Bishop Gorman defeated Spanish Springs 54-38 and Centennial rolled past Desert Oasis 79-48 on Friday in the semifinals of the Class 4A girls state basketball tournament at Orleans Arena.
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Clark defeated Bishop Manogue 52-34 and Bishop Gorman rolled past Arbor View 81-52 on Friday in the Class 4A boys state basketball semifinals at Orleans Arena.
After winning an appeal to restore six victories, the Lions won the Southern League tournament and will face Northern Region runner-up Incline in the state semifinals at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Eldorado High School.
Jalen Hill had 19 points and seven rebounds as Clark rolled to a 55-40 win over Desert Pines in the Class 4A boys state basketball quarterfinals. Arbor View defeated Spanish Springs 72-56 in the other quarterfinal.
Bishop Gorman coasted to a 49-18 victory over Canyon Springs, and Desert Oasis rolled past Reno 66-32 on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A state basketball tournament at Arbor View High School.
Arbor View was scheduled to host Wednesday’s games long before the Aggies qualified for their first state tournament. But the players aren’t downplaying the importance of home-court advantage.
Though the Rattlers built a 22-point lead in the first half of the Class 3A Southern Region championship game, they needed to make five free throws down the stretch to survive a frenetic comeback by Chaparral to earn a 64-60 victory at Del Sol.
Mwani Wilkinson scored all 18 of his points in the second half, including Gorman’s first 12 points of the fourth quarter, as the Gaels defeated the Jaguars 52-42 in the Southern Nevada boys basketball championship game.
The Mountain Region champion Bulldogs coasted to an 86-51 victory over Desert Region champion Bishop Gorman on Monday in the Southern Nevada championship game.
Mwani Wilkinson scored 16 points to help Bishop Gorman to a 57-50 win over Clark in the Desert Region championship game at Foothill. Desert Pines edged Arbor View 49-46 in the Mountain Region final at Legacy.
Bishop Gorman edged Desert Oasis 41-39 in the Desert Region championship game Saturday at Foothill, and Centennial whipped Canyon Springs 70-25 in the Mountain Region final at Legacy.
Desert Pines will meet Arbor View on Saturday for the Mountain Region championship. Seven-time defending state champion Bishop Gorman will play Clark in the Desert Region title game.
After Thursday’s games in Southern Nevada were postponed, the Clark County School District cancelled school and all after-school activities for Friday, shifting all of Thursday’s games to Saturday.
Clark and Bishop Gorman meet for the third time this season at 7 p.m. Thursday at Foothill in the Desert Region boys championship game.
Canyon Springs will make just its second appearance in a region final when it battles Centennial for the Mountain Region girls basketball title at 5 p.m. Thursday at Legacy.