Check out the scores and top performances from Friday’s high school basketball and flag football action.
Basketball
R’Zha Whittle had a double-double to help Rancho to a home victory over Canyon Springs in a boys basketball game. Here are photos from the game.
Bishop Gorman and Coronado’s boys basketball teams play at 8 p.m. Saturday to highlight the seven-game schedule at this year’s Big City Showdown at Coronado.
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.
Democracy Prep guard Josiah Stroughter scored 25 points in a 77-57 win over Palo Verde on Friday to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
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.
The times, dates and opponents for all of this week’s boys and girls high school basketball state tournament games.
Liberty guard Dedan Thomas Jr. scored 18 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter and overtime to give the Patriots a win at Coronado on Thursday night.
Check out the scores and top performances from Monday’s high school basketball action.
Dedan Thomas, the top-ranked 2024 Nevada basketball player, according to ESPN, showed in a tournament last week that he could score as well as run an offense.
Spring Valley basketball star Aaliyah Gayles probably will spend two months in a wheelchair before beginning rehabilitation, said her high school coach, Billy Hemberger.
Centennial held McDonald’s All-America selection Aaliyah Gayles to 11 points en route to a decisive victory over Spring Valley in the Class 5A Southern Region girls final.
UNLV, LSU and Washington State have extended scholarship offers to Liberty sophomore point guard Dedan Thomas Jr., and he said Arizona, UCLA and Stanford also are interested.
Check out the top performances from Wednesday’s high school basketball action.
In his first game since being nominated for the McDonald’s All-American Game, versatile Taviontae Jackson scored 34 points to pace Las Vegas’ rout of Green Valley.