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Roundup: Western tops Del Sol in Sunset League play-in game

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2024 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada girls basketball team announced

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Graney: Gorman coach caps storybook return to sidelines with title

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Gorman girls dethrone Centennial, capture 5A state title — PHOTOS

Las Vegas Review-Journal

February 15, 2019 - 9:14 pm

Millani Johnson scored 14 points to help Western’s girls basketball team earn the final spot in the Class 3A Southern Region playoffs with a 36-28 win over Del Sol in a Sunset League play-in game on Friday at Valley.

Taysha Poole added 11 points for the Warriors, who overcame a 17-11 halftime deficit to earn the right to visit Sunrise League champion Boulder City at 5 p.m. Tuesday in a region quarterfinal.

Paige Birch led Del Sol with 12 points.

Boulder City 53, Moapa Valley 41 — At Overton, Ellie Howard had 28 points as the Eagles defeated the Pirates.

Keely Alexander added 12 points, and Madison Manns scored 10 points for Boulder City.

Kaitlyn Anderson led Moapa Valley with 19 points, and teammate Lainey Cornwall scored 11 points.

GV Christian 46, Indian Springs 17 — At Indian Springs, Chloe Lamb had 18 points as the Guardians trounced the Thunderbirds.

Ariana Davis added 12 points, and Abigail Johnson scored 10 for GV Christian, which led 16-9 after one quarter.

Iowa guard Caitlin Clark (22) signs autographs for fans after Iowa defeated LSU in an Elite Eig ...

Graney: Caitlin Clark inspires basketball dreams from Iowa to Nevada

By Ed Graney / RJ

April 4, 2024 - 3:32 pm

Bishop Gorman freshman Addy Carr is just one young basketball player who thinks of Iowa star Caitlin Clark as a role model to follow.

Centenial’s Danae Powell (11) goes in for a layup around Liberty’s Daisha Peavy ( ...

2024 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada girls basketball team announced

By Alex Wright / RJ

March 15, 2024 - 4:32 pm

Here is the 2024 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada girls basketball team.

Bishop Gorman head coach Sheryl Krmpotich gestures to the fan section after her team won the Cl ...

Graney: Gorman coach caps storybook return to sidelines with title

By Ed Graney / RJ

February 23, 2024 - 8:58 pm

Seven years after walking away from coaching, Sheryl Krmpotich returned to lead the Bishop Gorman girls basketball team to a state title in her first season back.

Bishop Gorman celebrates as they’re about to receive their Class 5A girls basketball sta ...

Gorman girls dethrone Centennial, capture 5A state title — PHOTOS

By Jeff Wollard / RJ

February 23, 2024 - 10:46 pm

The Bishop Gorman girls basketball team defeated Centennial to win the Class 5A state title on Friday. Centennial had won the past eight state titles.

Bishop Gorman High School's fans cheer in the second half of the championship game against Libe ...

2A/1A state roundup: Lake Mead, Pahranagat Valley boys eliminated

By Jacob Powers / RJ

February 23, 2024 - 12:29 am

The Lake Mead Academy boys lost in the Class 2A state semifinals, and the Pahranagat Valley boys and girls fell in the 1A quarterfinals Thursday.

Bishop Gorman point guard Mya Ruiz (2) drives the ball to the paint during a Class 5A girls bas ...

Gorman girls earn shot at ending Centennial’s 8-year title run — PHOTOS

By Jeff Wollard / RJ

February 23, 2024 - 12:46 am

The Bishop Gorman girls basketball team defeated Democracy Prep in the Class 5A state semifinals and will now face Centennial, which is seeking its ninth straight title.

Canyon Springs senior center Kenijae Cherry, right, drives the lane against Spanish Springs sen ...

4A/3A girls state roundup: Legacy, Canyon Springs ousted

By Carter Eckl Special to the / RJ

February 21, 2024 - 9:49 pm

Legacy and Canyon Springs couldn’t keep up in the Class 4A girls basketball state semifinals. The Southern Region representatives in 3A also were eliminated.

Shadow Ridge’s Lily-Renee Roopchand (21) shoots against Democracy Prep’s Zhanea B ...

Centennial girls face challenge for 5A title with ‘competitive’ field

By Alex Wright / RJ

February 21, 2024 - 3:59 pm

The Centennial girls basketball team will look to win its ninth straight state title when the Class 5A girls basketball state semifinals begin Thursday.

Somerset-Losee guard Antwan Jones (5) dribbles the ball during a game at Cimarron-Memorial High ...

4A basketball title chase includes extra competition this season

By Alex Wright / RJ

February 20, 2024 - 1:47 pm

Class 4A Southern Nevada high school basketball teams will face Northern teams for the state title after the classification was Southern-only the past two seasons.

Coronado's Lantz Stephenson (5) shoots against Mojave forward Avondre Smith (50) and guard Nath ...

Playoff roundup: Top seeds advance in 5A boys basketball quarters

By Alex Wright and Jeff Wollard / RJ

February 16, 2024 - 11:43 pm

Coronado, Arbor View and Liberty were winners in their Class 5A boys basketball state quarterfinals Friday night. Here is a roundup of Friday’s playoff action.