LAS VEGAS -- Jeff Newton wasn't thinking about Lake Mead Christian Academy's boys basketball team winning another Nevada Class A state boys' basketball championship in 2010.

"We're going to be state champions for another 365 and one-quarter days ... that's what we are thinking about now ... it's what we can celebrate," said the coach of the Eagles, who earned their second straight state title Saturday, when they held off fiesty Pahranagat Valley Alamo 59-49 in the Orleans Arena here.

"People can talk about would-a, should-a, but all we are thinking about is that we won another state championship," said Newton, whose 2006 and 2007 teams lost in state championship games, so could be talking about winning a fifth straight title next season.

Landon Littlefield, a junior guard ranked among the best small-school players in Nevada, remembers that 2007 setback, during his freshman season at the Henderson-area private school.

"I have a photograph from that game on my bedroom mirror," said Littlefield, who scored 24 points in the victory against Alamo, like Lake Mead, a member of the Southern Nevada Class A League. "We lost by two points to Trinity that season ..." Not forgettable, too, was that in that setback, Trinity's Jon Atkins scored a state title-game record 46 points.

"I wake up every morning and look at it," he said. "It makes me want to work harder." The Eagles finished 25-8, but none of the losses was to a 1-A opponent.

Littlefield shot 9-for-22 from the floor, including 4-for-11 on 3-pointers. Alex Mayorga added 10 points on 5-for-6 shooting for the Eagles, who held the Panthers to three points in the first quarter.

Pahranagat Valley (23-8) was held scoreless for the first 51/2 minutes and shot 5-for-27 from the field in the first half.

Cody Hoiser paced Pahranagat Valley with 15 points. Tommy Williams scored 12 and Brady Whipple 11.

In going 10-0 in 1A Southern League play, the Eagles held opponents to an average of 28.7 points per game.

"That's what we preach, and that's why we win," Newton said of defense. "We played great help-side defense, and we played great on-the-ball defense. We take pride in it."

Littlefield played hurt the entire season, wearing a brace on his left knee to protect a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered before the season. Yet there he was, running on top of a media table to chase a loose ball with his team ahead by double digits.

"Surgery? My dad and I will talk about that during the off-season," said Littlefield, who was a breakout star as a freshman and has continued to perform at a high skill level, despite being the marked man in the Lake Mead lineup.

"Landon's a tough kid," Newton said. "I don't think he's actually told us how much he's hurting."

"We're going to have a good team back next season, with Landon and De'Quan (Thompson) in the lineup," said Newton. One of the players who will graduate, however, is the coach's son.

"I was truly blessed to have been able to coach Jeff ... he has been an excellent leader," said the coach. "It's difficult to say how much he will be missed."

Littlefield is aware of the importance of Jeff in the lineup, but he knows the 2009-2010 Eagles won't back off, no matter who is in the lineup.

"Tams want to beat us, but I think we're creating a powerhouse," Littlefield said. "We're just going to come back and keep working. We want it next year, too."