Centennial defeated Liberty 74-65 in overtime to win its fourth consecutive girls state title Friday night at Lawlor Events Center in Reno. The Bulldogs trailed by 15 points entering the fourth quarter.
Basketball
Dre’una Edwards commanded the first half, scoring 26 of her game-high 28 points, and the Patriots made quick work of McQueen with a 71-33 rout in the state semifinals at Lawlor Events Center.
Dre’una Edwards scored 20 points Saturday to lead Liberty to a 68-38 win over Foothill in a rematch of last year’s Sunrise Region final.
Jaden Hardy poured in 37 points as the Cougars rolled to an 87-75 victory over the Falcons in the Class 4A Sunrise Region semifinals at Canyon Springs.
Foothill overcame an early double-figure deficit and a rambunctious home crowd to steal a 54-53 road win against the Pioneers on Thursday evening in Class 4A Sunrise Region semifinal play.
Coronado gutted out a 54-42 road victory over Rancho in the Sunrise Region quarterfinals on Tuesday night.
Liberty senior guard Cameron Burist scored 32 points to lift the Patriots to a 82-70 home victory over Las Vegas on Tuesday night in Sunrise Region quarterfinal play.
Senior Cameron Burist scored a game-high 15 second-half points to help Liberty knock off the four-time defending league champion Coronado and secure a 69-61 road victory Wednesday.
Foothill’s Keilani Brown scored 13 points Wednesday as the Falcons defeated host Basic 56-39 to secure the Southeast League’s No. 2 playoff seed.
Here are the Review-Journal’s boys basketball rankings.
Here are the Review-Journal’s girls basketball rankings.
Jaden Hardy led all scorers with 34 points to power the Coronado boys basketball team to an 87-81 road victory over Foothill in a key Southeast League game.
Autumn Westmoreland had 14 points on Monday to lead Arbor View’s girls basketball geam to a 55-51 road win over Legacy.