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.
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Centennial won its seventh straight state basketball title Saturday, crushing Bishop Manogue in the Class 5A girls championship game at Lawlor Events Center in Reno.
Centennial will meet Bishop Manogue on Saturday at Lawlor Events Center in Reno for the state championship. The Bulldogs are looking for their seventh straight title.
Centennial will begin its quest for a seventh straight girls state championship and 13th overall when it meets Douglas in the Class 5A semifinals Friday in Reno.
Top-seeded Centennial clinched a berth in next week’s Class 5A girls state basketball tournament, where the Bulldogs will go for their seventh straight title.
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.
Spring Valley has come a long way from its days as a 1-24 team, but Centennial has won six straight state championships and once again stands in the way of its girls basketball title hopes.
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.
Here is the 2019-20 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada girls basketball team.
Centennial’s girls basketball team won its NIAA-record sixth straight state championship Friday night, defeating Desert Oasis 79-51 in the Class 4A final in Reno.
Garrisen Freeman’s running 3-pointer banked in with one second left to give Spring Valley a 39-37 win over Bishop Manogue in the state quarterfinals.
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.
The Bishop Gorman boys and Centennial girls are clear favorites once again, but there are some sleepers that could do some damage in the postseason.
Arbor View’s Israel Mann and Rickey Jones, Legacy’s Lee Wilson and BJ Phillips, and Bishop Gorman’s Mark Person and James Petrie will play at Southwest Minnesota State.