Centennial, the eight-time defending state champion, will seek to keep its title streak alive without three starters as the high school girls basketball season begins.
Girls Basketball
The Centennial girls basketball team defeated Coronado to win the Class 5A state title Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Centennial will meet Bishop Manogue on Saturday at Lawlor Events Center in Reno for the state championship. The Bulldogs are looking for their seventh straight title.
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.
Kayla Proctor scored 10 points Friday to lead Faith Lutheran’s girls basketball team to a 54-28 home win over Bonanza.
Theresa Chapa made a 3-pointer as time-expired to lift Western’s girls basketball team to a 61-60 victory over visiting Mojave on Thursday night.
Rancho’s Kyndal Ricks scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Rams girls basketball team to a 42-33 win at Valley on Wednesday.
Here is the latest Southern Nevada girls basketball coaches poll.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal announces its 2016 all-state girls basketball teams.
Centennial wasn’t having much fun after a sluggish first half at UNR’s Lawlor Events Center, but the Bulldogs were in a much better mood at the conclusion of their 82-53 victory over Reno in the Division I state semifinals.
Centennial and Reno square off in a Division I girls state semifinal today at UNR’s Lawlor Events Center. The game tips at 3 p.m. Follow the action on our live blog below.
Centennial’s girls basketball team is ranked No. 4 in the nation in USA Today’s Super 25 preseason rankings, which were released on Wednesday.
Bishop Gorman (23-5) will face Sunrise Region champion Liberty (25-3) in one Division I state semifinal, and Sunset Region champion Centennial (29-2) faces Northern Region champion Bishop Manogue (25-3) in the other. The games are set for Thursday at the Orleans Arena.
By now you’ve probably heard about the girls basketball game in Tennessee last week involving two teams intentionally trying to lose.
Karina Brandon wasn’t always her team’s leading scorer or rebounder.