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.