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.
- Home
- >> Nevada Preps
Basketball
The Class 4A boys and girls state basketball tournaments will be played this weekend, and it’s a chance for new champions to be crowned with two perennial powerhouses in 5A.
Gavin Douglas had 17 points and 13 rebounds, and Boulder City went on the road to defeat Somerset Losee and claim the Class 3A Southern Region boys basketball title.
Darrion Williams scored 15 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to spark Bishop Gorman past Liberty in the Class 5A Southern Region boys basketball championship game.
Layla Faught scored 34 points and Kayla Terry 21 to lead Las Vegas past Durango on Thursday night and into the Class 4A girls basketball state semifinals.
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.
Bishop Gorman went on a 13-2 run in the second quarter and never looked back in a win over Coronado to clinch a spot in next week’s Class 5A state tournament.
Darrion Williams scored 18 points, and top-seeded Bishop Gorman remained undefeated with a win over Coronado in the Class 5A Southern Region semifinals.
Asani Ceaser and Kaniya Boyd scored 14 points apiece, and Centennial began its run for a seventh straight state basketball title with a decisive win Tuesday.
Spring Valley was ranked No. 2 in Class 5A for most of the season before injuries caused a late-season skid, but the Grizzlies are getting healthy for the postseason.
John Mobley scored 25 points, Darrion Williams added 16 points and 13 rebounds to lead top-seeded Bishop Gorman over Foothill in the Class 5A Southern Region quarterfinals.
Coronado trailed by as many as 10 in the fourth quarter but rallied to beat Canyon Springs in the Class 5A Southern Region quarterfinals.
Centennial has been its usual dominant self during the regular season in search of its seventh straight state championship.
Check out the top performances from Friday’s high school basketball action.
Freshman Mason Brown hit a 3-pointer with 1:52 left in overtime to break a tie, and Durango nipped Coronado in a game in which neither team led by more than seven points.
![Nevada’s gas prices could soon skyrocket. Blame it on a new California law](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/19279558_web1_GAS-PRICES-JUL21-22-SB-002.jpg?h=80)
![Own a piece of The Mirage: Las Vegas resort prepares to sell furnishings](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/19289146_web1_mirage_file020.jpg?h=80)
![Stay at an ‘Inside Out 2’-themed Airbnb in Las Vegas — PHOTOS](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/19276113_web1_AIRBNB-INSIDE-OUT-2-JUN13-2024-24-BT23e.jpg?h=80)
![When should older drivers hand over their car keys?](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/19283460_web1_GettyImages-1137849167.jpg?h=80)
![EDITORIAL: Accountability thy name isn’t Biden](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/19289522_web1_web_biden-glasses.jpg?h=80)