state boys basketball title for a second straight year, Faith Lutheran put the wraps on possibly its best season to date by defeating the Dust Devils, 68-50, on Feb. 25 at Lawlor Events Center in Reno to repeat as champs in its second year playing in 3A.