Here is a look at some of the week’s top high school sports events.
Girls Basketball
Sharmayne Finley scored a game-high 26 points and had six rebounds, seven assists and five steals Friday to help Agassi Prep’s girls basketball team clinch its first league title in school history with a 69-61 home win over Lincoln County.
Kaitlyn Anderson scored 14 points as Moapa Valley’s girls basketball team to a 53-32 road win over Boulder City on Friday.
Spring Valley’s Essence Booker, who missed the past five games with a minor knee injury, returned Tuesday and scored 16 points in the Grizzlies’ 59-20 victory over Durango.
Skylar Jackson scored her team’s final seven points and had an answer for every Desert Oasis run Tuesday to help third-ranked Bishop Gorman to a 57-47 road victory in a battle for first place in the Southwest League.
Las Vegas High’s Teconna Dyer provided two layups and a free throw in the final minute to lift the Wildcats’ girls basketball team to a 33-29 home win over Rancho on Tuesday.
Bishop Gorman used small-ball to run away with a 52-35 victory over Castle View (Colorado) in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational.
Shania Harper had 15 points and 15 rebounds Wednesday to help Sierra Vista’s girls basketball team secure the final playoff spot in the Division I-A Sunset League with a 54-41 win at Cheyenne.
The latest girls basketball coaches poll.
Chrystian Myles nailed a 3-pointer with two seconds in the fourth quarter Thursday to lift Desert Pines’ girls basketball team to a 34-32 victory over host Moapa Valley at Overton.
Autumn Westmoreland scored 10 of her 14 points in the first half Thursday as Arbor View’s girls basketball team pulled away from Coronado for a 60-35 win in the opening game of the Las Vegas Invitational at Bishop Gorman.
Andy Johnson needed a point guard. The Findlay Prep boys basketball coach scoured the country this spring and ultimately zeroed in on a pass-first playmaker from Louisiana named Skylar Mays.
Nevadapreps.com has posted the winter sports schedules it has received for the 2015-16 school year.
It didn’t take a great deal of time for Spring Mountain coach Ed Cheltenham to realize he was going to have a special group of players this season.
Marcia Hawkins poured in 23 points Tuesday as Chaparral’s girls basketball team moved into a tie for first place in the Sunrise League with a 49-43 win at Boulder City.
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