Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

Liberty Girls Basketball

  • Liberty's Ali'a Matavao is interviewed during the Sun's annual high school basketball media day at Red Rock Resort Monday, Nov. 1, 2021.
    Liberty forward Matavao the Class 5A girls player of the year
    Liberty High senior forward Ali’a Matavao was picked by coaches as the Class 5A girls basketball player of the year.
  • A poster of Liberty High's Rae Burrell welcomed guests to her signing day event on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, in the Patriots cafeteria. Burrell signed with Tennessee.
    Liberty's Burrell couldn't say no to Tennessee's basketball tradition
    She also had scholarship offers from top-20 programs Duke, Oklahoma and Oregon State. But Tennessee, you can argue, is ...
  • Centennial coach Karen Weitz talks to her team during the second half of their game against Liberty in the girl's state basketball championship game Friday, February 25, 2011. Centennial won in overtime 71-65.
    Centennial girls pushed to limit by Liberty before winning program's sixth title
    When Centennial High girls basketball coach Karen Weitz went to get measured for her state championship ring two years, she instructed the fitter to use the dimensions from her wedding-ring finger. Weitz rarely takes that ring off, proudly sporting something she feels symbolizes what’s she built over the years at Centennial — the state’s most dominating program. Ever. They added to the legacy Friday night.
  • 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.
  • The Liberty girls basketball team celebrates their win over Foothill for the Sunrise Regional girls basketball championships at Foothill High School in Henderson Friday, February 18, 2011.
    Liberty girls use big third quarter to capture second straight Sunrise title
    After cruising to easy victories in most of its games this winter, the Liberty High girls basketball team found itself in an unfamiliar place Friday during the Sunrise Regional championship game. The Patriots only led Foothill by four points at halftime.
  • Liberty basketball players Amanda Delgado, Chanel Nacua, Jade Washington and Destiny Whitehead.
    Liberty, Foothill will meet a third time this winter in girls title game
    Two Henderson area girls basketball teams Thursday won Sunrise Regional semifinal games to advance to Friday’s title game. Liberty, the Southeast Division champions, made quick work of Canyon Springs in a 78-42 win. Foothill didn’t have it as easy, using a pair of free throws from Christina Nash with 11.9 seconds to play in a 39-38 victory against Valley.
  • Liberty girls grab victory at Canyon Springs
    Liberty showed why its so highly-regarded in the third quarter of a 66-58 victory against Canyon Springs Tuesday night. Behind Jade Washington and Amanda Delgado, the Patriots went on a big run to turn a narrow 33-31 halftime lead into a commanding 55-41 advantage.
  • The Sun Seven basketball players, from left, Centennial's Ashley Klemz, Bishop Gorman's Zhane Dikes, Palo Verde's Jasmin Kiley, Virgin Valley's Rachel Morris, Liberty's Amanda Delgado, Centennial's Courtney Hayes and Bisho Gorman's Amber Lane.
    Amanda Delgado transforms Liberty into a contender, leads Sun Super Seven team
    Liberty girls basketball coach Quintin Lester describes Amanda Delgado as one of the goofiest girls he’s ever been around. That’s why her behavior before last year’s Sunrise Region Championship Game caught him off guard. Instead of joking and entertaining her teammates as usual, Delgado was intensely focused and silent. “She put on her war face,” Lester said. “That’s the best way to describe it.”
  • Liberty basketball players, from left, Amanda Delgado, Chanel Nacua, Jade Washington and Destiny Whitehead.
    Liberty girls feel they're prepared for a special season
    The Liberty girls basketball team dealt with something unfamiliar this preseason — extremely high expectations. After winning the Sunrise Region championship last year and advancing to the state tournament, many are pointing to the Patriots as one of the best teams in the area and possible state championship contenders.
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