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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Centennial, the six-time defending state girls basketball champion, got 26 points from Kaniya Boyd and used a 16-0 run in the third quarter to put away Spring Valley.
Spring Valley hosted Desert Oasis in a girls basketball game Wednesday night. Desert Oasis won 67-64.
Spring Valley High School senior point guard Aaliyah Gayles was one of 24 girls named to the prestigious McDonald’s All-America team Tuesday.
Ten Las Vegas Valley basketball players — five boys and five girls — have been nominated to play in the McDonald’s All-American Games in March in Chicago.