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Gorman star Ellenberg adds to brilliant resume
Tuesday March 09, 2010
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Aaryn Ellenberg’s basketball resume probably didn’t need any more highlights.
Already a member of two state championship teams and with 2,000 career points and a scholarship to Oklahoma in her pocket, the senior guard had established herself as one of the best players in the state...
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Class 4A Girls All-State Teams
Tuesday March 09, 2010
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Follow the link for the Las Vegas Review-Journal's Class 4A girls all-state basketball teams.
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NOTES: Bulldogs star league MVP in 3A hoops
Wednesday March 03, 2010
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Boys basketball coaches in the Class 3A Southern League didn’t need much time to debate who should be named the league’s Most Valuable Player.
The top award went to Virgin Valley senior forward Jason Wittwer in a unanimous vote.
“It was the easiest pick of the night,”...
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2A GIRLS: West Wendover guard sharpens resume with all-league vote
Monday March 01, 2010
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Danika Sharp faced plenty of attention from opposing defenses as a junior.
The West Wendover guard was in the middle of even more as a senior, seeing double teams and box-and-one schemes in every game. And it still didn’t stop her from repeating as Player of the Year in Class 2A Southern...
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STATE ROUNDUP: Sparks boys end 70-year drought
Saturday February 27, 2010
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When you’ve waited 70 years, what’s another four minutes?
Sparks needed overtime Saturday to break a seven-decade-long drought and capture the Class 3A boys basketball state title with a 53-50 win over Lowry in UNR’s Lawlor Events Center. It’s the Railroaders’ first...
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Henderson International to close high school; Findlay Prep's future in limbo
Saturday February 27, 2010
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Findlay Prep’s ultra-successful basketball team collected two more victories this weekend.
But it doesn’t offset the loss the team soon will suffer — its home.
Henderson International announced late Friday it no longer will operate a high school after this school year. That...
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4A GIRLS: Ellenberg helps lift Gorman back to state summit
Friday February 26, 2010
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RENO — The party started on the Bishop Gorman bench in the fourth quarter.
It carried into the locker room, as the Gaels danced, chanted and reveled in another Class 4A girls basketball state championship.
After a year of haunted memories from losing the 2009 final, they had every...
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3A GIRLS: Virgin Valley turns over state semifinal to Lowry
Friday February 26, 2010
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RENO — It’s difficult to win a basketball game if you’re not shooting well.
It’s even more difficult if you aren’t even getting shots.
Virgin Valley’s girls team found that out Friday, as the Bulldogs (11-15) turned the ball over 29 times — 19 in the...
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2A GIRLS: Needles, Lincoln County bow out in semifinals
Friday February 26, 2010
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RENO — Only a week ago, Needles’ girls basketball team had a 26-0 record and looked like the favorite to win its third-straight Class 2A state championship.
And it all came crashing down in the postseason.
Pershing County built a 15-point lead entering the fourth quarter and held on...
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1A GIRLS: Pahranagat Valley, Lake Mead fall in state semifinals
Friday February 26, 2010
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RENO – With a freshman point guard, McDermitt coach Jaimi Wilkinson was concerned about Pahranagat Valley’s pressure defense coming into a Class 1A state girls basketball tournament semifinal Friday afternoon at North Valleys High School.
Instead, it was the Bulldogs’ own post...
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