Dana Finkelstein shot a second straight round of 1-over-par 72 and is tied for second place in the women’s NCAA St. George Regional, helping UNLV to sixth place after two rounds of the 18-team, three-round event in Utah.
Faith Lutheran’s Bowen Becker won two events in dominating fashion Friday to lead the Crusaders to the boys team title in the Division I-A Southern Region swimming meet at UNLV. The victory ended Boulder City’s streak of four consecutive boys titles.
With three sets of brothers on the squad, the Las Vegas High volleyball team played like a family Friday, cruising to a 25-17, 25-19, 25-21 win over Foothill to claim the Division I Sunrise Region title.
Foothill outlasted Southeast League champion Coronado for a 6-5 victory in eight innings Friday in the Sunrise Region softball tournament. The win lifted the Falcons into today’s 10 a.m. championship game, where they will play Rancho.
Las Vegas Bowl executive director John Saccenti is showing he’s not afraid to try new things. He has reached agreements with Brigham Young to play in the bowl this year or in 2019 and for the Cougars to play Arizona in a regular-season game at Sam Boyd Stadium in 2021.
Logan Stieber won four NCAA individual championships. This weekend, he’s competing at the U.S. Open Wrestling Championship at the South Point, the first rung on the ladder leading to a spot on Team USA and a trip to Rio for the 2016 Olympics.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship this week announced a tiered payment system for its athletes from its partnership with Reebok, and if all 586 currently under contract didn’t voice their displeasure across social media, well, a good chunk of them did.