Coronado’s boys basketball team defeated Bishop Gorman at the Big City Showdown and showed it is a serious title contender. Here are three takeaways from Saturday’s games.
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Coronado led early and rolled to a home win over Bishop Gorman at the Big City Showdown on Saturday. The Centennial girls also earned a big victory over Gorman.
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.
Two teams from Southern Nevada have claimed the most boys and girls high school basketball state championships in state history.
Kaeden Castillero knocked down a pair of free throws with 19.9 seconds left to lift Liberty’s boys basketball team to a home win over Centennial.
After building the Centennial girls basketball program into a perennial power, Karen Weitz added duties as the boys’ coach this season. She’s already making her mark.
Four players scored in double-figures at Bishop Gorman overcame its early struggles to defeat Centennial 63-39 on the road in its Class 5A league opener Tuesday night.
Centennial senior point guard Elijah Burney scored 19 points and added five rebounds and four steals in the Bulldogs’ season-opening win last week.
Karen Weitz, who has led the Centennial girls basketball team to 13 state titles, won her debut with the boys as she begins a season coaching both squads.
Centennial’s Karen Weitz, the winningest coach in Nevada basketball history, has added the title of boys coach to the dynasty she has built with the girls program.
Ten Las Vegas Valley basketball players — five boys and five girls — have been nominated to play in the McDonald’s All-American Games in March in Chicago.
Bishop Gorman boys guard Zaon Collins will play at UNLV, Gaels boys guard Will McClendon will head to UCLA and Centennial girls guard Taylor Bigby will go to Oregon.
Here is the 2019-20 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada boys basketball team.
Anthony Swift had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead Desert Pines to its fifth straight region championship, 74-55 over Faith Lutheran.
Mwani Wilkinson scored 23 points, and his layup off a pass from Ryan Abelman with 1.8 seconds left lifted Bishop Gorman to a 61-59 win over Liberty.