Bishop Gorman sophomore guard Aaliah Spaight scored 21 points in a 47-31 win over Democracy Prep on Thursday to earn Nevada Preps Girls Athlete of the Week honors.
Girls Basketball
Clark outscored Las Vegas 16-2 in the third quarter and cruised from there to win the Class 4A state basketball championship — the Chargers’ first girls title in the sport.
Centennial won its seventh straight state basketball title Saturday, crushing Bishop Manogue in the Class 5A girls championship game at Lawlor Events Center in Reno.
Spring Valley hosted Desert Oasis in a girls basketball game Wednesday night. Desert Oasis won 67-64.
Garrisen Freeman’s running 3-pointer banked in with one second left to give Spring Valley a 39-37 win over Bishop Manogue in the state quarterfinals.
Jeanette Fine scored 28 points Saturday to lead the Canyon Springs girls basketball team to a 75-44 road win over Cheyenne in a Northeast League game.
Aaliyah Booker made four 3-pointers in the first quarter and finished with 21 points Wednesday to lead Bonanza’s girls basketball team to a 64-16 win over Del Sol in the opening game of the Vegas Invitational at Mountain View.
Coronado senior forward Hailey Morton made an uncontested layup with 53 seconds left in the fourth quarter to break a 51-all tie and help the Cougars score a 55-52 victory over host Clark.
Haley Tyrell scored a team-high 19 points Friday as Coronado’s girls basketball team edged visiting Bishop Gorman, 47-46.
Former Foothill star Rae Burrell, arguably the best player in Southern Nevada, will play her senior season at Liberty.
Cody Kludasch won two individual events Wednesday to lead the Las Vegas boys track team to victory in a five-team meet in Overton.
For the second consecutive game Western’s girls basketball team went on the road and left with a win by the slimmest of margins, defeating host Mojave 33-32 Thursday night.
Ejanae Coopwood had a game-high 17 points, and Cheyenne’s girls basketball team edged host Desert Pines 44-40 on Thursday to maintain its hold on first place in the Class 3A Sunset League.
Kaily Kaimikaua had a game-high 23 points, and London Pavlica scored 13 on Saturday to help Liberty to a 70-29 win over Legacy in the championship game of the Liberty Invitational.
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