High school basketball, flag football playoff schedule

Southern Nevada’s winter postseason is officially underway, with a slate of high-stakes basketball and flag football games tipping off this week at campus sites and neutral venues across the valley.

All basketball contests will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the higher seed unless otherwise noted. League designations are abbreviated as follows: D (Desert), L (Lake), M (Mountain), S (Sky).

Opening-round highlights include No. 4 Desert-side Faith Lutheran traveling to face top-seeded Lake power Las Vegas High in Game 7, while No. 5 Pahrump Valley visits No. 4 GV Christian at 6 p.m. and No. 6 Moapa Valley treks to No. 3 Boulder City, also at 6 p.m. Later brackets will be filled by winners of earlier games; for instance, Game 13 will pit the victors of Games 9 and 10, with tip time to be determined, and the championship finale, Game 15, is slated for either noon or 2 p.m.

Flag football action follows a similar format. Centennial, seeded seventh, meets second-seeded Democracy Prep at Doolittle Community Center, while fourth-seeded Mountain-side Spring Valley heads to top Sky seed Foothill for a 5 p.m. kickoff. Additional first-round matchups include No. 5 Moapa Valley at No. 4 Pahrump Valley and No. 6 The Meadows at No. 3 Boulder City, both at 6 p.m., and No. 5 American Heritage visiting No. 4 GV Christian at 5:30 p.m.

Several small-school contests are scheduled as well. In 1A/2A brackets, No. 4 Indian Springs opens against No. 1 Tonopah at 4:40 p.m., and No. 3 Round Mountain faces No. 2 Spring Mountain at 8 p.m. Semifinal and title games will follow the noon-or-2 p.m. windows once earlier rounds conclude.

Fans are advised to confirm times and locations, as a handful of games—such as No. 2 Lake-side Las Vegas High versus No. 1 Sky-side SLAM! Nevada at Russell Road Park—have been moved to 5 p.m. for logistical reasons.