Class 4A Southern Nevada high school basketball teams will face Northern teams for the state title after the classification was Southern-only the past two seasons.
Boys Basketball
Democracy Prep’s boys basketball team is looking to win the Class 3A state title after facing plenty of off-court adversity in the last year.
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.
Durango announced Las Vegas native Ron Riley as the school’s new boys basketball coach. The Trailblazers won the Class 5A state title last season.
The Class 4A state basketball tournament begins with the boys and girls semifinals Tuesday at Cox Pavilion. 5A begins Friday with semifinals at Cox Pavilion.
Kaleb Daniel and Jordon Cosby hit 3-pointers in a 39-second span, and Spring Valley went 13-for-20 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter against Sierra Vista.
The Big City Showdown returns after a two-year absence with seven high school basketball games Saturday at Cox Pavilion, starting at 10 a.m.
Check out the scores and top performances from Tuesday’s high school basketball action.
Check out the top performances from Thursday’s high school basketball action.
A Las Vegas judge has refused to dismiss a DUI case against basketball standout Zaon Collins in connection with a deadly wreck.
Here is the 2019-20 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada boys basketball team.
Anthony Swift had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead Desert Pines to its fifth straight region championship, 74-55 over Faith Lutheran.
Bishop Gorman scored 33 first-quarter points and beat Durango in coach Grant Rice’s 500th win at the school, for the Desert Region championship.
The 6-5 senior, a five-star recruit, also had offers from other elite programs such as Kansas and Arizona.
Cole Anthony, son of former UNLV star Greg Anthony, played his penultimate high school game Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, scoring 25 points in the Jordan Brand Classic.
