Coronado led early and rolled to a home win over Bishop Gorman at the Big City Showdown on Saturday. The Centennial girls also earned a big victory over Gorman.
Boys Basketball
Here is the 2019-20 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada boys basketball team.
Rayshon Funches and Emmanuel Austin combined to score 22 points in the final 10 minutes as the Longhorns held on for a 68-66 win over Fairmont (California) in the Tarkanian Classic’s Eastbay Division at Faith Lutheran.
Jaden Hardy scored a team-high 23 points to help Coronado to a 72-59 win over Maranatha (Calif.) in the Orleans Division bracket of the Tarkanian Classic at Bishop Gorman on Wednesday.
Here are the Review-Journal’s boys basketball rankings.
Foothill used a dominant first half to run away with a 90-66 victory over Arbor View in the championship game of the Foothill Holiday Classic.
Jesse Vogel had 17 points, and Jarrod Burks tallied 16 points as Arbor View’s boys basketball team topped host Bonanza 69-63 on Wednesday.
One of the most popular cries from Bishop Gorman’s detractors has been for the Gaels to pick on someone their own size.
Torrance Littles finished with 29 points, and Kevin Woodland added 28 points as Foothill’s boys basketball team pulled away in the third overtime for a 103-88 victory over host Green Valley on Tuesday.
Green Valley boys basketball coach Lorenzo Jarvis was asked what he was most proud of Saturday, and his answer consisted of six sentences. In that span, Jarvis used the word “fight” five times.
Palo Verde’s boys basketball team already had played two games this week, so coach Paul Sanchez was a bit apprehensive about his team heading into its opener in the Foothill Holiday Classic on Friday.
Darryl Gaynor had a huge gash on the inside of his mouth, and his upper lip looked like a collagen injection gone horribly wrong.