Check out the scores and top performances from Monday’s high school basketball action.
Basketball
Shadow Ridge plays at Palo Verde in boys basketball as the high school season gets underway in earnest Monday.
Liberty and Bishop Gorman enter the boys basketball season as the favorites in Class 5A, but they know there is stiff competition behind them.
New Liberty girls basketball coach Billy Hemberger, who came over from Spring Valley, hopes to help the Patriots compete with heavy favorite Centennial in Class 5A.
Coronado guard and four-star prospect Sebastian Mack committed to UCLA on Wednesday. Mack is the top-ranked player in Nevada for the class of 2023.
Dedan Thomas, the top-ranked 2024 Nevada basketball player, according to ESPN, showed in a tournament last week that he could score as well as run an offense.
Liberty point guard Dedan Thomas is Nevada’s top 2024 prospect, according to ESPN. However, he is considering reclassifying to the 2023 class.
Felix Reeves is in intensive care after suffering a stroke Saturday night. He was set to play at the College of Southern Nevada this season.
Aaliyah Gayles was ranked eighth nationally by ESPN among 2022 recruits, but her basketball future was put in peril in April during a shooting at a North Las Vegas party.
Aaliyah Gayles, who continues her recovery after being shot at a house party in April, visited her future Southern California teammates Thursday in Los Angeles.
The NBA Summer League requires lots of practice space for the 30 teams, and local high schools take on the invaluable role of hosting them.
Hardy, a 6-foot-5-inch guard, is one of the top players ever to prep in Las Vegas.
Liberty only beat Bishop Gorman once in four tries, but it came in an overtime classic that netted the Patriots their first boys basketball state championship.
Liberty boys basketball coach Kevin Soares is the Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada Coach of the Year after leading the Patriots to their first state title.
Liberty’s Joshua Jefferson averaged 17.7 points and 10 rebounds in his senior season and led the Patriots to the Class 5A state title with an upset win over Bishop Gorman.
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