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Palo Verde and Shadow Ridge advanced to the Class 5A flag football state title game. Here is a roundup of Thursday’s football and basketball playoff action.
Jada Livingston banked home a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 12 seconds left, and Shadow Ridge prevailed in a Class 5A state quarterfinal.
Freshman Reagan Nehls had 18 points, four assists, two rebounds and two steals to help Palo Verde come back to upset defending Class 4A state champion Clark.
Coronado hit nine 3-pointers as it defeated Liberty in a Class 5A Southern League semifinal Wednesday night. The Cougars are headed to the state tournament next week.
The Centennial girls allowed 12 points to Faith Lutheran in the first quarter of their Class 5A Southern League semifinal. And 11 in the ensuing three quarters.
The Bishop Gorman boys and Centennial girls remain No. 1 in the Class 5A Southern Nevada basketball rankings. Gorman plays Coronado at the Big City Showdown on Saturday.
The prestigious Tarkanian Classic high school basketball tournament begins Friday at Bishop Gorman. More than 260 teams will participate in the seven-day event.
Asani Ceaser and Kaniya Boyd scored 14 points apiece, and Centennial began its run for a seventh straight state basketball title with a decisive win Tuesday.
Spring Valley was ranked No. 2 in Class 5A for most of the season before injuries caused a late-season skid, but the Grizzlies are getting healthy for the postseason.
The Bishop Gorman boys and Centennial girls remain atop the Review-Journal’s Class 5A basketball rankings.
Millani Johnson scored 14 points to help Western’s girls basketball team earn the final spot in the Class 3A Southern Region playoffs with a 36-28 win over Del Sol in a Sunset League play-in game on Friday at Valley.
Kadrena Johnson’s basket with five seconds to play Tuesday gave Palo Verde’s girls basketball team a 34-32 home win over Bonanza.
Centennial’s girls basketball team forced 28 turnovers on Saturday and rolled to a 70-42 win over Bonita Vista (California) at Bishop Gorman.
The Bulldogs return four starters from a team that won the program’s fourth consecutive large-school state title.