In a game that had all the suspense of a historical re-enactment, O’Bannon had 19 of his 26 points in the first quarter as the Gaels rolled to an 83-63 win over Coronado for the Division I state title at UNR’s Lawlor Events Center. It was the fifth consecutive large-school state title for Gorman (25-7).
Jake Epstein got two transition baskets before halftime, then scored 21 second-half points to lead The Meadows to a 63-54 win in the Division III boys state basketball semifinals at UNR’s Lawlor Events Center. The Meadows (26-3) plays Yerington (26-3) in the title game at 12:50 p.m. Saturday.
Pam Wilmore went 7-for-8 from the field and had 21 points — six of those during a game-opening 20-3 run that lifted Centennial to a 78-62 win over Liberty in the Division I girls basketball championship game at Lawlor Events Center.
A solid defensive effort, especially in the second half, allowed the Bobcats to pull away for a 45-27 win over West Wendover in a Division III state semifinal at Lawlor Events Center. White Pine (25-6) will meet Incline (20-5) for the state title at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Word of Life made 7 of 10 shots from the line in overtime, including three front ends on one-and-one attempts, to slip by Mineral County 59-54 in a Division IV state semifinal at Reed High on Friday.
Round Mountain’s Alyssa Hanks was limited to 6-for-18 shooting from the field and the Knights shot 25.5 percent as a team en route to a 70-35 loss to Owyhee in a Division IV state semifinal at Reed High.
The state is striving to show that it has learned from missteps in rehabilitating young offenders.
Las Vegas police identified Ricardo Canas, 24, as the man arrested in connection with a crash in front of Snyder Elementary School that sent a man and child to a hospital.
A 49-year-old woman was still in critical condition Friday night after being struck by a car just south of McCarran International Airport that afternoon, Las Vegas police said.
Artist and activist Yoko Ono was hospitalized in New York after experiencing “extreme flu-like” symptoms, her publicist said.
