UNLV roundup: Softball team coasts past New Mexico

Justine Federe, Reina Bondi and Lauren Tycksen each went 2-for-3 and scored twice to lead host UNLV past New Mexico 8-0 in a Mountain West softball game Friday.

Curry’s epic second half sends Warriors to Western finals

Stephen Curry bounced back from the first scoreless first half of his playoff career to score 33 points and help the Golden State Warriors eliminate the Houston Rockets and advance to the Western Conference finals.

Desert Oasis rolls to Desert Region baseball championship

The Diamondbacks hit four home runs and breezed to an 18-0, five-inning victory over Basic to advance to the Southern Nevada Championship against Las Vegas on Saturday.

Mountain Region: Las Vegas wins thrice to hoist region trophy

By the time the night was over, the Wildcats had won three games. The last of the three, thanks to a key two-out RBI sinlge by Oliver Haro-Reyes in the sixth inning, helped Las Vegas claim the Mountain Region championship with a 3-1 victory over Arbor View at Centennial.

 
Noose picture results in suspension of teachers, principal

A Southern California school district has placed four teachers on administrative leave after a photo surfaced showing the group smiling as one held a small noose in a classroom.

Desert Region: Freshman Jacob Ceci helps Cougars top Foothill

Ceci put the finishing touches on a 21-25, 25-16, 25-23, 22-25, 15-11 victory over the Falcons with a thunderous kill in the fifth and final set, clinching Coronado’s first region championship since 2013.

Roundup: Moapa Valley rallies to clinch state berth

Kashten Frei’s double with one out in the top of the seventh inning plated Rylan Evans and Coby Longman with the tying and go-ahead runs and lifted Moapa Valley to a 6-4 win over host Pahrump Valley in the losers’ bracket final of the Class 3A Southern Region Tournament.

LETTER: Al Gore’s impressive speech at UNLV

As an attendee at Al Gore’s excellent presentation at UNLV, I was very pleased to see Henry Brean’s comprehensive summary of the event.

LETTER: Nevada teachers struggling with unruly students

I’ve been married to a middle-school teacher for more than 30 years. I believe teacher-student relationships have gradually gotten worse over that time.

EDITORIAL: The bag police

If left unchecked, politicians would allow America’s Nanny State to grow to immeasurable proportions.

Britney Spears appears in LA court to speak on legal status

After hearing Britney Spears and her parents speak in a rare and secretive joint court appearance Friday, a judge ordered an expert evaluation in the conservatorship that for 11 years has put control of much of the 37-year-old singer’s life in the control of her father.

Desert Region: Diamondbacks rout Basic in winner-take-all final

The host Diamondbacks hit four home runs and breezed to an 18-0 victory over Basic to win the Desert Region Tournament. Desert Oasis (30-7) was the lone undefeated team in the tournament entering Friday and needed the cushion after a 2-1 loss to the Wolves in the first game.

Roundup: Abbie Evans helps Pirates clinch state berth

Abbie Evans belted a three-run home run in a seven-run sixth inning Friday that helped Moapa Valley’s softball team to a 12-5 win over Chaparral in the losers’ bracket final of the Class 3A Southern Region Tournament at Pahrump.

Nevada joins other states in drug price-fixing lawsuit

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has signed on to a nationwide lawsuit filed by 42 other states and Puerto Rico against a long list of pharmaceutical companies, alleging price fixing and market manipulation that increased prices of common generic drugs.

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