Prep basketball

Two weeks from today, the penultimate Pahrump Valley Times Nevada High School basketball ratings will be published.

On Feb. 13, the final ratings will appear on a day right in the middle of the week when state playoff games are being contested.

By late night Feb. 16, only 32 teams will remain in contention for the big prize -- a state championship. Regional tournament titles will be contested Feb. 16; at the end of the day, only eight teams -- four boys, four girls -- will remain in each classification.

In Class 4-A girls and boys basketball, two Southern and two Northern teams advance to the state semifinals, to be played Feb. 21 in the Lawlor Events Center on the University of Nevada campus in Reno.

The formula is different in Class 3-A; only the Southern champion will move on to Reno, joining three Northern squads in the semifinals, to be played Feb. 22 at Lawlor.

In Classes 2-A and 1-A boys and girls basketball, two Southern and two Northern teams will move on to the final four Feb. 22. The 2-A semifinals will be played at North Valleys High School in Reno; the 1-A semis are at Sparks Spanish Springs. All four title games will be contested at Lawlor.

The ratings leaders this week:

Class 4-A -- Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, 19-2, boys; Gorman, 19-4, girls.

Class 3-A -- Las Vegas Faith Lutheran, 16-7, boys; Mesquite Virgin Valley, 20-2, girls;

Class 2-A -- Pershing County Lovelock, 15-3, boys; Needles, Calif., 20-3, girls;

Class A -- Lake Mead Christian Academy, 23-1, boys; Pahranagat Valley Alamo, 15-5, girls.

Pahrump Valley's girls, 18-7 going into a Thursday night game against Southern league game against Boulder City, is No. 3. The Trojan boys, 13-10, are No. 6.

But while these ratings are designed to generate comment, they only give you an idea of which teams to watch in the state tournament scene.

The ratings

It is Week 4 for the Pahrump Valley Times Nevada High School basketball ratings. They are based on games played through Jan. 23.

The ratings will appear each Friday through Feb. 8, with the final lists to be published Feb. 13, during the week of the regional tournaments.

CLASS 4-A BOYS

1. LV Bishop Gorman 19-2

2. LV Mojave 19-1

3. LV Canyon Springs 16-5

4. Reno 13-5

5. LV Cheyenne 11-5

6. Foothill 15-7

7. LV Eldorado 17-6

8. Galena 12-10

9. LV Valley 16-8

10. Douglas Minden 14-7

CLASS 4-A GIRLS

1. Bishop Gorman 19-4

2. Centennial 19-4

3. Sparks Reed 13-6

4. Durango 20-3

5. Reno 18-2

6. Green Valley 17-3

7. Spanish Springs 16-7

8. Galena 13-8

9. Silverado 16-8

10. Douglas 15-7

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CLASS 3-A BOYS

1. LV Faith Lutheran 16-7

2. Yerington 15-5

3. Incline 14-4

4. Dayton 12-4

5. Virgin Valley 12-10

6. Pahrump Valley 13-10

CLASS 3-A GIRLS

1.Virgin Valley 20-2

2. Spring Creek 10-7

3. Pahrump Valley 18-7

4. Yerington 20-3

5. Dayton 11-1

6. Faith Lutheran 13-8

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CLASS 2-A BOYS

1. Lovelock 15-3

2. Lincoln County 14-5

3. Battle Mountain 13-7

4. West Wendover 11-5

5. Independence 12-4

6. Needles, Calif. 14-4

CLASS 2-A GIRLS

1. Needles, Calif. 20-3

2. Battle Mountain 15-6

3. Lovelock 15-3

4. West Wendover 12-8

5. Lincoln County 9-14

6. Whittell 10-9

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CLASS A BOYS

1. Lake Mead C.A. 23-1

2. Virginia City 14-4

3. Alamo 14-5

4. Trinity 13-6

5. Coleville, Calif. 9-5

6. Owyhee 14-5

7. Smith Valley 12-9

8. Wells 11-8

CLASS A GIRLS

1. Alamo 15-5

2. Owyhee 14-5

3. MV Christian 16-5

4. Wells 16-5

5. Coleville 10-4

6. Eureka 15-2

7. Virginia City 11-7

8. Pyramid Lake 11-9