In high school basketball, scores are settled on the weekend.

Once the final class bell rings on Friday afternoon, all attention turns to that weekend’s slate of games. Rivalries are decided. Breakout stars are born. Hearts are broken.

As teams prepare for the home stretch of their seasons, we decided to take a look at three storylines fans need to watch for this weekend, from teams across the country.

Lauren Betts prepares for swan song after special home finale

Lauren Betts, the nation’s No. 1 recruit and a Stanford commit, has three games remaining in her Grandview High School (Aurora, Colo.) career, but on Tuesday, in her final home game, she left the Wolves’ fans with a performance to remember.

Betts led Grandview to a 74-55 win over Arapahoe (Centennial, Colo.), but not before treating the crowd to a choreographed dance performance with her fellow seniors to the tune of Beyonce’s “Love on Top.”

A Senior Sendoff to remember. pic.twitter.com/12ejKhYBIS

— Grandview TV (@Grandview_TV) February 9, 2022

As impressive as Betts’ dance moves were, her legacy at Grandview will be on the court. The 6-foot-7 Betts won 2021 Gatorade Colorado Player of the Year honors as a junior, averaging 17.5 points per game and 11 rebounds per game, and has followed it up with a senior season that’s validated all of her recognition.

On Saturday, she begins her final tour as a high school phenom, when Grandview challenges conference foe Smoky Hill (Aurora, Colo.) on the road. The Wolves then finish out the regular season with games at Arapahoe and Overland (Aurora, Colo.).

New Jersey powers face off

No. 5 Saint John Vianney (Holmdel, N.J.) turned heads last weekend when it disposed of then-undefeated Saddle River Day (Saddle River, N.J.), 76-51. Two days later, the Lancers earned a 47-point win over lowly Red Bank Regional (Little Silver, N.J.). At 18-0, the program is sitting in a class of its own in New Jersey.

That could all come crashing down Sunday, however, when the Lancers play Rutgers Prep (Somerset, N.J.) in a neutral site affair. The Argonauts, winners of 15 in a row, enter the game with a 16-1 record.

Saint John Vianney, led by guard Madison St. Rose, a four-star recruit per ESPN and a Princeton commit, wraps up the regular season next weekend against top-ranked Sidwell Friends, and will want to enter that bout still undefeated. First, it needs to take care of business against Red Bank Regional.

Blackman looks to push winning streak to 40 games

The Blackman High School (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) Blaze are the class of 4A District 7, and have been for some time. The team has won 39 games in a row, dating back to last season, and will aim to keep the streak going as it begins the state tournament. Last season, Blackman won its third state championship in school history.

@LadyBlazeHoops were up 47 at the time and the bench was this invested and happy for their teammates. Joy and love for one another is what it’s all about! This team is special! #GoBlaze 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/K54PMYAH1M

— Alexander Trakas (@bhstrakas) February 8, 2022

Blackman (20-0) plays at Riverdale (6-14) in a game that is not expected to be a competitive contest. The Blaze are led by junior Emily Monson (11.6 points per game), a Purdue commit, and sophomore Kaelyn Flowers (10 points per game).

Josh Needelman is the High School Sports Editor at Just Women’s Sports. Follow him on Twitter @JoshNeedelman.

The 2025 College Cup locked in its finalists last Friday, with the NCAA soccer tournament's overall No. 1-seed Stanford and No. 3-seed Florida State advancing past the competition in the semifinals to book an all-ACC championship match for the third straight year.

Stanford kept to their winning ways by ousting No. 2-seed Duke 1-0 on Friday, with senior midfielder Jasmine Aikey burying a 10th-minute free kick to take down the Blue Devils with her 21st goal of the season.

Florida State similarly landed a single strike to end the championship run of No. 2-seed TCU in their semifinal, benefitting from a second-half breakthrough from sophomore forward Wrianna Hudson in the game's 73rd minute.

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A full half of the last 14 NCAA titles have gone to either the Seminoles or the Cardinal, with Florida State edging Stanford 4-3 in national trophies thus far.

On Monday, the Cardinal will hunt their first national title since their epic penalty shootout victory in 2019, when Stanford narrowly defeated NCAA women's soccer dynasty North Carolina 5-4 from the spot after a 0-0 draw.

Florida State, on the other hand, won the 2023 title with a 5-1 thrashing of the Cardinal.

Stanford arguably holds the advantage over their ACC rivals entering Monday's match, having handed FSU a 2-1 defeat on their own Tallahassee pitch less than two months ago.

How to watch the 2025 College Cup final

No. 1 Stanford will face No. 3 Florida State for the 2025 NCAA women's soccer championship at 7 PM ET on Monday, airing live on ESPNU.

The NWSL may be forcing Washington Spirit superstar Trinity Rodman to "look elsewhere" for her next contract, after the league vetoed a multi-million dollar offer from her current squad last week, Rodman's agent told CBS Mornings last Friday.

"We worked really hard to put together an agreement that we felt complied with the CBA and would keep Trinity in the league for the foreseeable future," said Rodman's rep Mike Senkowski.

"With no certain way to get her fair market value within the NWSL, naturally, that forces you and encourages you to look elsewhere," he continued.

While the fight to keep Rodman Stateside is not over, with the NWSLPA filing a grievance last week arguing that the league office's mandate to reject the Spirit's back-loaded contract — worth more than $1 million per year — is a free agency violation, the NWSL appears unwilling to budge.

In a weekend clarification to The Athletic, an NWSL source noted that commissioner Jessica Berman contests that the Spirit's offer to raise Rodman's compensation in the contract's later years would pull Washington out of salary cap compliance in 2028, with the league disagreeing with the club regarding the potential cap growth under a new broadcast deal.

The league source also noted that the offer has a built-in buyout clause, which the NWSL believes signals an admission of possible salary cap circumvention.

As the Washington Spirit and NWSL fans hope for a win from the union's grievance, the door to recruit Rodman elsewhere seems to be wide open for overseas clubs — particularly those with deep pockets.

The San Diego Wave are closing out 2025 with a title, defeating Liga MX Femenil side Tigres UANL 3-0 to lift the World Sevens Football (W7F) trophy on Sunday.

Wave attacker Makenzy Robbe opened the scoring in the 7v7 venture's championship match, before forward Adriana Leon tacked on a second-half brace to put the game out of reach — and secure the $2 million winner's share of the $5 million prize pool for the NWSL side.

"I think in sevens it's a lot more emphasis on the individual, and so I think players who maybe don't play [as much in NWSL matches]...get to show their creative side," noted Robbe. "It was definitely an element to this, which was really fun."

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In a showcase of club talent across the Americas, the San Diego Wave finished the second-ever W7F tournament undefeated, scoring 14 goals while only conceding three en route to becoming the champion of the competition's first-ever North American iteration.

"It was so fun, and honestly, I would love to be back again," said San Diego goalkeeper and the tournament's golden Glove winner DiDi Haračić. "And we got the bag."

Wave midfielder Gia Corley took home the Breakout Player award, and while Tigres fell just short of the trophy, forward María Sánchez earned the competition's Golden Ball and Golden Boot with her six goals and two assists.

Club América of Liga MX Femenil earned a third-place finish, winning $700,000 in prize money as the bronze medal winners.

Two years after her breakout NCAA tournament performance as a freshman, No. 10 Iowa State center Audi Crooks has become an unstoppable force for the Cyclones as they look to better their first-round exit from last year's postseason.

The junior is leading the nation in scoring with a career-high 27.3 points per game, all while smashing her own Iowa State single-game scoring record with a 47-point performance against Indiana on November 30th.

"These scoring records are really team records, especially for me as a post," Crooks told the Des Moines Register after the Cyclones' 106-95 win over the Hoosiers. "I don't bring the ball up. Somebody else does that and I don't pass the ball in the paint. Somebody else does that."

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Crooks, who will turn 21 years old this Saturday, continued her scoring pace with a 30-point game against Northern Illinois on Sunday — registered in only 19 minutes of playing time during the 105-52 blowout win.

Her efficiency has been on full display in the young 2025/26 NCAA season, with Crooks currently sitting first in field goal percentage at 73.8% while averaging only 25.3 minutes of playing time per game.

"It's always fun to watch her cook. When you get the ball to her hands and it's going in, it's Audi-matic,"  said Iowa State guard Reagan Wilson following Sunday's victory.

How to watch Crooks and Iowa State in action this week

Crooks and the No. 10 Cyclones will take on their season's biggest test yet on Wednesday, when they'll host in-state rival No. 12 Iowa.

The two unbeaten programs will clash at 7 PM ET, airing live on ESPN.