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Girls Basketball
Bronny James and Sierra Canyon will play two games in the event, while Bishop Gorman aims to keep the Platinum Division title at home for the third straight year.
Centennial opens the season again as the best girls basketball team in Nevada and ranked No. 23 nationally by USA Today. The Bulldogs have won five straight state titles.
The schedules and results (when available) for the GEICO Nationals boys and girls tournaments are here.
The Mountain Region champion Bulldogs coasted to an 86-51 victory over Desert Region champion Bishop Gorman on Monday in the Southern Nevada championship game.
Junior guard Bentleigh Hoskins attacked from the right wing and banked in a floater with 5.4 seconds remaining in regulation to lift the Gorman to a 41-39 win over Desert Oasis at Foothill — and its first region championship since 2010.
The Diamondbacks (20-4) overwhelmed the Grizzlies in the third quarter to score a 70-56 victory at Foothill — and berths in the Class 4A state tournament and the Desert Regionchampionship game, in which they’ll meet Bishop Gorman at 5 p.m. Thursday.
Here are the 2019 all-league girls basketball teams as selected by coaches.
Fourth-ranked Gorman opened the game on an 11-0 run and cruised to a 71-43 home win over No. 10 Foothill in a Desert Region quarterfinal.
Here are the latest Nevada Preps girls basketball rankings.
Caitlyn Covington scored 13 points Friday to help Shadow Ridge’s girls basketball team top host Palo Verde, 51-45 in overtime
Sharmayne Finley supplied 28 points, 12 rebounds and six assists Thursday to help host Democracy Prep’s girls basketball team stun Pahrump Valley, 52-46.
Here are the latest Nevada Preps girls basketball rankings.
Kelsey Howryla scored 13 points Saturday to lead Faith Lutheran’s girls basketball team to a 49-38 road victory over Silverado.
Sharmayne Finley registered a triple-double with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on Wednesday to lead Democracy Prep’s girls basketball team to a 53-33 home win over Western.