Battle Born Preps Next Level Showcase and Combine Digital Program

Good afternoon, and welcome to Battle Born Preps. For the second time in the last three years, I have had the pleasure of helping put together a showcase for our area's best basketball players. Today is the day where those players are given the opportunity to put those talents on display.

For some of these players it will be their last time that they hit the hardwood to represent their schools in Northern Nevada, for others they will have an opportunity to see how they "stack up" against some of the best of the best that the region has to offer. For a select few they will be playing at the next level. Are they up for the challenge?

Doors open at 5 PM for the games (Girls tip at 6 PM, Boys tip at 7:30 PM) as they will be played at North Valleys HS (1470 E. Golden Valley Road, Reno, Nevada, 89506). Participants who have been selected will have the option of participating in a combine before their games. The combine is presented by Kime Performance (this portion of the event is not open to the public). The combine will consist of measuring a player's agility, speed, and vertical leap among other testing.

Interesting fact: The players invited to this game come from as far away as up to 307 miles (Spring Creek) and the total distance covered for our participants is a radius of over 740 miles (from South Tahoe to Eureka to Spring Creek to North Valleys and everywhere in between).

Cost to attend both games will be $10 (cash only) per person, paid at the door.

For those that are curious... The gate being collected will pay for the event, which is being held for the participants at no cost to them. Some of the costs associated with the event include uniforms (which the participants get to keep), facility use fees, event insurance, referees, broadcast team, announcer/statistician, drinks/snacks for the participants and MVP trophies to name a few. We are proud to announce that our selections represent 24 different high schools from around our area (Northern Nevada / Northern California).

I cannot stress this enough... your community support is necessary - again, this event is being held at no cost to the participants. Any proceeds beyond the gate that are raised by a raffle and/or snack bar will directly go back to the North Valleys basketball teams.

Not your normal HS games... These games will be played with four 12-minute quarters to ensure that every participant gets playing time, coaches have been instructed to do their best to ensure every player receives a minimum amount of playing time prior to the start of the fourth quarter. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, I like to say it's "Winning Time" and the players that give their team's the best chance to win can be expected to play a fair number of minutes in the final frame.

Below you will find the team rosters below as well as each individual's stats from this past season.

Without further ado, Ladies first...

Team Charles (players listed in alphabetical order)

Head coach: Ray Charles, Pyramid Lake

Assistant Coaches: Art Cardenas, Spanish Springs; Joe Vega, Reed

Aaliyah Allen, Pershing County, Senior

11 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 1.7 SPG

Britain Backus, Lowry, Senior

28.5 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 5.2 SPG

Alexys DeCremer, North Valleys, Senior

8 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 5.8 APG

Lorena Ebena, Pyramid Lake, Junior

10.6 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 2.9 SPG

Natalee Formby, Lowry, Senior

6.4 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 2.6 SPG

Khloe Glover, Wooster, Senior

18.2 PPG

Annika Hester, North Valleys, Senior

10.8 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 2.3 SPG

Megan Johnson, Eureka, Senior

14.7 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 5.5 SPG

Olivia Lara, Pyramid Lake, Senior

11.2 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 2.5 SPG

Avery Long, South Tahoe (Calif.), Senior

6.2 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 2.5 APG

Katie Mandell, Pyramid Lake, Senior

15.7 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 4 SPG

Campbell Matthews, South Tahoe (Calif.), Senior

16.4 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 2 SPG

Raynan Mix-Tapija, Pyramid Lake, Senior

6.8 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 3.8 APG

Taua Puloka, Reed, Junior

20.8 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 2.7 SPG

Rhiwan Williams, Spring Creek, Senior

7.3 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 2.8 SPG

Ray Charles has won three straight state championship as head coach of the Pyramid Lake Lady Lakers.

Team Rippingham (players listed in alphabetical order)

Head coach: Julie Rippingham, Reno

Assistant Coaches: Kristin Griffin, Reno; Brinna Bass, Reno; and Jim Rippingham, Reno

Cori Carrier, Hug, Junior

18.5 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 7 SPG

Mackenzie Chase, Spanish Springs, Sophomore

8.2 PPG, 4.1 APG, 3.4 SPG

Mya Ghisletta, Damonte Ranch, Junior

11.5 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 1.8 APG

Violet Gordon, Reno, Sophomore

14.2 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 3.6 SPG

Mia Hall, Bishop Manogue, Freshman

9.8 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1.5 SPG

Emily Huff, North Valleys, Junior

8.4 PPG, 4 RPG, 3 APG

Julia Imse, Galena, Sophomore

15.5 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 2.9 SPG

Hailey Millett, Reno, Senior

5.9 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 1.6 SPG

Kylee Moscove, Damonte Ranch, Sophomore

9.5 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 2.1 APG

Karlie Simper, Churchill County, Sophomore

7.8 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 4.5 SPG

Kortnie Simper, Churchill County, Sophomore

10.6 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 2.2 SPG

Laney Triplett, Yerington, Sophomore

18.3 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 5.5 SPG

Aaliyah Vance, Spanish Springs, Sophomore

14.2 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 2.4 SPG

Ivy Williams, North Valleys, Junior

19.6 PPG, 12 RPG, 4.9 SPG

Josie Williamson, Bishop Manogue, Freshman

11.9 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 3.5 SPG

Brookesly Wilson, Reno, Freshman

16.1 PPG, 7 RPG, 3.2 APG

Reno HS won this past season's regional championship under the leadership of head coach Julie Rippingham.

and now for the Boys rosters, check them out below...

Team Bryant (players listed in alphabetical order)

Head coach: Phil Bryant, South Tahoe (Calif.)

Eli Benna, Bishop Manogue, Sophomore

9.5 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 4.5 APG

Parker Bryant, South Tahoe (Calif.), Junior

7.9 PPG, 5.3 APG, 3.7 RPG

Abram Carpenter, McQueen, Junior

11.3 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 1 APG

Drew Dodson, Damonte Ranch, Senior

19.7 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 3.3 APG

Dalton Fain, Virginia City, Senior

No stats available on MaxPreps.

Ronan Fisher, South Tahoe (Calif.), Senior

11.7 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 1.9 APG

Alex Hancock, McQueen, Senior

10.3 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 2.2 APG

Jamahl Jackson, Bishop Manogue, Sophomore

8.4 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 1.6 BPG

Jaden Jimenez, Lowry, Senior

13.8 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 2.5 APG

Jeriah Macias, Damonte Ranch, Senior

18 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 3.7 APG

Kai McClain, South Tahoe (Calif.), Senior

11.6 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 1.4 APG

Oscar Mendoza, South Tahoe (Calif.), Senior

8.6 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 3.6 SPG

Colby Rowe, Yerington, Junior

17.8 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 3.4 SPG

Kaden Rowe, Bishop Manogue, Senior

9.6 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 2.1 APG

Liam Sorensen, Bishop Manogue, Junior

12.8 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 1.2 APG

Kin Vong, Damonte Ranch, Junior

10.2 PPG, 3 RPG, 2.6 APG

South Tahoe won the Northern 3A West league championship under Phil Bryant this past season.

Team Kelly (playersd listed in alphabetical order)

Head coach: Tim Kelly, Incline

Jayden Acosta, Spanish Springs, Junior

5.8 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 1.7 APG

Calin Anderson, Churchill County, Sophomore

15.2 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 2.2 SPG

Talan Brown, Dayton, Junior

14.7 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 2.2 SPG

Josh Collins, North Valleys, Senior

19 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 2.3 APG

Bryce Dunagan-Stephens, Fernley, Junior

15.7 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 3.5 APG

Johnavin Evans, Reno, Senior

12.2 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 1.9 APG

Eli Flores, Sparks, Junior

14.5 PPG, 1.3 RPG, 1.2 SPG

Tayden Francis, Spring Creek, Senior

12.8 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 3 APG

Elijah Herbert, Hug, Junior

No stats available on MaxPreps.

Sheldon Jacobson, Fernley, Junior

16.8 PPG, 6 RPG, 3.8 APG

Ricky Pacheco, Hug, Senior

No stats available on MaxPreps.

Eric Platz, Reno, Junior

12.7 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 1.9 APG

Isaac Powell, Dayton, Junior

15.3 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 2.5 APG

Kayden Shackleford, North Valleys, Senior

9.6 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 1.2 BPG

Cormac Springsteel, North Tahoe, Senior

15.6 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 4.6 APG

Malik Vaden, Wooster, Junior

9.4 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 1.8 APG

Tommy Williams, Incline, Senior

28.1 PPG, 10 RPG, 6.1 APG

The Incline Highlanders captured their first state championship since 2019 this past season.

That's all for now folks, I hope to see all of you there cheering on these local athletes as they show off their skills this evening.