North Valleys High School Women’s 🏀Coach, 2022-2023 & 2023-2024 League Champs🏆🏆Founder of
@NLHoopsReno
. Here to have fun👍 Dog dad, Go Follow👉
@nvhsgbb
#reno
Seeing us ranked top10 in state of Nevada for all divisions is very special to me. Not for reasons that you’d think. My reasons are cuz of how far we had to come to be here. Proof that hard work,commitment & character is rewarded even when it seems unreachable
Proud of you girls!
I would say that all great things come to an end..but the truth is we’re just getting started. Incredible season
@NPanthersports
! So proud of this group! Incredible run & HUGE thanks to my coaching staff & of course our amazing seniors for an incredible historic season
All love!
Amazing what this team is doing. A 7-0 start, Breaking two girls🏀school records this week & they still practice/play like they’re underdogs. They’ve changed the culture, they’re never satisfied & we’re all proud! THX to all who supported along the way!
@RGJpreps
@NPanthersports
So proud to break the school record for wins in a season on SENIOR night! This group has been through so much & this is well deserved for them. In honor of their hard work & commitment, we decided to start a new pre-game introduction👀
Great job girls!
@NPanthersports
@RGJpreps
No more blank banner. Special being the 1st number up. Proud but NOT satisfied. Like we said last year,you must envision success. You have to tap into your imagination & create a mental picture of a future state. Just ordered 3 numbers for next year🏀
BUT Gotta WORK for it girls!
What a journey! So proud of our starting senior guard Hailey Calderon-Martinez signing with
@WWU_Wolves
! Incredible journey to help change the culture for our
@NPanthersports
Basketball program and cant wait to see what she will bring at the next level both on and off the court!
Honored to be invited to coach in Northern Nevada’s 1st All-Star Showcase! Grateful for the opportunity & my staff & I can’t wait to coach some of the best players in the North!
We have a few NVHS girls in this game too 👀
DONT MISS IT!
@J_RayDoc
@TRIBEAthletics3
@NPanthersports
To be in the position we are in right now after all of the hard work is what it’s all about! So proud of these girls for fighting through serious adversity, buying in and playing for eachother. Job is NOT done though!
Thank you
@NevadaSportsNet
for showing these girls some love.
After winning just seven games in 2021-22, this season the North Valleys girls basketball team has made history, rattling off a program-record 21.
We caught up with the Panthers to talk about their quick turnaround & how it came to be. NVHS faces Lowry in Friday's 3A semifinals.
Proud to have 3 North Valleys players selected & thrilled that my coaching staff & I get a front row seat to the show🙏🍿
Support these amazing student-athletes!
College Coaches! Good opportunity to see the best of Northern NV share the court & compete!
@NPanthersports
@RGJpreps
When a player you coach makes it,it truly feels like you made it. She’s a huge reason for our turnaround & proud of how far she’s come! WWU already has a great group of players & cant wait to see how they all make each other better!
@WWU_Wolves
got a special player on the way!🙏
Special day watching our former
@NVHSGBB
player Tava Fonohea play for
@CCBlazers
! Proud to have coached her.
Also in pic- former McQueen player Kate Carpenter & Kylee Lange from Coleville. Way to represent Northern Nevada ladies! Good win!
@NPanthersports
@RGJsports
@J_RayDoc
Blessed with an incredible group of girls who have given this team everything they have and the most passionate coaching staff that makes my job so much easier.
Job is not done.
Playoffs next week. Let’s get it!
Thanks to all who have supported us!🙏
Amazing comeback win for our
@NPanthersports
girls! So much heart and fight in this team against a TOUGH Tahoe squad. These close games against STHS are aging me bigtime.
This group is special.
Fun weekend at Western Wyoming. Loved watching one of our NVHS players compete against college hoopers. Thanks for having us & best of luck this upcoming season!🏀
@NPanthersports
@WesternWyoWBB
WOW! Hope the Reno community knows just how damn lucky we are to have Jelani Gardner coaching in the area. Absolute legend & truly one of the most inspiring basketball stories I’ve had the honor to learn about. Great player & ever better human.
Welcome to Reno
@JAG32basketball
!
The Gardner family would like to thank Sage Ridge Head of School Dr. Hovenic for this blessing of an opportunity. We would also like to thank
@The_RanchHoops
and coach Jeff Bryant and staff for the opportunity last year. All glory to God 🙏🏾💯
Pumped for the opportunity to coach in the High Desert Valley Showcase tomorrow! ALL players be honored & make sure to bring your A-game because former BYU & NBA player Jimmer Fredette says so!
@J_RayDoc
@TRIBEAthletics3
Squeaked in a dunk at the legendary Rucker Park today! I’ll take what I can get these days for being on wrong side of 30 and in running shoes!
@RuckerPark155
BIG thanks to ALL who have taken the time to train or speak with our North Valleys Women’s Basketball Team! We now have the confidence, the culture and the vision to take the next step. Proud of these girls for putting in work both on/off the court!
Go
@NVHSGBB
!
@NPanthersports
Another one of our student-athletes from our 🏀program signed to play college hoops at Centralia! She’s contributed so much to the growth of our program both on & off the court. We’re so proud! Can’t wait to follow your next chapter!
Good work Tava!
@NPanthersports
@Coach_Twiddy
Coach John Mosley from Last Chance U pumping up the High Desert Valley Showcase! Let’s get it!!🔥 🏀 🔥
Never know who’s watching!! 👀
@J_RayDoc
@TRIBEAthletics3
@RGJpreps
The commitment has been unreal. This group has been through so much and I’m so happy for them to be in the position that they’re in. Honored to be their coach. Nothing is out of reach! Keep grinding 👏 🏀
Some clips from our 17U girls in our tournament last weekend! Our girls may have been short handed but they managed to go 3-1 against some great competition. Great work ladies!
Just learned that a 2nd player from our North Valleys team just committed to play next level. I really mean it..when they make it, You feel like You also made it. Very proud to see their hard work pay off. MUCH deserved!
@CCBlazers
has a great person coming in!
Today is the day! High Desert Valley Showcase at Carson High School. 6PM for Girls Game & 8PM for Boys game. Support local HS hoops & come see the top hoopers in Northern Nevada on 1 court! 🏀
Words of encouragement for ALL competing👇
@J_RayDoc
@TRIBEAthletics3
@RGJpreps
@rgj
Fun night and an absolute honor to coach these 2024 Allstars! Thanks
@3TiffanyODay
for making all of this happen! So much thought and work put into this. Truly a special night for everyone involved🙏 🏀
@RGJpreps
@rgj
The girls had a great time playing in the Nevada Team Camp over the weekend! They went 4-2 and played against some great teams.
Thank you
@NevadaWBB
for hosting a great weekend!
I really hate the running clock rule in high school basketball. Takes away valuable time from reserves who need the reps. Reserves give it everything they have in practice, cheer their team on every night and deserve that time
Wooster never quit and gave everything they had.
Final score 62-34
Congratulations to
North Valleys, who are the 2022 Brickhouse Classic Tournament Champions!
Freshman, Ivy Williams, of North Valleys is the Pat Chaney MVP!
@SparksHS
@RGJpreps
@NorthernNVPreps
@lemay33
Shoutout to
@J_RayDoc
&
@TRIBEAthletics3
for an amazing experience. Bog thanks to them for the hard work to it took to make this Allstar game happen. Great experience & honored to coach an amazing group of girls. Way to get the W!
Good job team!
@NPanthersports
played great too!
North Valleys Girls🏀 is ready to make some noise!
HUGE thanks to our past & present speakers/supporters this year for helping us continue to build high character, change the culture & develop a championship mindset.
So proud & Get ready for an exciting season!
@NPanthersports
Such a great hard fought win against an AWESOME Fallon team last night. That group has a bright future.
Short handed,sick,FULL week of games & our girls still found a way. This NVHS team needs a 30 for 30!
Proud of the everyday fight they have.
2 more games this week! Lets go!
Anyone can Ref,Coach or Play from the couch or stands.BUT those people are in the stands or on the couch for a reason because when the bright lights are on those same anyone’s could never do what refs,coaches or players do. If they could they’d do it 🤷♂️
I appreciate ALL who do it
BLESSED with a special group that bought in & gave everything they had to flip the script. Also blessed with the BEST coaching staff who gave this team so much energy & time all season. This was a PROGRAM effort from April to now & Support from all of NVHS.
PROGRAM of year. 🙏
Going from only winning 7 games last year to winning 20+ games this year was incredible. Our girls worked their tail off to accomplish these milestones, but so did
@lemay33
wouldn’t want to coach anywhere else. You build the program, we’ll build the culture. Great job coach!
Great win from our girls tonight against a tough Wooster team. Those Wooster girls play hard! Much respect to them. Need one Friday!
Panthers 69
Wooster 51
@NPanthersports
#panthers
So proud of these girls. 6-0 start, an NVHS player named tournament MVP & fought hard against 4 GREAT teams to earn a tournament championship.
Inspiring group with quite the back story. Hard work pays off but the job is NOT done. Keep working ladies!
@NPanthersports
@RGJpreps
Congrats to North Valleys Sophomore player Ivy Williams. Ivy was voted Chevrolet Athlete of the Week! Thanks to all who voted and supported both Ivy and the North Valleys Girls Basketball team 🙏
@RGJpreps
@NPanthersports
Best of luck to all of our local players who went on to the collegiate level this upcoming season! Wether I coached you for years or even just one single game..I’ll be following and cheering for ALL of you! You all earned it, make the most of it & enjoy every single minute of it!
Proud of this group and every single member of the team for their hard work and commitment to grow this program. PROGRAM EFFORT 🙏 🏀
Thanks
@J_RayDoc
&
@BattleBornPreps
Honored that our returners from last season were selected to be on the magazine cover of
@BattleBornPreps
to represent
@NPanthersports
. Photos were taken during the off-season a few weeks before the season started and they turned out great!
Thanks for the love BBP &
@J_RayDoc
!
BIG thanks to UNLV legend & NBA player Marcus Banks for working out our NVHS girls🏀Team. HUGE growth in just 1 workout & really set the tone for our tournament in Las Vegas. We went 2-2 against ELITE teams & we were in position to take home a trophy. Very proud!
@NPanthersports
Our girls played some ELITE teams in Medford Oregon last weekend. The program came out with a few wins! BIG thanks to all of the families and athletes who made the trip. Proud of all levels who competed last weekend!
BIG thanks to former
@SJUHawks_MBB
, NBA player & current NBA Development coach Ronald Roberts for taking time to work with a few of our Varsity girls is Vegas! Great workout before their tournament last weekend!
Great work ladies!
Thanks
@RonaldRoberts5
!! 🙏
@NPanthersports
Didn’t think I’d have another Christmas with the pup but my Christmas gift this year is this guys health. Looking like his old self! 🙏
Merry Christmas!
Our 17u girls team competed against some great teams at
@SacCityCollege
this weekend. Great experience to play against elite competition with just 1 month until this high school season starts! 🏀 🏀
Former LSU HC Dale Brown reportedly charted every one of Pete Maravich’s shots in college to see what he would average with a 3-point line.
Maravich would have scored a total of 4,731 career points — averaging 57.0 PPG.
Freshmen also couldn’t play varsity at this time🤯
Honored to have the opportunity to be on this podcast. Got to talk about the hoops scene in Reno and our girls hoops season this year. I’m all about it any time our girls basketball team gets some shine! They deserve it.
Give it a listen!
Thank you
@ShawsLawPodcast
!
Audio version of my great conversation with
@lemay33
YouTube coming this week. Zach talks about coaching and the commitment his players showed to turn around from 7 wins to 21 in just a year. We also talk about his
@NOTINMYHOUSEpc
podcast! Must listen
Tomorrow is the day! Come watch the best of the best from Northern Nevada compete! Honored to coach these amazing student athletes and so proud of our 3 North Valleys players! 🙏 🏀
@NPanthersports
@RGJpreps
@rgj
Some players are irreplaceable both character, role and talent wise but I am more than confident that someone will blossom from opportunity from this group. We have those type of pieces this year! Keep pushing
#panthers
Congrats to our Senior Skyla Kinsley!
@cerrocoso
got a good one! So proud of your journey and it was an honor to be your coach. Even if you drove me crazy from the sideline! You helped build something special at Valleys but the best is yet to come!
@KinsleySkyla
Be proud. 👏 🏀
Battling against some ELITE teams in Vegas this weekend. Win or lose... this weekend been a huge win on all levels. Learn from the best teams to become the best! Keep fighting ladies!
@pablonavaduran3
@RGJpreps
To be clear..Lyons was NOT fired & is very much loved, respected & appreciated at NVHS. He’ll always have a place in both bball programs if he chooses to jump back into the coaching world.
That said, Newell is a phenomenal🏀 mind & the boys are lucky to have him as we were Lyons
Slight roster change. Another Pyramid Lake player added to the squad!👀 Well deserved! 👏
Don’t miss the All-Star Game on May 23rd at Carson HS! 🏀
@RGJpreps
@NorthernNVPreps
@NevadaSportsNet
So proud of our Senior Skyla Kinsley for committing to Cerro Coso College to hoop🏀! She has put in so much work during my 3 years at North Valleys & helped change our culture.
@CosoCoyotes
is getting a good one!
Thanks for everything Sky!
The best is yet to come
@NPanthersports
It may be March Madness but former 2x coach of the year & college hoops analyst Seth Greenberg still made time to congratulate the High Desert Valley boys & girls. Also gave a special shout-out to the
@NPanthersports
girls picked!
Tomorrow gonna be 🔥
@J_RayDoc
@TRIBEAthletics3
Shoveling snow may be my least favorite activity... although I have many memories of shoveling outdoor basketball courts as a kid to get my shots up. Somehow that was more motivation for me than being able to back my car out of my driveway 😂
Beyond basketball. This message meant the world to me. Well deserved and that makes 3 Northern Nevada hoopers going up to Centralia!! 👀
@RGJpreps
@J_RayDoc
!
@Coach_Twiddy
has some great players coming in!!!
League starts this week, meaning the the REAL season starts NOW! Couldn’t have had the start we’ve had without everyone who worked with our girls & gave them words of encouragement in the off-season. Reposting for a little motivation & to thank everyone who helped us get here!🙏
Our 17U Girls team had a great showing in Las Vegas this last weekend! They placed 3rd going 2-2 in the Top Gold Division against some great club teams. Way to compete ladies! 👏 🏀
I know it’s Pumpkin Spice season for many of you but for me it’s the start of basketball season! Had to get some shots up on this beauty.
Where does this rank on your dopest outdoor court list? 😱
🍂 🏀 🍂
@Ballislife
@coolbballcourts
Lowry is such a great team. knowing that we lost to the state champion in playoffs, definitely hurts a little less. Only a little though.
Great season
@LowryBBall23
!