Bishop Gorman is throwing the sixth annual Tarkanian Classic, a premier high school basketball tournament featuring teams from 11 states.
Football
All-league football teams, as selected by coaches.
Bishop Gorman senior Derek Ng is the No. 7 overall kicker in the country, and is waiting for the right opportunity to play at the Division-I level.
Liberty senior quarterback Kenyon Oblad, the state’s leader in career passing yards, announced his commitment to UNLV on Sunday morning.
The NIAA will meet Thursday to gather a recommendation to make to the board of control on Jan. 17. It is expected that the board will finalize the details of the new Class 5A for high school sports.
Gorman entered Saturday’s title game outscoring in-state opponents 526-26 and just kept rolling. Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson caught a touchdown, ran for one and threw for two as the Gaels dismantled Reed 48-7.
Next year the two Bishop Gorman stars will be on opposite sides of one of college football’s best rivalries, with Palaie Gaoteote heading to USC and Dorian Thompson-Robinson committed to UCLA.
Coronado’s Jaden Hardy is one of the top ninth-garders in the country, and holds scholarship offers from several major collegiate basketball programs, including UNLV, where his older brother, Amauri, is a freshman point guard.
Here is a look at some of the week’s top high school sports events.
Bishop Gorman senior defensive end Adam Plant committed to Arizona on Monday afternoon.
The U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection Committee announced Monday that Bishop Gorman quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson is a nominee for the U.S. Army Player of the Year Award.
Noah Thompson scored on a pair of twin 44-yard touchdown runs, the second one killing any thoughts of a Fernley comeback, to lead Mojave to a 42-13 win.
Sophomore running backs Michael Lofton and Jyden King each scored three touchdowns as the Jaguars’ cruised to a 50-28 victory over visiting Spring Creek in a Class 3A state semifinal football game.
Green Valley High School guard Eric Brown committed to play football for UNLV.
In the end, it was visiting Battle Mountain that was able to overcome a two-touchdown halftime deficit to beat the Needles football team 36-30 in overtime in Saturday’s Class 2A state semifinal match.