Bishop Gorman senior Noah Westbrook had a double-double to help the Gaels win the Class 5A state title and earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
Boys Basketball
Chad Beeten resigned in February after he made complaints to the school about what he saw as its racial mistreatment of his basketball players, according to a letter he wrote school officials.
Mojave senior point guard Giali Chapman scored 23 points as the Rattlers defeated St. Mary’s (Arizona) 78-70 in their final game of the Tarkanian Classic last Thursday.
Darrion Williams hit a 3-pointer for an early lead that Bishop Gorman never relinquished en route to a victory over Liberty in the second showdown between the nationally ranked teams.
Bishop Gorman is the favorite to run its state championship streak in boys basketball to 10, but the Gaels won’t have an easy path.
Ethan Speaker scored 28 points for Boulder City, but the Eagles fell behind early in a 67-57 loss to Churchill County in the Class 3A state basketball semifinals Thursday.
Eight-time defending Class 4A state basketball champion Bishop Gorman, which finished last season in New York at the GEICO Nationals, opens the season again as the team to beat in Nevada.
Jalen Hill had 19 points and seven rebounds as Clark rolled to a 55-40 win over Desert Pines in the Class 4A boys state basketball quarterfinals. Arbor View defeated Spanish Springs 72-56 in the other quarterfinal.
Jaden Hardy had 28 points and 10 rebounds Thursday to lead the Coronado boys basketball team to an 81-69 win over Dominican (Wisconsin) in the Hoop City Classic in Mitchell, South Dakota.
After missing all six of his shots in the first half, Dylan Hushaw scored 17 second-half points to help Foothill beat the Skyhawks 69-61 in the quarterfinals of the Las Vegas Prep Championship at Las Vegas High.
Savio Rivera made five 3-pointers and shot 12-for-12 from the free-throw line en route to a game-high 33 points in the Centennial boys basketball team’s 74-59 home win over Las Vegas High on Tuesday night.
Shania Harper fell just shy of a double-double average last season, logging 9.6 points and 11.3 rebounds per game for Sierra Vista. But a breakout summer helped her secure ascholarship to New Mexico State, and has prepared her to stake a claim as one of the best players in the Las Vegas Valley.
Bishop Gorman’s Zaon Collins is a slender 6-foot guard, probably tipping the scales at 150 pounds. But when the game’s on the line, Collins has shown he’s tough enough to carry a team.
Silverado sophomore guard/forward Martel Williams had a strong season for the Skyhawks and is ready to play AAU basketball for the Las Vegas Punishers this spring and summer.
Michael Devoe’s 3-pointer from the left corner with 2.5 seconds left in the game lifted Montverde Academy (Florida) to a 69-67 home win over Findlay Prep in championship game of the Montverde Invitational Tournament.