The Class 4A state basketball tournament begins with the boys and girls semifinals Tuesday at Cox Pavilion. 5A begins Friday with semifinals at Cox Pavilion.
Girls Basketball
The times, dates and opponents for all of this week’s boys and girls high school basketball state tournament games.
After building the Centennial girls basketball program into a perennial power, Karen Weitz added duties as the boys’ coach this season. She’s already making her mark.
Even on an off night, the Centennial girls basketball team remained excellent, cruising to yet another resounding victory despite some atypical struggles.
Freshman Reagan Nehls had 18 points, four assists, two rebounds and two steals to help Palo Verde come back to upset defending Class 4A state champion Clark.
Coronado hit nine 3-pointers as it defeated Liberty in a Class 5A Southern League semifinal Wednesday night. The Cougars are headed to the state tournament next week.
The Centennial girls allowed 12 points to Faith Lutheran in the first quarter of their Class 5A Southern League semifinal. And 11 in the ensuing three quarters.
Las Vegas High junior point guard Layla Faught scored 30 points and surpassed 1,000 points for her career in a 75-19 road win over Cheyenne on Wednesday.
The times, dates and opponents for all of this week’s boys and girls high school basketball playoff games.
The Centennial girls basketball team did not allow a point in the second quarter on its was to a 68-24 home win over Bishop Gorman in a 5A Southern Region quarterfinal game Monday night.
Raina Forgue scored 23 of her 26 points in the second half to help the Crusaders to a 70-44 home win over Spring Valley in the Class 5A Southern League quarterfinals.
Centennial is the favorite in Class 5A, and Desert Pines is the team to beat in 4A as the high school girls basketball playoffs begin Monday for 5A, 4A and 3A.
Desert Oasis senior forward Brooklyn Scurry scored 16 points to lead the Diamondbacks to a 52-27 road win over Clark in a girls basketball game Friday night. Here are photos from the game.
Check out the scores and top performances form Thursday’s high school basketball action.
The Class 5A, 4A and 2A state championship games will be played Feb. 25 at the Thomas & Mack Center. Cox Pavilion will host the state semifinals.
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