Jett Washington, Nevada’s best prep football player and the nephew of Kobe Bryant, helped Bishop Gorman win a second straight state basketball title Friday.
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Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team defeated Mojave on Friday at Cox Pavilion to win its second straight Class 5A state championship.
Defending Class 4A state champion Sierra Vista saw a 14-point fourth-quarter lead dwindle to three, but it held off Clark in the state semifinals Friday.
Top-seeded Centennial held off No. 3 Democracy Prep to win the Class 5A state title Friday at Cox Pavilion, giving coach Karen Weitz a record championship.
The Mater East boys and girls basketball teams won Class 3A state titles Friday at Cox Pavilion. The boys defeated Fernley, and the girls edged Virgin Valley.
The Legacy girls basketball team got a huge night from standout Alabama Nieves on Friday to advance to Saturday’s Class 4A state championship game.
Mater East started the fourth quarter on a 12-0 run Thursday to erase a deficit and get back to the Class 3A boys basketball state championship game.
Centennial’s girls basketball team faces Democracy Prep for the 5A state title Friday. The Bulldogs are trying to win the championship with an almost completely new squad.
No. 2 seed Bishop Gorman built a lead and held off No. 6 Desert Pines in a Class 5A state semifinal Wednesday. The title game is Friday against No. 4 Mojave.
Democracy Prep got a 3-pointer at the end of regulation and dominated Bishop Gorman in overtime to advance to the 5A state title game against Centennial.
Sierra Vista’s boys basketball team, despite losing standout center Xavion Staton midseason, sits two wins away from defending its Class 4A state championship.
Rivals Mater East and Democracy Prep hope to meet for the 3A boys basketball state championship at Cox Pavilion on Friday.
Democracy Prep and Bishop Gorman’s girls basketball teams meet in the Class 5A state semifinals Wednesday. Their regular-season matchup was decided by one point.
Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team, which isn’t filled with top recruits like in previous years, faces Desert Pines in the Class 5A state semifinals Wednesday.
Centennial’s girls basketball team holds a pair of state tournament records that will likely never be broken. Here are some other ones that stand out.