Check out the scores and top performances from Wednesday’s high school basketball and flag football action.
Basketball
Sophomore point guard Aaliah Spaight led Bishop Gorman with 18 points, and the Gaels held an early double-digit lead and never looked back at Faith Lutheran.
Kaeden Castillero knocked down a pair of free throws with 19.9 seconds left to lift Liberty’s boys basketball team to a home win over Centennial.
Check out the scores and top performances from Tuesday’s high school basketball and flag football action.
Bishop Gorman guard Nick Jefferson scored 18 points in a 61-42 win over Mountain View (Idaho) on Dec. 27 to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
Forward Gabrielle Brooks scored 20 points to help Coronado win the West Coast Jamboree title Saturday and earn Nevada Preps Girls Athlete of the Week honors.
The Liberty boys and Bishop Gorman girls are No. 1 in the Review-Journal’s Class 5A basketball rankings. Included are flag football rankings and games to watch.
Bishop Gorman coach Grant Rice became the state’s all-time winningest boys basketball coach Saturday when the Gaels defeated Bellevue (Washington).
Foothill junior guard Zak Abdalla scored 23 points in a 68-53 win over Mater East on Thursday to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
Bishop Gorman sophomore guard Aaliah Spaight scored 21 points in a 47-31 win over Democracy Prep on Thursday to earn Nevada Preps Girls Athlete of the Week honors.
Cimarron-Memorial senior guard Dazani Graham scored 20 points in a 49-37 win over Western on Friday to earn Nevada Preps Girls Athlete of the Week honors.
Democracy Prep guard Josiah Stroughter scored 25 points in a 77-57 win over Palo Verde on Friday to earn Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week honors.
Freshman Dedan Thomas Jr. from Liberty shined in UNLV’s upset of No. 8 Creighton on Wednesday. The Rebels play Saint Mary’s in the Jerry Colangelo Classic on Saturday.
Shadow Ridge junior guard Jalen Butler scored 27 points in a 77-63 win over Sunrise Mountain on Dec. 5, earning him Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Week.
Desert Pines junior forward Trista Mabry scored 21 points in the Jaguars’ 55-18 win over Palo Verde on Dec. 5, earning her Nevada Preps Girls Athlete of the Week honors.
