Prep basketball

There are so many excellent boys and girls teams in the South, it's difficult to rank them in the Pahrump Valley Times Nevada High School Basketball ratings.

In both the boys' and girls ratings, Las Vegas Bishop Gorman's Gaels are No. 1. Both teams are having excellent seasons, playing against difficult opponents. The Gorman boys are 15-2, while the two-time defending state champion Gorman girls are 15-3.

Ranked No. 2 in the boys' 4-A top 10 is Mojave, 16-1. No. 2 in the girls' rankings is Centennial, 16-3.

In Class 3-A, Las Vegas Faith Lutheran, 12-6, is first in the boys ratings, with Yerington, 17-1, topping the girls' list.

Yerington's boys, 12-3, are No. 2, and Dayton's girls, 7-0, are second.

Pahrump Valley's girls, 16-6, are ranked third, while the PVHS boys, 12-9, are fifth. Mesquite Virgin Valley's girls are ranked No. 4.

Spring Creek won its first two Northern League starts and moved into fifth place in the 3-A girls ratings, despite being under .500 at 5-6.

Needles, Calif., has the top-ranked teams in both the boys' and girls' divisions in 2-A. Lincoln County's boys and West Wendover's girls hold down the second spot.

Lake Mead Christian Academy's boys, 20-1, are No. 1 in Class A and defending state champion Las Vegas Trinity Christian, 11-5, is at No. 2.

Las Vegas Mountain View Christian's girls lost 63-53 to 2-A Lincoln County, but the Saints, 9-3, were an easy choice to lead the 1-A girls' ratings. Pahranagat Valley Alamo, 9-4, is second.

The Times ratings will appear each Friday through Feb. 8. The final regular-season lists will be published Feb. 13, during the week of the regional playoffs.

The ratings

It is Week 2 for the Pahrump Valley Times Nevada High School basketball ratings. They are based on games played through Jan. 9.The ratings will appear each Friday through Feb. 8, with the final lists being published Feb. 13.

CLASS 4-A BOYS

1.Bishop Gorman 15-2

2. LV Mojave 16-1

3. Canyon Springs 14-5

4. Reno 9-6

5. LV Cheyenne 9-4

6. Foothill 12-6

7. Eldorado 15-5

8. Bishop Manogue 11-5

9. Valley 16-5

10. Douglas Minden 10-6

CLASS 4-A GIRLS

1. Bishop Gorman 15-3

2. LV Centennial 16-3

3. Sparks Reed 10-6

4. Reno 14-3

5. LV Durango 18-2

6. Green Valley 15-3

7. Galena 10-4

8. LV Sierra Vista 18-3

9. Palo Verde 18-4

10. Silverado 14-8

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CLASS 3-A BOYS

1. Faith Lutheran 12-6

2. Yerington 12-3

3. Dayton 7-3

4. Incline 10-3

5. Pahrump Valley 12-9

6. Sparks 6-6

CLASS 3-A GIRLS

1. Yerington 17-1

2. Dayton 7-0

3. Pahrump Valley 16-6

4. Virgin Valley 17-2

5. Spring Creek 5-6

6. Faith Lutheran 10-7

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CLASS 2-A BOYS

1. Needles, Calif. 10-2

2. Lincoln County 11-6

3. Lovelock 12-2

4. Academy 9-4

5. West Wendover 11-7

6. Ely White Pine 10-9

CLASS 2-A GIRLS

1. Needles, Calif. 14-4

2. West Wendover 11-7

3. Lovelock 11-3

4. Battle Mountain 11-4

5. Whittell 6-6

6. Lincoln County 8-13

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CLASS A BOYS

1. Lake Mead Academy 20-1

2. LV Trinity Christian 11-5

3. Alamo 8-4

4. Virginia City 10-3

5. Coleville, Calif. 4-3

6. Owyhee 10-5

7. Calvary Chapel 7-10

CLASS A GIRLS

1.MtnView Christian 9-3

2. Alamo 9-4

3. Owyhee 8-2

4. Wells 12-3

5. Virginia City 4-2

6. Eureka 5-1

7. Coleville 5-4