One is seen as a big-time football prospect, with colleges calling every night of the week. The other sits by his phone hoping for those calls.


Rebels' Lewis makes grade

Jermaine Lewis walked into an empty classroom Tuesday, dropped off the paper "Law in Non-West Society" for his upper-division Anthropology class, then turned and left.

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Desert Pines Golf Club to close while ailing greens are resurfaced
Desert Pines Golf Club will close Saturday for about a month to resurface the greens, which are plagued by three types of fungi, owner Bill Walters said.

Titans deserve bettors' backing
The Tennessee Titans get few mentions these days as one of the NFL's elite teams. Yet the Titans have won seven of their last eight games, and they've beaten probable playoff teams Indianapolis (twice), Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

Johnson, Pool top Southern Nevada team
One is seen as a big-time football prospect, with colleges calling every night of the week. The other sits by his phone hoping for those calls.

In Brief
BASKETBALL Prep phenom set for national TV debut CLEVELAND -- LeBron James, perhaps the most talked about high school basketball player ever and the probable No.

HEAD OF CLASS
• BASIC -- David Foley bowled a 654 series. • BONANZA -- Girls basketball player Lyndsay Gensler averaged 22 points, 11.

COLUMN: Leigh Montville
I'm here to report that all eight games in the NFC mean nothing this week. They also will mean nothing next week and the week after that.

Rebels' Lewis makes grade
Jermaine Lewis walked into an empty classroom Tuesday, dropped off the paper "Law in Non-West Society" for his upper-division Anthropology class, then turned and left.

Assistant coach Leach resigns
Steve Leach resigned Wednesday as a UNLV assistant football coach, possibly receiving a nudge from coach John Robinson.

EARLY STATEMENT: Centennial tops Gorman
Centennial girls basketball coach Karen Weitz insisted it was just another game, but most everyone else in the Bishop Gorman gym Wednesday night knew better.

Panthers shut down Warriors
With a third of Palo Verde's 15-player basketball team getting a late jump on the season because of the football playoffs, a slow start could have been expected.

COLUMN: Joe Hawk
No way was the doctor going to tell 16-year-old Kory Koontz he wasn't going to do what he loved. It just wasn't going to happen.

Steer wrestlers trying to secure world title
Rod Lyman competed in his first National Finals Rodeo in 1985. By then, Cash Myers already had been to five of the rodeos at the Thomas & Mack Center.

PHOTO: Cash on the Barrelhead


CLASS 4A ALL-SOUTHERN NEVADA TEAM
Most Valuable Offensive Player--Cornell Johnson, Desert Pines Most Valuable Defensive Player--Chad Pool, Las Vegas Coach of the Year--Kris Cinkovich, Las Vegas OFFENSE First Team QB-Aaron Jenkins, Las Vegas.

Barrel racer Key gets boost from memory of cousin
Colby Walter's name won't be found in the National Finals Rodeo media guide, but Tammy Key credits him with helping her almost set a barrel racing arena record Wednesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Fishing Report
LAKE MEAD -- Fishing for largemouth and striped bass continues to decline as the water temperature drops.

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK
By Richard Eng Post Time 12:30 p.m. Race 1 - 6 furlongs, Purse $21,000, Maiden claiming $40,000, 2-year-olds Skip To The Beat - Ran okay in debut after getting away slowly; one race experience can sometimes be the difference.

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