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.
Alex Wright
High School Sports Reporter
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Alex Wright joined the Review-Journal staff as a high school sports reporter on October 2022. He was previously a sports intern at the RJ. Alex was born and raised in Las Vegas and is in his fourth year at UNLV, majoring in journalism and media studies, with a concentration in sports media. Alex currently serves as the editor-in-chief for UNLV's student newspaper, the Scarlet & Gray Free Press. He previously was the sports editor for the paper last school year after being a sports staff writer for a year and a half.
Top-seeded Palo Verde claimed its first flag football state crown with a victory over No. 3 Desert Oasis in the 5A title game Thursday at Allegiant Stadium.
Virgin Valley’s flag football team defeated Boulder City to win its fourth straight Class 3A state championship Thursday at Allegiant Stadium.
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.
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.
Palo Verde and Desert Oasis will play for the Class 5A flag football state title Thursday at Allegiant Stadium as part of a tripleheader of games.
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.
All three Nevada high school flag football state championship games will be held in the state’s largest football venue Thursday.
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.
Makhi Clark and Aidan Hernandez won individual titles to lead Sierra Vista to its second straight Class 4A state wrestling championship Saturday at Western High.
Bishop Gorman had 10 players score and recorded 27 bench points, lifting the Gaels to a decisive win over Centennial in a Class 5A state basketball quarterfinal game.
Liberty’s flag football team scored three third-quarter touchdowns to help the Patriots claim a road win in the Class 5A flag football state quarterfinals Tuesday.
Palo Verde, Shadow Ridge and Desert Oasis finished tied for first in the Class 5A Southern League, which should set up an exciting battle for the state title.
SLAM! Nevada’s wrestling team continued its dominance by winning its fourth straight Class 5A team state title Saturday in Fallon. Centennial won the girls title.