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.
Basketball
Even on an off night, the Centennial girls basketball team remained excellent, cruising to yet another resounding victory despite some atypical struggles.
Caleb Roston nailed a 3-pointer from the corner with 3.8 seconds remaining in the fourth overtime to lift Rancho past Legacy in a Class 4A state quarterfinal.
Durango defeated Bishop Gorman in the Class 5A Southern League semifinals Thursday, securing a spot in the state tournament and ending the Gaels’ run of state trips.
Liberty junior point guard Dedan Thomas Jr. scored 23 points as the No. 1-seeded Patriots rolled past No. 4 Coronado in a Class 5A Southern League semifinal Thursday.
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.
The Bishop Gorman boys basketball team trailed most of the second half but rallied to defeat Desert Pines 61-56 in a Class 5A Southern League quarterfinal matchup Tuesday night.
Coronado’s Sebastian Mack was 17-for-22 from the line to help the fourth-seeded Cougars to a 70-61 home win over fifth-seed Arbor View in the Class 5A Southern League quarterfinals.
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.
Arbor View sophomore forward Brian Townsend scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Aggies to a 78-41 road win over Palo Verde on Thursday.
The Boulder City boys basketball team won its appeal Monday afternoon after the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association originally ruled it would have to forfeit 16 games for using an ineligible player.
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.
