Liberty boys basketball coach Kevin Soares is the Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada Coach of the Year after leading the Patriots to their first state title.
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Liberty’s Joshua Jefferson averaged 17.7 points and 10 rebounds in his senior season and led the Patriots to the Class 5A state title with an upset win over Bishop Gorman.
The incoming Southern California freshman and survivor of a house party shooting has graduated from Spring Valley High School.
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.
Aaliyah Gayles signed her national letter of intent Monday, ensuring that USC will honor her basketball scholarship as she recovers from gunshot wounds sustained at a house party.
Spring Valley basketball star Aaliyah Gayles probably will spend two months in a wheelchair before beginning rehabilitation, said her high school coach, Billy Hemberger.
Spring Valley High School basketball star Aaliyah Gayles was conscious Monday morning following surgery Sunday to treat gunshot wounds sustained at a house party.
McDonald’s All-American Aaliyah Gayles was shot multiple times Saturday night at a house party in North Las Vegas and underwent surgery for survivable wounds, sources said.
Former Liberty High School star Rae Burrell has spent the past four years cultivating her game at Tennessee, growing into a potential first-round pick in the WNBA draft.
Billy Hemberger is leaving Spring Valley after an eight-year run at the school, where he built one of the state’s premier programs after going 1-24 in his first season.
Here is the All-Southern Nevada boys basketball team. Liberty’s Kevin Soares is the Coach of the Year after leading the Patriots to the Class 5A state championship.
Here is the All-Southern Nevada girls basketball team. Clark’s Laquedra Parks is the Coach of the Year after leading the Chargers to the Class 4A state championship.
Freshman Christopher Shaw scored 26 points to power young and tenacious Mojave to a victory over Spring Valley for the school’s first boys state basketball championship.
Clark outscored Las Vegas 16-2 in the third quarter and cruised from there to win the Class 4A state basketball championship — the Chargers’ first girls title in the sport.
Liberty shocked Bishop Gorman in overtime to win the Class 5A boys state basketball championship, ending the Gaels’ nine-year run of titles and their bid to finish undefeated.