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March 28, 2024

Bishop Gorman Girls Basketball

  • Mike Wright, a Bishop Gorman assistant basketball and football coach, calls out to players during the boys 5A state basketball championship at the Thomas & Mack Center Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Wright, a 1991 Bishop Gorman graduate, split his time coaching both the boys and girls teams this season.
    Alumnus-turned-coach values every one of his basketball championships at Gorman
    Mike Wright has gone from being part of state championship basketball programs as a player at Bishop Gorman High School to winning them as coach there. Friday, his championship ways were ...
  • Bishop Gorman head coach Sheryl Krmpotich calls a play during their Division I state championship game against Reno Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 at the Orleans. Reno won 52-39.
    Gorman's 'Coach K' returns to coach girls basketball team
    Bishop Gorman’s girls basketball program is bringing back a familiar coach to lead the team.
  • Bishop Gorman High School players celebrate after beating Clark High School 68-60 to win the Class 4A state high school basketball championship at the Orleans Arena Friday, March 1, 2019.
    Gorman boys, Centennial girls basketball ready for national stage in New York
    Once word started spreading that his program was in consideration, Rice said players would frequently spot by his office asking for updates ...
  • Bishop Gorman head coach Sheryl Krmpotich calls a play during their Division I state championship game against Reno Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 at the Orleans. Reno won 52-39.
    ‘Coach K’ steps down from Gorman basketball post
    Sheryl Krmpotich is stepping down after 18 seasons as the Bishop Gorman High girls basketball coach ...
  • Bishop Gorman Noah Robotham puts up a shot while being defended by Centennial's Marcus Berkley during their game Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013 at Centennial. Bishop Gorman won 79-71.
    Gorman survives barrage at Centennial with fourth-quarter surge
    For the first three quarters of the most anticipated regular season high school basketball game of the year, Bishop Gorman fans watched in the Centennial High gym anxiously waiting.
  • The Sun's Super Seven womens basketball selectionTuesday, Nov. 20, 2012.
    Las Vegas Sun Super Seven: Sofie Cruz to put finishing touches on outstanding career at Coronado
    Before Coronado girl’s basketball coach Bill Crego makes any moves or changes this season, there’s one key person he’s always planning to consult. It’s not an assistant or a mentor. It’s his best player, senior guard Sofie Cruz. “Being a basketball coach for 20 years now, it’s safe to say I haven’t had many kids like that,” Crego said. “I trust her like I haven’t trusted too many other kids.”
  • Bishop Gorman's Diamond Major
    UNLV women's basketball scores rare commitment from local prospect
    When basketball player Diamond Major took an unofficial recruiting trip to the UNLV campus, the 5-foot-11 forward was shocked at what she saw. “The facilities are amazing,” she said. “I didn’t realize how big UNLV was until I went on a visit. I wondered (to myself) why I hadn’t seen this before having lived here my whole life?”
  • Findlay Prep's Anthony Bennett, recovering from a hamstring injury, smiles during practice at the Henderson International School in Henderson, Jan. 19, 2012.
    Shabazz Muhammad, Anthony Bennett two of nine Nevadans nominated for McDonald's game
    Nine high school basketball players from Nevada last week were nominated for the 2012 McDonald’s All-American Games, including highly regarded Bishop Gorman High senior Shabazz Muhammad and Findlay Prep post player Anthony Bennett. A Las Vegas player has been selected for the game in each of the last three years — Findlay’s Avery Bradley (2009), Findlay’s Cory Joseph and Tristan Thompson, and Bishop Gorman girls’ player Aaryn Ellenberg (2010), and Findlay’s Myck Kabongo (2011).
  • Bishop Gorman High girls basketball player Zhane Dikes attempts a shot last February in the Sunset Regional title game. Dikes, who averaged 14 points per game in 2011, verbally committed to play college basketball at the University of San Francisco.
    Gorman basketball player picks University of San Francisco
    A Bishop Gorman High basketball recruit verbally committed this week to accept a college basketball scholarship. It’s just not one of the players everyone is waiting to hear from.
  • Liberty, Centennial advance to girls basketball championship
    Liberty High senior Amanda Delgado scored 14 second-half points as the Patriots overcame a five-point halftime deficit to defeat Bishop Gorman 58-53 Thursday and advance to the Class 4A state championship. In the other state semifinal game, Centennial, a perennial state power, advanced to the state championship with an 84-57 victory over Reed High.
  • Sierra Vista's Dallin Molina plays defense during a boys basketball game at Western High School in Las Vegas Wednesday, January 26, 2011.
    Sierra Vista holds on in play-in game to reach state tournament
    The fate of two seasons came down to one loose ball. With three seconds left in Tuesday’s state tournament play-in game at Del Sol High, Eldorado trailed Sierra Vista by one with Daquon Thrower at the free-throw line shooting his second attempt. Thrower, who swished the first free throw, clanked the shot off the back iron. Teammate D.J. Billingsley came up with the ball after a brief scramble right below the basket. But Sierra Vista’s Dallin Molina stepped up and contested Billingsley’s put back as the buzzer sounded to send the Mountain Lions to Nevada high school basketball’s version of ...
  • Simone Barber of Centennial rebounds over Bishop Gorman during the Sunset Regional girls basketball championship at Desert Oasis High School in Las Vegas Friday, February 18, 2011. Centennial won 82-50.
    Centennial girls use pressure defense to drown Bishop Gorman in Sunset finals
    No matchup in girls high school basketball has created a collection of games more memorable than Bishop Gorman vs. Centennial over the past nine years. Thursday’s Sunset Region championship between the two teams will not be remembered in the same category as previous meetings. Centennial exposed Bishop Gorman with its pressure defense en route to a statement 82-50 victory.
  • Centennial basketball players, from left, Jade Brown, Shannon Brown, Ashley Klemz and Courtney Hayes.
    High school girls basketball powerhouses collide in Sunset finals
    The Bishop Gorman girls basketball team played one of its worst halves of the year in Thursday’s 61-39 victory against Palo Verde in the Sunset Region semifinals. Before firing on all cylinders to take the Panthers out in the second half, the Gaels went into halftime with only a 19-18 lead.
  • Amber Lane of Bishop Gorman shoots a runner over the Sierra Vista defense during their girls basketball game at Bishop Gorman High School Thursday, February 3, 2011. Gorman game out on top 65-40.
    Strong second half carries Gorman girls past Sierra Vista, showdown with nation's No. 1 team next
    Losing a top player to a season-ending injury would be enough to slow down most high school basketball teams. But, for the Bishop Gorman High girls, a knee injury suffered by senior Chelsie Pitt hasn’t stopped them from dominating the competition. Playing in their most significant game since Pitt was hurt last month, the Gaels Thursday outscored visiting Sierra Vista by 21 points in the second half to turn a close game into a lopsided 65-40 victory.
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