Calvary Chapel dominates Laughlin

Cody Moreno rushed for two touchdowns and had another receiving Saturday to lead Calvary Chapel’s football team to a 34-0 rout of Laughlin in a Class 2A Southern League game at Henderson International.

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BASEBALL

Early to Bed, Early to Rise, Early to Swim

Swimmers prepare Saturday for the start of the inaugural “Slam the Dam” open water swim race at Sunset View Cove at Lake Mead. The Swim Las Vegas U.S. Masters Swim Team hosted the event, with race distances ranging from 1.2 miles to about six miles. The 8K races ended at Boulder Beach, where the shorter distances were held. About 200 swimmers participated in the events.

This Week

Monday

Reporters’ Notebook

So last week the R-J called Mayor Oscar Goodman a Democrat. Which was wrong.

Voter Registration Winding Down

Jay Jackson, right, and Luis Morice, both of Las Vegas, inquire about registering to vote Saturday at the Boulevard Mall in Las Vegas. Saturday was the last day to register for the Nov. 2 general election without appearing in person at the Clark County Elections Department. Taking last-minute registrations at the mall were department employee Walter Abrego and volunteers Deborah May, left, and Helene Amos. The deadline for registering at the elections department is Oct. 16, which is the first day of early voting.

Top News

Three Las Vegas police officers were justified when they shot and killed Erik Scott outside the Summerlin Costco store on July 10.

Guitars roar at indie rock reunion

Guitar Wolf’s 20 minutes of torque and ‘tude at The Pearl at The Palms on Friday night served as the opening salvo of Matador at 21, a three-day binge of bands currently and formerly aligned with influential indie label Matador Records.

The test scores from HELL

Clark County high school kids can’t do the math

Out there

HIKES

BOOKMARK

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Valley nonprofit groups produce array of handcrafted items as fundraisers

Although the heat lingers, it’s time to plan your strategy for visiting holiday and craft bazaars — and we’re here to help. The Review-Journal’s annual list of craft bazaars, festivals and events gives valley residents the opportunity to do their holiday shopping while supporting local nonprofit organizations and charities in the process.

Archie, Riverdale welcome gay resident

It’s an exciting time in Riverdale, USA, the hamlet barely touched by time where Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica and the rest of the eternally youthful gang this month are welcoming a new resident.

Struggles remain for local housing sector

No matter how many billions of dollars the government throws at the problem, nothing appears to be easing the housing crisis in Las Vegas, one of the hardest-hit cities in the Great Recession and often cited as “ground zero” for subprime lending and mortgage fraud.

Between the Lines

Three reasons to like the 49ers-FALCONS OVER 42½ points

Three Up, Three Down

Chris Ault, UNR’s Hall of Fame football coach, brings to mind the Russian guy who has everything in that DirecTV commercial, only without the Cold War accent and the grammatical errors.

Wolf Pack run over Rebels, 44-26

UNR made its share of mistakes, seemed to play disinterested at times and didn’t spend all Saturday night embarrassing UNLV like it did in the previous two meetings. But the bottom line remained much the same.

UNLV keeps it interesting, for whatever that’s worth

It’s all relative, especially when you are in the infant stages of rebuilding a college football program that has been as sound lately as that Disney stock in your deteriorating portfolio.

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