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
Cimarron-Memorial senior guard Dazani Graham scored 20 points in a 49-37 win over Western on Friday to earn Nevada Preps Girls Athlete of the Week honors.
Desert Pines junior forward Trista Mabry scored 21 points in the Jaguars’ 55-18 win over Palo Verde on Dec. 5, earning her Nevada Preps Girls Athlete of the Week honors.
High school sporting events involving Clark County School District schools scheduled for Wednesday has been canceled due to the shooting on UNLV’s campus.
Spring Valley junior Mia Ervin scored 26 points to lead the Grizzlies to a win over Arbor View on Friday, earning her Nevada Preps Girls Athlete of the Week honors.
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.
Nevada high school state championships aren’t exclusive to just teams in the Silver State. Six out-of-state schools compete athletically for state titles against Nevada schools.
A 35-second shot clock has been approved for Nevada high school basketball on a voluntary basis by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association.
The talented girls players on the high school scene are making their mark by setting potentially unbreakable records, two of which belong to UNLV coach Lindy La Rocque.
Liberty’s Ali’a Matavao was the Gatorade Nevada and Class 5A Southern League basketball player of the year, and won two state titles at the 5A state track and field meet.
Centennial girls junior guard Kaniya Boyd, a four-star prospect by ESPN, announced her college commitment to Tennessee on Monday on her social media accounts.
An overwhelming majority of Nevada high school boys and girls basketball coaches support a 35-second shot clock in a survey conducted by the NIAA.
The Centennial girls basketball team will participate in the State Champions Invitational starting Thursday in Washington, D.C.
The Democracy Prep girls basketball team, the reigning Class 2A state champion, had its appeal approved to move to Class 5A at Wednesday’s NIAA appeals meeting.
Here is the 2023 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada girls basketball team.