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.
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Centennial held McDonald’s All-America selection Aaliyah Gayles to 11 points en route to a decisive victory over Spring Valley in the Class 5A Southern Region girls final.
UNLV, LSU and Washington State have extended scholarship offers to Liberty sophomore point guard Dedan Thomas Jr., and he said Arizona, UCLA and Stanford also are interested.
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.
Sixth-seeded Spring Valley upset second-seeded Liberty in double overtime to advance to the Class 5A Southern Region basketball championship game Saturday.
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.
The Liberty Patriots fought back against the Durango Trailblazers for a 73-68 win in the 5A Southern Region semifinals.
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.
Coronado trailed by as many as 10 in the fourth quarter but rallied to beat Canyon Springs in the Class 5A Southern Region quarterfinals.