Samantha Thomas led a star-studded cast with 24 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals Friday as Centennial’s girls basketball team dominated for a 73-52 home win over Skyline (Utah) in the Platinum Bracket final of the Las Vegas Holiday Classic.
Desert Pines
See’Airrah Evans-Collins had 14 points and 14 rebounds on Thursday, and Desert Pines’ girls basketball team held on for a 42-29 win over Spring Creek in pool play of the Las Vegas Holiday Classic at Centennial.
Centennial’s Aja Phoumiphat came off the bench to score a game-high 11 points on Wednesday, and the hot-shooting Bulldogs built a 41-12 halftime lead before cruising to a 68-20 home win over Aztec (N.M.) in pool play.
Bishop Gorman put together an impressive second-half rally before finally falling to Oklahoma’s Putnam City West 66-64 in the Tarkanian Classic’s Diamond Division third-place game at Durango.
Dre’una Edwards racked up 21 points, 16 rebounds and four steals Monday to help Liberty defeat Desert Oasis 59-45 in the Tarkanian Classic at Durango.
Briana Todd poured in 30 points Saturday to lift Virgin Valley’s girls basketball team to a 37-27 win over Panguitch (Utah) in the championship game of the Lady Bulldog Invitational in Mesquite.
Charleea Armstrong scored 18 points Friday to lead Mojave’s girls basketball team to a 45-41 win over Dixie (Utah) in the Lady Bulldog Invitational in Mesquite.
Niara Smith had 17 points Monday to lead the Cimarron-Memorial girls basketball team to a 46-43 home victory over Palo Verde.
Alaysia Reed scored 21 points, including two late free throws for the game’s final margin, as Arbor View’s girls basketball team rallied to edge host Shadow Ridge 59-56 on Wednesday in the Northwest League opener.
Lauren Calo scored 19 points on Monday as the Shadow Ridge girls basketball team held on for a 45-42 road victory over Valley.
Centennial led for most of the first half, but the Bulldogs couldn’t hold on and lost 66-59 to Paul IV (Virginia), ranked No. 1 in the nation by USA Today.
Iymoni Burrell and Shania Harper each scored 18 points on Thursday to lead Sierra Vista’s girls basketball team to a 59-56 win over host Cimarron-Memorial.
Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2015-16 winter sports season and will be looking to defend this upcoming season.
Centennial rising senior Jamaal Evans became the second area QB to make an oral commitment for 2017 when he recently pledged to UNR.
Tony Fields, a 6-foot-2-inch, 205-pound linebacker, has been one of the area’s most heavily recruited players this spring. He has 19 scholarship offers — Northwestern was the most recent on April 30 — and his family has racked up plenty of hotel points over the past month and a half making unofficial visits on the weekends.