It’s been known for months that the new Class 5A was coming, but the schools were formally recommended by the NIAA’s realignment committee Thursday at Chaparral.
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Desert Oasis had three players score 20 or more points and rolled to a 93-77 home win over Durango.
Centennial girls basketball coach Karen Weitz will have three of her players — Justice Ethridge, Melanie Isbell and Bailey Thomas — on the Lady Rebels within two years.
A fifth classification for high school sports in Nevada is coming, and the parameters of what that might look like will become clearer Thursday.
Clark (Class 4A boys), Cheyenne (3A boys), Centennial (4A girls) and Moapa Valley (3A girls) are No. 1 in this week’s rankings.
Bishop Gorman senior Derek Ng is the No. 7 overall kicker in the country, and is waiting for the right opportunity to play at the Division-I level.
Liberty senior quarterback Kenyon Oblad, the state’s all-time leader in passing yards, committed to UNLV on Sunday morning during his official visit with the program.
The NIAA will meet Thursday to gather a recommendation to make to the board of control on Jan. 17. It is expected that the board will finalize the details of the new Class 5A for high school sports.
Gorman entered Saturday’s title game outscoring in-state opponents 526-26 and just kept rolling. Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson caught a touchdown, ran for one and threw for two as the Gaels dismantled Reed 48-7.
Democracy Prep rallied from an early 13-point deficit against Arbor View, and made all the key plays down the stretch to squeak out a 66-64 victory in the quarterfinals of the Legacy Tip-Off Classic at Legacy High on Friday.
Next year the two Bishop Gorman stars will be on opposite sides of one of college football’s best rivalries, with Palaie Gaoteote heading to USC and Dorian Thompson-Robinson committed to UCLA.
Nevada Preps reporters Ben Gotz and Justin Emerson preview the final week of the Southern Nevada high school football playoffs and the 4A state championship game.
Durango’s Anthony Hunter scored a game-high 24 points, including his team’s final nine points, to help the seventh-ranked Trailblazers hang on for a 65-64 road win over Las Vegas High.
The logistics make it impossible for the best team to host the state title game in Nevada. It’s set up on a rotating basis in part to minimize travel. If the NIAA seeded its bracket, it would mean more teams traveling.
Jaden Hardy scored a game-high 29 points and went to the line with his team down by two with 1.5 seconds left. He hit all three free throws to give the Cougars a 59-58 victory over visiting Centennial.
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Sierra Vista boys basketball center Xavion Staton, Nevada’s No. 1 basketball recruit in the class of 2025, announced his college commitment.
No. 2-ranked Bishop Gorman lost to No. 1 Mater Dei in what was billed as the de facto high school football national title game Friday in Santa Ana, California.
Raiders defensive lineman Jonah Laulu, a Las Vegas native, is living his dream with his hometown team. He even gets to eat at his mom’s house after practice.
Bishop Gorman, ranked No. 2 nationally, plays at No. 1 Mater Dei (California) on Friday. The game has been billed as the de facto high school football national title game.