Faith Lutheran’s boys tennis team defeated Palo Verde to win its second straight Class 5A team state title Monday at Palo Verde.
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The Foothill girls basketball team opened the Gator Winter Classic with a 61-32 win over Silverado in the morning and finished its first day of pool play with a 55-29 victory over Boulder City in the afternoon.
Bishop Gorman’s Jamal Bey scored 27 points as the Gaels held on for a 74-71 boys basketball victory over host Durango on Friday.
Tasia Moore’s basket with 2.3 seconds to play gave Cimarron-Memorial’s girls basketball team a 58-56 road win over Faith Lutheran on Friday.
Cimarron-Memorial senior Amoura Whitney is headed to Morgan State on a basketball scholarship and is leading the Spartans to their best season in more than a decade.
Najeeb Muhammad scored 22 points — including 12 points in the third quarter — to lead Democracy Prep to a 56-53 win over Cimarron-Memorial in the championship game of the Legacy Tip-Off Classic.
Kaitlyn Anderson scored 19 points Saturday to lead Moapa Valley’s girls basketball team to a 46-36 win over Lincoln County in the championship game of the Lake Mead Holiday Classic.
Centennial closed the second quarter on a 26-2 run and sprinted past Silverado 60-22 in the quarterfinals of the Legacy Tip-Off Classic.
Centennial’s Justice Ethridge scored 28 points Friday as the Bulldogs’ girls basketball team used a strong second quarter to pull away from Christ the King (N.Y.) for a 78-55 win in their season opener in the Art Turner Memorial in Fairfax, Virginia.
Green Valley”s Xavier Jarvis has yet to receive a scholarship offer despite leading the state in scoring this past season, but the Gators” guard said he is confident his future will be decided before the spring signing period begins April 13.
Deja Siaki’s 3-pointer with 2.5 seconds left in the game Tuesday lifted Silverado’s girls basketball team to a 45-44 win over visiting Cimarron-Memorial.
Anthony Merchant made 7 of 8 free throws in the fourth quarter and finished with 15 points Tuesday to help host Del Sol’s boys basketball team to a 73-69 win over Eldorado.
It”s rare for the nation”s top-ranked prep football team to be unsettled at the quarterback position after two games. But sophomore Tate Martell and senior Danny Hong are still competing for the top spot at Bishop Gorman.
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Bishop Gorman dropped in the MaxPreps and USA Today’s national high school football poll after its 27-24 loss to Mater Dei on Friday.
Bishop Gorman’s football team is 0-4 all time against Mater Dei (California). The Gaels, ranked No. 1 in the country by USA Today, will host Mater Dei on Friday night.
Arbor View’s football team has moved up in the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Class 5A rankings. Also included are soccer and volleyball rankings.
The top five high school football games to watch this week include a matchup between Bishop Gorman and Lone Peak, Utah, on Friday. Both teams are undefeated.
