The Sierra Vista boys basketball team earned a shot at its first state championship, and the 3A title game will be an all-Southern affair.
Somerset-Losee
Class 4A Southern Nevada high school basketball teams will face Northern teams for the state title after the classification was Southern-only the past two seasons.
Somerset-Losee senior guard Christin Haylock scored 22 points in the Lions’ win at Cimarron-Memorial on Thursday to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week.
Christin Haylock hit a pair of 3s to help Somerset-Losee, No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s Class 4A rankings, rally for a road win over No. 5 Cimarron-Memorial.
Faith Lutheran hosts Green Valley for the 5A Division II Southern League title to highlight the Week 13 high school football playoff schedule in Southern Nevada.
Green Valley upset top-seeded and league champion Basic behind three touchdowns from wide receiver Ben Byington in a 5A Division II Southern League semifinal.
Coronado avenged a regular-season loss to Desert Pines by rolling the Jaguars in the Class 5A Division I state quarterfinals. Bishop Gorman awaits.
Bishop Gorman rolled to a home win over Coronado to finish the regular season 10-0 and earn the No. 1 seed in the Class 5A Division I playoffs.
Bishop Gorman only had one first-half possession and led by four points at halftime at Shadow Ridge on Friday night.
In its second year playing football, Somerset-Losee is off to a 2-1 start and looking to grow its program under Dan Barnson, who built Arbor View into a power.
Bishop Gorman, ranked No. 2 nationally by MaxPreps, hosts No. 13 Centennial (Corona, California) on Friday in one of the top games on the Week 4 schedule.
Foothill handed Silverado its first loss since 2019 on Friday. Behind senior quarterback Mason Dew, the Falcons look to contend in Class 5A Division II.
Only three of the 14 teams in the new Class 4A made the playoffs last season, and none of them earned a postseason victory.
A 6-foot-7-inch Las Vegan, Pepperdine’s Maxwell Lewis has blossomed into one of college basketball’s most talented players after starring as a saxophonist at Somerset-Losee.
Somerset-Losee sophomore guard Antwan Jones scored 18 points to lead the Lions to a 59-52 win over Elko to claim the Class 3A state title on Feb. 25.
