Mwani Wilkinson scored 23 points, and his layup off a pass from Ryan Abelman with 1.8 seconds left lifted Bishop Gorman to a 61-59 win over Liberty.
Jason Orts
Nevada Preps coordinator
Email: jorts@reviewjournal.com
Jason Orts is a born-and-raised Texan who has more than a decade of experience covering high school sports there. The last six of those came as the high school sports coordinator at the Waco Tribune-Herald, where he also covered a myriad of Baylor University sports. Orts was the sports editor of the University Star at Texas State University prior to beginning his professional career.
Here are Saturday’s results for the championship and third-place matches at the Class 4A, 3A and 2A state wrestling meets.
Senior David Kalayanaprapruit and sophomore Caleb Uhlenhopp won individual titles to lead Green Valley to the Class 4A team championship at Cimarron-Memorial.
Here are Friday’s results from the Class 4A state wrestling meet and the schedule for Saturday’s championship matches for all classes.
Mwani Wilkinson scored 25 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to lead Bishop Gorman to an 81-48 home win over Basic on Friday in the Desert Region quarterfinals.
Green Valley and Spanish Springs have combined to win the past eight state titles, but Shadow Ridge coach Gus Gledhill thinks his team has the experience to compete with them.
Mwani Wilkinson, a 6-foot-6-inch senior swingman, committed to LSU on Saturday. He’s averaging 19 points, 10 rebounds and 3.5 blocks for Bishop Gorman this season.
Faith Lutheran boys basketball coach Bret Walter was 361-253 and won five state titles in 23 seasons. The Crusaders begin play in the 4A Mountain Region playoffs Wednesday.
The Bishop Gorman boys and Centennial girls are clear favorites once again, but there are some sleepers that could do some damage in the postseason.
Arbor View’s Israel Mann and Rickey Jones, Legacy’s Lee Wilson and BJ Phillips, and Bishop Gorman’s Mark Person and James Petrie will play at Southwest Minnesota State.
Here are the preps athletes who signed for national signing day on Wednesday or during the fall.
Faith Lutheran was 53-28 in Vernon Fox’s seven years at the helm, including a 12-2 record and Class 3A state championship in 2013. He resigned as coach Tuesday.
Daishen Nix, a 6-foot-5-inch senior point guard, is one of 24 boys basketball players who will play in the McDonald’s All-American game April 1 in Houston.
Plenty of league titles and playoff seedings hang in the balance, and several games will determine how teams line up entering the postseason.
Bentleigh Hoskins made a short jumper in the lane with four seconds left as Bishop Gorman edged Spring Valley 53-52 to keep its Southwest League title hopes alive.
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